MONTGOMERY, Ala. - Ruben Hernandez, 39, of southern Florida, pleaded guilty on Thursday, July 7, 2016 in federal court to charges stemming from his role in the operation of a “pill mill” that existed in Opelika, Alabama between 2012 and 2013, announced Clay Morris, Assistant Special Agent in Charge of...

NEW YORK - James J. Hunt, Special Agent in Charge of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration's New York (DEA), Bridget G. Brennan, New York City's Special Narcotics Prosecutor, and New York City Police Commissioner William J. Bratton, announced the seizure of 52 kilograms of cocaine found concealed in fake Latin...

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

BINGHAMTON, N.Y. - A jury voted Wednesday to convict Nicholas Khan, 23, of Schenectady, New York, of crack cocaine distribution. The announcement was made by Special Agent in Charge James J. Hunt, U.S. Drug Enforcement (DEA) New York Division and United States Attorney Richard S. Hartunian, Northern District of New...

NEW ORLEANS - Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Stephen G. Azzam and U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that Noe Juarez, a resident of Houston, Texas, was sentenced today by a U.S. District Chief Judge to serve 365 months in prison for his role in a large-scale drug...

BUFFALO, N.Y. - James J. Hunt, Special Agent in Charge of the U.S. Drug Enforcement (DEA), New York Division and U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced that Gregory Ramos, aka Prospect, 24, of Buffalo, NY, was arrested on June 24, 2016 and charged by criminal complaint with possession with...

LOCKPORT, N.Y. - James J. Hunt, Special Agent in Charge of the U.S. Drug Enforcement (DEA) New York Division, City of Lockport Mayor Anne McCaffrey, U.S. Attorney William Hochul, U.S. Attorney’s Office Western District of New York, Chief of Police Michael Niethe, Lockport Police Department, and Head Basketball Coach Mike...

FORT SMITH, Ark. - Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Stephen G. Azzam and Kenneth Elser, United States Attorney for the Western District of Arkansas, announced that 12 defendants who were all part of a drug trafficking organization in the Fort Smith area were sentenced to federal prison this...

BATON ROUGE, La. - Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Stephen G. Azzam and United States Attorney Walt Green announced yet another conviction arising from Operation Goldy Locks, an extensive investigation into a multi-state heroin enterprise. Efrain Barajas, 27, of Hesperia, California, pleaded guilty yesterday to conspiracy to distribute...

CENTRAL ISLIP, N.Y. - Earlier today in Central Islip, NY, Bradley Bender, former Southampton Town Councilman, was sentenced to 24 months’ imprisonment, three years supervised release and $5,000 forfeiture, following his guilty plea on November 24, 2015, to conspiring to illegally distribute oxycodone. The sentencing proceedings were held before U.S...