BROOKLYN, N.Y. - A four-count indictment was unsealed today in United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York charging sixteen defendants with four narcotics trafficking conspiracies, including conspiracies to possess with intent to distribute cocaine, cocaine (crack cocaine), (molly), and marijuana. The defendants are scheduled to be...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Clorenzo Griffin, 38, of Fort Lauderdale, Florida, was sentenced today to 10 years in prison for planning and participating in the robbery of marijuana from drug dealers in Yuba City, United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner and Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge John J. Martin...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Donald Henry Dugan, 55, of Nevada City, pleaded guilty today to possession with intent to distribute at least 50 grams of a mixture or substance containing a detectable amount of methamphetamine, United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner and Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge John J...

ROCHESTER, N.Y. - Special Agent in Charge James J. Hunt, U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, New York Division and U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr., Western District of New York, announced today that Blake Rivera, 31, of Greece, NY, his brother Chayanne Rivera, 25, of Gates, NY, and their father, Victor...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. - A federal grand jury returned a 25-count indictment Thursday charging 10 individuals with conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine, conspiracy to distribute cocaine, distribution of methamphetamine, and unlawful use of a communication facility, United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner and Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge John J...

ERIE COUNTY, N.Y. - Erie County Executive Mark C. Poloncarz was joined today by Erie County Health Commissioner Dr. Gale Burstein, United States Attorney for the Western District of New York William J. Hochul Jr. and U.S. Drug Enforcement (DEA) Resident Agent In Charge John Flickinger to issue an emergency...

NEW YORK - Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, James J. Hunt, Special Agent in Charge of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration New York (DEA), and Delano A. Reid, Special Agent in Charge of the New York Division of the United States Bureau...

NEW YORK - This past December, the Center for Disease (CDC) published a special report on drug overdoses both nationwide and on state levels in CDC’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. The statistics presented in that report support what we are currently experiencing; heroin is the biggest threat to public...

ALBANY, N.Y. - Shukri Abdullah, age 43, of Albany, New York, was arraigned yesterday on an indictment charging him with possession with the intent to distribute synthetic cannabinoids with brand names like Scooby Snax, Geeked Up, and Green Giant. The announcement was made by James J. Hunt, Special Agent in...

NEW YORK - James Hunt, the Special Agent in Charge of the New York Division of the Drug Enforcement (DEA) Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, William J. Bratton, the Police Commissioner of the City of New (NYPD), and Joseph D’Amico, Superintendent of...