United States Drug Enforcement Administration

(BUFFALO, NY) - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. and James J. Hunt, Special Agent in Charge of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration’s (DEA) New York Division, announced that Raymond Hopson, 35, of Tonawanda, NY, who was convicted of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute, and to distribute, 28...

(BUFFALO, NY) - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. and James J. Hunt, Special Agent in Charge of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration’s (DEA) New York Division, announced that Larry Smith, Jr., 39, of Buffalo, NY, pleaded guilty before Chief U.S District Judge Frank P. Geraci, Jr. to possession with...

(ROCHESTER, N.Y.) - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. and James J. Hunt, Special Agent-in-Charge of the DEA New York Division, announced that following a seven-week trial, a federal jury has convicted Colin B. Montague, 63, of Greece, New York of operating a continuing criminal enterprise, drug conspiracy, money laundering...

(NEW YORK CITY) - James J. Hunt, Special Agent in Charge of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration’s (DEA) New York Division, Bridget G. Brennan, New York City’s Special Narcotics Prosecutor, New York City Police Commissioner James P. O’Neill, New York City Human Resource Administration (HRA) Commissioner Steven Banks, George P...

(NEW YORK CITY) - Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and James J. Hunt, the Special Agent in Charge of the New York Division of the Drug Enforcement Administration (“DEA”) announced that DONQUE TYRELL, a/k/a “Polo Rell,” was found guilty yesterday of...

(BROOKLYN, NY) - Earlier today, in federal court in Brooklyn, Christian Mizell, a correction officer employed by the New York City Department of Corrections (“DOC”), pleaded guilty to participating in a bribery conspiracy with other correction officers. As part of his guilty plea allocution, Mizell admitted that he smuggled contraband...

(SYRACUSE, NY) - Arthur LaDuke, 46, of Minoa, formerly of Oswego County, was sentenced today to serve one year and one day in prison for possessing pseudoephedrine, knowing it would be used to manufacture methamphetamine, announced United States Attorney Grant C. Jaquith, United States Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Special Agent...

(FORT WORTH, Texas) - Thomas Cody, of Stephenville, Texas, Chalee Campbell, of Fort Worth, Texas, Jacob Hendricks, aka, Jake Hendricks, of Clifton, Texas, Terry McConathy, of Benbrook, Texas, Rebecca Mullins, of Stephenville, Texas, and Christal Walker, of De Leon, Texas, are in federal custody following their arrests May 29, 2018...

(BUFFALO, NY ) - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. and James J. Hunt, Special Agent-in-Charge of the DEA New York Division, announced today that Patrick R. McQuade, 29, of North Tonawanda, New York was arrested and charged by criminal complaint with possession of a controlled substance by fraud. The...

OKLAHOMA CITY - A federal grand jury has returned two indictments involving the illegal distribution of and fraudulent billing for prescription opioids by health care professionals, announced Special Agent in Charge Clyde E. Shelley, Jr. of the Drug Enforcement Administration and Robert J. Troester, Acting United States Attorney for the...