NEW YORK - James J. Hunt, the Special Agent-in-Charge of the New York Division of the DEA and Joon H. Kim, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York announced that James Rosemond, a/k/a “Jimmy the Henchman,” was found guilty last night of murder-for-hire, conspiracy to...

NEW YORK - James J. Hunt, Special Agent in Charge of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration’(DEA) New York Division, Bridget G. Brennan, New York City’s Special Narcotics Prosecutor, New York City Police Commissioner James P. O’Neill, New York State Police Superintendent George P. Beach II and U.S. Postal Inspection Service...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. - Dr. Gilberto Sanchez, 56, of Cecil, Alabama, pleaded guilty today to drug distribution conspiracy, health care fraud, and money laundering charges, announced Drug Enforcement (DEA) Assistant Special Agent in Charge Bret Hamilton and United States Attorney Louis V. Franklin, Sr. from the Middle District of Alabama. According...

BUFFALO, N.Y. - Dr. Paul Biddle, 53, of Amherst, NY, was arrested and charged by criminal complaint with obtaining controlled substances through fraud and identity theft. The drug charges carry a maximum possible term of four years in prison, while the identity theft charges carry a maximum possible term of...

NEW YORK - Joon H. Kim, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that Frank Mercedes was found guilty yesterday of murder in connection with a drug conspiracy, murder-for-hire, murder-for-hire conspiracy, and use of a firearm resulting in death, for his role in the...

SYRACUSE, N.Y. - Jose Matos, 29, and Jeremias Matos, 28, both of Syracuse, were arraigned on November 21, 2017 on an indictment charging them with conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute heroin and for possessing a firearm in relation to a drug trafficking crime. Jeremias Matos is also charged...

BROOKLYN, N.Y. - Four members and one associate of the West End Enterprise, a street gang based in three apartment complexes in Coney Island, New York, will be arraigned this afternoon in federal court in Brooklyn on an indictment charging them with crimes including murder in aid of racketeering, racketeering...

BRONX, N.Y. - James J. Hunt, the Special Agent in Charge of the New York Division of the Drug Enforcement (DEA); Bronx District Attorney Darcel D. Clark, James P. O’Neill, the Police Commissioner of the City of New (NYPD), George P. Beach II, the Superintendent of the New York State...

UTICA, N.Y. - Ryan Granger, a/k/a Bubba Granger, 38, formerly of Lewis County, New York, was sentenced to serve 108 months imprisonment for possessing pseudoephedrine knowing it would be used to manufacture methamphetamine, and for manufacturing and distributing methamphetamine, announced Acting United States Attorney Grant C. Jaquith, U.S. Drug Enforcement...

BUFFALO, N.Y. - James J. Hunt, Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement (DEA), Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman and New York State Police Superintendent George P. Beach II today announced the takedown of a ten-person drug trafficking ring that allegedly trafficked narcotics - including heroin and faux oxycodone pills which...