United States Drug Enforcement Administration

(BRONX, N.Y. - - More than 103 pounds of heroin and fentanyl have been recovered and 32 people were indicted for major drug trafficking and other charges resulting from a joint investigation, state and federal law enforcement officials announced today. James J. Hunt, Special Agent in Charge, U.S. Drug Enforcement...

(MINEOLA, N. Y. - - Dr. Albert R. Cowie, 38, of Amherst, NY, who was convicted of obtaining controlled substances by fraud and health care fraud, was sentenced to 24 months in prison today by U.S. District Judge Lawrence J. Vilardo. James J. Hunt, Special Agent in Charge, U.S. Drug...

GREENEVILLE, Tenn. - Tommy Allen, aka “Bert”, 30, of Kingsport, Tennessee, formerly of Forrest City, Arkansas, was sentenced today by U.S. District Court Judge R. Leon Jordan, to serve 240 months in federal prison for distributing crack cocaine. Upon his release from prison, he will be on supervised release for...

(MINEOLA, N. Y. - - James Hunt, Special Agent in Charge of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration’(DEA) New York Division and Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a Sands Point cardiologist who conspired to seriously injure a rival doctor was sentenced today to five years in prison with...

(NEW YORK - - Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York announced that Steven Williams was found guilty Friday of conspiring to distribute kilogram quantities of heroin and cocaine. Williams was convicted after a one-week jury trial before U.S. District Judge Lorna G. Schofield...

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. - Cornelius Q. Hill, 29, of Chicago, was sentenced to 90 months in prison today by U.S. District Judge Travis R. McDonough for possession with intent to distribute heroin, possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, and being a felon in possession of a...

(NEW YORK - - James J. Hunt, Special Agent-in-Charge of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration’s New York Division, Bridget G. Brennan, New York City’s Special Narcotics Prosecutor, New York City Police Commissioner James P. O’Neill, and George P. Beach II, Superintendent of the New York State Police, announced today the...

(MANHATTAN, NY - - Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that JOSE LUIS GRACESQUI was sentenced today to life in prison after having been convicted at trial of conspiracy to commit murder-for-hire, murder-for-hire, and murder in connection with a narcotics conspiracy for...

(SYRACUSE, N.Y. - - Saladin Hadid, 37, and Cory Ogletree, 43, of Syracuse, were arrested last night and charged with conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute and distribution of 500 grams or more of cocaine. United States Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge James J. Hunt and United...

(NEW YORK - - James J. Hunt, Special Agent-in-Charge of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration’s New York Division, Bridget G. Brennan, New York City’s Special Narcotics Prosecutor, and Department of Social Services Commissioner Steve Banks announced today the indictment and arrest of seven defendants, including two alleged leaders of a...