ALBANY, N.Y. - Adrian Morris, age 61, a Clifton Park, New York, psychiatrist specializing in addiction recovery, was arrested today and charged with distributing controlled substances outside the course of professional practice and for no legitimate medical purpose. The announcement was made by United States Attorney Grant C. Jaquith; James...

James J. Hunt, Special Agent-in-Charge of the DEA 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 the seizure of...

BUFFALO, N.Y. - James J. Hunt, Special Agent-in-Charge of the DEA’s New York Division, and U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Archie Phillips, 45, of Buffalo, New York, who was convicted of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute, and to distribute, five kilograms or more of...

BROOKLYN, N.Y. - A federal jury in Brooklyn today, following two weeks of trial, convicted Dr. Martin Tesher of 10 counts of unlawful distribution of oxycodone without legitimate medical purpose to five patients, one of whom died as a result two days after his last visit with the defendant. When...

Buffalo, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. and James J. Hunt, Special Agent-in-Charge of DEA’s New York Division, announced that Joseph C. Paternostro, 28, of Hamburg, New York pled guilty before Chief U.S. District Judge Frank P. Geraci, Jr. to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute, and...

NEW YORK - Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that Gary Davis, a/k/a “Libertas,” was extradited from the Republic of Ireland to the United States. Davis was arrested in January 2014 for charges arising out of his role as a...

Buffalo, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. and James J. Hunt, Special Agent-in-Charge of DEA’s New York Division, announced that a federal jury has convicted Andrew Garner, 37, of Jamestown, New York of conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute cocaine. The charge carries a maximum penalty...

BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. and James J. Hunt, Special Agent in Charge of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration’s (DEA) New York Division, announced that Calvin Elston, Jr., 41, of Buffalo, NY, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute, and to distribute, 400...

SYRACUSE, N.Y. - Eugene James, 34, of Rome, New York was sentenced today to serve 188 months incarceration in connection with his guilty plea to federal drug trafficking charges, announced United States Attorney Grant C. Jaquith and U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Special Agent in Charge James J. Hunt of...

BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. and James J. Hunt, Special Agent in Charge of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration’s (DEA) New York Division, announced that Boys Gang member Letorrance Travis, 30, of Buffalo, N.Y., who was convicted of racketeering conspiracy and conspiracy to possess with intent...