BUFFALO, N.Y. – U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr., and DEA New York Division Special Agent in Charge Ray Donovan announced today that Raul Matos, 45, of Rochester, N.Y., pleaded guilty to possession with intent to distribute, and distribution of, cocaine before Chief U.S. District Judge Frank P. Geraci, Jr...

SYRACUSE, NY – Michael Cozzens, 34, of Syracuse, New York, pled guilty yesterday to conspiring to distribute and possess with intent to distribute more than 500 grams of cocaine, possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, and possession of a stolen gun. The announcement was made...

BRONX, NY – Ray Donovan, Special Agent in Charge, U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, New York Division and Attorney General Letitia James today announced the indictment of 28 individuals involved in a large narcotics trafficking ring operating in the Bronx, Brooklyn, Westchester County and Connecticut. This network of oxycodone dealers and...

MADISON, Wis. – Scott C. Blader, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Tom Lewis, 29, De Soto, Wisconsin, was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge William M. Conley to three years in federal prison for using a telephone to facilitate the of distribution of methamphetamine...

BOSTON – The final tally is in from the 17 th National Prescription Drug Take Back Day on April 27, 2019. The United States Drug Enforcement Administration’s New England Field Division and its partners, over the course of four hours, collected 89,366 pounds or over 44 tons of expired, unused...

BUFFALO, NY – U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr., and DEA New York Division Special Agent in Charge Ray Donovan announced today that Osvaldo Rivera-Amaro, 46, of Tonawanda, N.Y., who was convicted of attempted possession with intent to distribute cocaine, was sentenced to serve 46 months in prison by U.S...

CAMDEN, N.J. – Susan A. Gibson, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s New Jersey Division, and Craig Carpenito, U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey, announced an Atlantic City man was sentenced today to 264 months in prison for his role in a drug trafficking and...

PORTLAND, Ore.—In related criminal cases, Cole Williams Griffiths and Raleigh Dragon Lau pleaded guilty on April 22, 2019, for their roles in a conspiracy to traffic marijuana grown in Hood River, Oregon and Portland to Virginia, Texas, and Florida. Drug proceeds, in the form of bulk U.S. currency, were returned...

CHICAGO - United States Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Brian M. McKnight and DuPage County State’s Attorney Robert Berlin announced today that felony drug charges have been filed against two Addison men accused of possessing approximately one kilogram of heroin. Luis Ortiz, 24 (d.o.b. 12/23/1994) of 505 Stevens...

CONCORD, N.H. – DEA New England Division Special Agent in Charge Brian D. Boyle and United States Attorney Scott W. Murray announced that Mark T. Moore, 38, of Loudon, N.H., was sentenced in federal court to 50 months in prison for participating in a conspiracy to distribute, and possess with...