SUFFOLK COUNTY, N.Y. – New York Attorney General Letitia James, U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration New York Division Special Agent in Charge Ray Donovan, New York State Police Superintendent Keith M. Corlett, Dermot F. Shea, Commissioner, New York City Police Department, and U.S. Homeland Security Investigations New York Field Office Special...

NEWARK, N.J. – An Illinois man today admitted conspiring to distribute one kilogram or more of heroin and 500 grams or more of cocaine, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced. Jesus Henoc Castaneda Soberanis, 25, of Chicago, Illinois, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Susan D. Wigenton in Newark federal court...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A federal grand jury returned a three-count indictment today against Luis Hernandez-Guzman, 26, and Fernanda Jasmin Ayala-Zamora, 22, both of Bakersfield, charging them with conspiring to distribute heroin and methamphetamine, as well as possession with intent to distribute heroin and methamphetamine, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott And...

BROOKLYN, N.Y. – Earlier today, in federal court in Brooklyn, Albert Veliu was sentenced by United States District Judge Kiyo A. Matsumoto to nine years’ imprisonment for his role in a money laundering scheme that resulted in the defendant’s purchase and sale of an anti-tank rocket launcher and AK-47s rifles...

NEW YORK – Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that Roger Thomas Clark, aka “Plural of Mongoose,” aka “Variety Jones,” aka “VJ,” aka “cimon,” pled guilty today to conspiring to distribute massive quantities of narcotics, a charge arising out of his...

NEW YORK – DEA New York Division Special Agent in Charge Ray Donovan and the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York Geoffrey S. Berman announced that German Gomez-Castruita and Benjamin Contreras-Rangel were charged in a criminal complaint in Manhattan federal court with conspiring to import cocaine...

NEW YORK CITY – U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration New York Division Special Agent in Charge Ray Donovan, New York City’s Special Narcotics Prosecutor Bridget G. Brennan, New York City Police Commissioner Dermot F. Shea, New York State Police Superintendent Keith M. Corlett and Bronx District Attorney Darcel D. Clark announced...

FRESNO, Calif. — Netzahualcoyotl Cerna, 40, of Reedley, was sentenced Monday by U.S. District Judge Dale A. Drozd to 19 years in prison for carrying a firearm during and in relation to a drug trafficking crime, possession of methamphetamine with the intent to distribute it, and being a felon in...

FRESNO, Calif. — On Friday, a federal jury found Darnell Pearson, 41, of Fresno, guilty of two counts of distribution of fentanyl resulting in death and serious bodily injury, DEA Special Agent in Charge Daniel C. Comeaux and U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced. “Fentanyl is man-made and potent in...

SAN FRANCISCO - Kia Zolfaghari was sentenced today to 200 months in prison for conspiring to distribute fentanyl, announced United States Attorney David L. Anderson and Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Daniel C. Comeaux. The sentence was handed down by the Honorable Susan Illston, Senior United States District...