TACOMA, Wash. - An investigation begun by the Drug Enforcement Administration and the West Sound Narcotics Enforcement Team in February 2014 resulted today in the arrest of 19 people with ties to a methamphetamine distribution ring. Law enforcement served 24 search warrants on locations in Washington and Arizona in connection...

(ALBANY, N.Y - - Justin M. Brooks, age 27, of Rensselaer, New York, pleaded guilty today to conspiring to distribute oxycodone. The announcement was made by U.S. Attorney Richard S. Hartunian and Special Agent in Charge James J. Hunt, New York Division, U.S. Drug Enforcement (DEA). Brooks faces up to...

(NEW YORK - - James J. Hunt, Special Agent in Charge of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration’s New York (DEA), Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, James P. O’Neill, the Commissioner of the New York City Police (NYPD), and Maria T. Vullo, Superintendent...

(MANHATTAN, N.Y. - - Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that Lilian Jakacki, a/k/a/ “Lilian Wieckowski,” was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Jed Rakoff to four years in prison for illegally distributing 100,000 tablets of oxycodone, Medicare fraud, and money laundering...

(BINGHAMTON, N.Y. - - Ryan Root, age 37, of West New York, New Jersey, and formerly of Binghamton, New York, pleaded guilty today to conspiring to distribute anabolic steroids and commit international money laundering. The announcement was made by U.S. Attorney Richard S. Hartunian; Special Agent in Charge James J...

(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; Kings County District Attorney Eric Gonzalez; Department of Investigation Commissioner Mark G. Peters...

(NEW YORK - - Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, James Hunt, the Special Agent in Charge of the New York Division of the Drug Enforcement (DEA), James P. O’Neill, Commissioner of the New York City Police (NYPD) George P. Beach II, the...

(NEW YORK - - Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that Efrain Antonio Campo Flores and Franqui Francisco Flores De Freitas were found guilty today of conspiring to import cocaine into the United States. Together with others, Campo Flores and Flores De...

SEATTLE - A Drug Enforcement (DEA) led task force conducted raids at 14 locations across King and Pierce Counties, as well as locations in Oregon, following a two-year investigation of a drug trafficking organization. Law enforcement searched residential and business locations in Maple Valley, Enumclaw, Ravensdale, Auburn, Kent, Federal Way...

(BROOKLYN, N.Y. - - Earlier today, an indictment was unsealed in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York charging nine defendants with crimes including racketeering, extortion, loansharking, illegal gambling, and drug trafficking. Eight of the defendants are under arrest, and one remains at large. The...