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Pennsylvania Man Gets 90 Months In Prison For Trafficking Guns Into South Jersey

CAMDEN, N.J. - Carl J. Kotowski, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s New Jersey Division, and William E. Fitzpatrick, Acting U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey, announced a Carbon County, Pennsylvania, man was sentenced today to 90 months in prison for conspiring to illegally traffic...
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12 Members Of Heroin Drug Trafficking Organization Operating In Manhattan, Bronx, And New Jersey Charged In Manhattan Federal Court

NEWARK, N.J. - Carl J. Kotowski, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s New Jersey Division, and Joon H. Kim, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, today announced the unsealing of an indictment charging 12 defendants with participating in a drug trafficking...
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Marc Henry Johnson Sentenced For Helping Drug Dealer Cover Up Role In Woman’s Cocaine Overdose

MANHATTAN, NY - Joon H. Kim, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that MARC HENRY JOHNSON was sentenced today to one year and one day in prison for helping cover up a drug dealer’s narcotics offense by moving a woman’s body out of...
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Members Of Bronx Drug Trafficking Organization Charged In Manhattan Federal Court With Narcotics And Firearms Trafficking Offenses

MANHATTAN, NY - James J. Hunt, Special Agent in Charge of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration’s New York Field (DEA), Joon H. Kim, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and James P. O’Neill, the Commissioner of the New York City Police (NYPD), announced today...
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5 Charged For Possession Of Over 2 Tons Of Cocaine In Maritime Enforcement Operation

NEW YORK - James J. Hunt, Special Agent-in-Charge of the DEA’s New York Division; Joon H. Kim, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York; Angel M. Melendez, the Special Agent-in-Charge of the New York Field Office of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security...
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Fentanyl In The City: Nearly 20 Pounds Of Fentanyl, Heroin Seized On Central Park West In Manhattan

NEW YORK - James J. Hunt, Special Agent-in-Charge of the DEA’s New York Division; Bridget G. Brennan, New York City’s Special Narcotics Prosecutor; New York City Police Commissioner James P. O’Neill; Angel M. Melendez, Special Agent-in-Charge of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Homeland Security (HSI); and New York State Police Superintendent...
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5 Arrests, $4 Million In Heroin Sized From Bronx, Yonkers Packaging Operation In DEA-New York Drug Enforcement Task Force Investigation

NEW YORK - James J. Hunt, Special Agent-in-Charge of the DEA’s New York Division, Bridget G. Brennan; New York City’s Special Narcotics Prosecutor; New York City Police Commissioner James P. O’Neill; George P. Beach II, Superintendent of the New York State Police, and Bronx District Attorney Darcel D. Clark announced...
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Staten Island Woman Sentenced To 12 Years’ Imprisonment For Illegal Distribution Of Oxycodone

BROOKLYN, N.Y. - Earlier today before United States District Judge I. Leo Glasser in Brooklyn, New York, Carolyn Richardson was sentenced to 12 years’ imprisonment, to be followed by three years of supervised release, for operating a sophisticated scheme to fraudulently obtain and distribute thousands of Schedule II controlled substances...
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Massive Fentanyl Seizure In Bronx

NEW YORK - James J. Hunt, Special Agent-in-Charge of the DEA’s New York Division, Bridget G. Brennan; New York City’s Special Narcotics Prosecutor; New York City Police Commissioner James P. O’Neill; Angel M. Melendez, Special Agent-in-Charge of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Homeland Security (HSI); New York State Police Superintendent George...
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Los Angeles Men Convicted In Northern New York For Running Nationwide Synthetic Drug Trafficking Ring

SYRACUSE, N.Y. - A federal jury in Syracuse voted today to convict Andrew Raymond and Brian Requena, both of Los Angeles, on drug trafficking and money laundering charges related to their operation of a nationwide synthetic drug trafficking ring. The announcement was made by Special Agent in Charge James J...