NEW YORK – Ray Donovan, Special Agent in Charge of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration New York Division, Audrey Strauss, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Dermot Shea, Commissioner of the New York City Police Department, and Acting Superintendent Kevin P. Bruen, New York State...

BUFFALO, N.Y. – U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. and U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Ray Donovan, New York Division announced today that Elison A. Ledesma-Melo a/k/a Carlos Rivera Perez a/k/a Ostin M. Echevarria-Roman, 46, a native of the Dominican Republic, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge...

ROCHESTER, N.Y. – U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. and U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Ray Donovan, New York Division announced today that Edwin Calderon, 39, of Rochester, NY, who was convicted of conspiring to possess with intent to distribute, and to distribute, 500 grams or more...

NEW YORK – Ray Donovan, Special Agent in Charge of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration New York Division, and Audrey Strauss, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York that Adriano Rodriguez-Diaz, Ironellys Paulino-Nolasco, and Robert Nunez were charged in a criminal complaint filed in Manhattan federal...

NEWARK, N.J. – Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s New Jersey Division Susan A. Gibson and Acting U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey announced two Newark men made their initial appearances today on charges stemming from a Feb. 22, 2021, attempted carjacking in Newark during...

BUFFALO, N.Y. – U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. and U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Ray Donovan, New York Division announced today that Alexis Lopez, 27, and Ivan Irizarry-Ramos, 35, both of Buffalo, NY, were arrested and charged by criminal complaint with conspiring to possess with intent...

NASSAU COUNTY, NY – Ray Donovan, Special Agent in Charge of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration New York Division Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas, and Nassau County Police Commissioner Patrick Ryder announced today that a Nassau County doctor has been arraigned on five counts of murder for prescription practices...

BUFFALO, N.Y. – U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. and U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Ray Donovan, New York Division announced today that a federal grand jury has returned an indictment charging Jonathan DiPirro, 30, of Depew, NY, with distribution of acetyl fentanyl, fentanyl, and cocaine causing...

ROCHESTER, N.Y. – U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. and U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Ray Donovan, New York Division announced today that Ruben Bullock, 46, of Rochester, NY, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Charles J. Siragusa to possessing with intent to distribute 500 grams or...

NEWARK, N.J. – Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s New Jersey Division Susan A. Gibson and Acting U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey Rachael A. Honig announced a Suffolk County, New York, man was arrested today for illegally possessing a firearm. Keith Richter, aka “Conan,”...