Queens, N.Y. - Three men were charged with participating in a narcotics trafficking operation following an investigation that ran for several months and resulted in the seizure of three illegal pill pressing machines and over four kilograms (10 pounds) of fentanyl in powder and pill form from a residence in...

(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, George P. Beach II, Superintendent of the New York State (NYSP), and James P. O’Neill, Commissioner of...

(NEW YORK - - James J. Hunt, Special Agent in Charge of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration’s New York (DEA), and Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced the filing and settlement of a civil lawsuit involving Controlled Substances (CSA) claims brought by...

(BROOKLYN, N.Y - - Special Agent in Charge James J. Hunt of the DEA, New York Division; Acting Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez; New York City Police Commissioner James P. O’Neill; New York State Police Superintendent George P. Beach and Special Agent in Charge of Immigration and Customs Enforcement Homeland...

(BUFFALO, N.Y - - Special Agent in Charge James J. Hunt, U.S. Drug Enforcement (DEA), New York Division and Acting U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Raymond C. Hopson, Lindsay R. Carrier, Jr., and Stephanie A. Costanzo, a Niagara Falls Police Officer, who has since resigned, were...

(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...

(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...

(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...

(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...