United States Drug Enforcement Administration

LAREDO, Texas - Two Laredo men have been arrested for conspiracy to violate interstate communications by demanding money prior to releasing two hostages, announced Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Will Glaspy, Houston Division and U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick. John Daniel Pavon, 21, and Juan Manuel Ancira, 21...

BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. and Special Agent in Charge James J. Hunt, U.S. Drug Enforcement (DEA), New York Division announced that Jose Feliciano-Miranda, 37, of Buffalo, New York, who was convicted of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute, and to distribute, heroin and cocaine...

BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. and Special Agent in Charge James J. Hunt, U.S. Drug Enforcement (DEA), New York Division announced that Elisa Rivera Ortiz, 36, of Buffalo, New York, pleaded guilty, before U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara, to attempted possession, with intent to distribute...

BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. and Special Agent in Charge James J. Hunt, U.S. Drug Enforcement (DEA), New York Division announced that Niagara Falls, NY, Police Officer Stephanie A. Costanzo, 29, pleaded guilty to managing a drug involved premises before U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara...

ALBANY, N.Y. - Five men have pleaded guilty to their involvement in a transnational drug trafficking and money laundering ring that moved substantial quantities of drugs and money through Upstate New York and Canada. The announcement was made by James J. Hunt, Special Agent in Charge of the New York...

BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. and Special Agent in Charge James J. Hunt, U.S. Drug Enforcement (DEA), New York Division announced that Pethrod Dunnigan, 40, of Buffalo, NY, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute five kilograms or more or cocaine, and money laundering conspiracy before U.S...

SAN ANTONIO - A federal judge sentenced 33-year-old Ashak Victor Nasief Wesa to 150 months in federal prison followed by three years of supervised release for his role in a synthetic marijuana distribution scheme based in San Antonio, announced United States Attorney John F. Bash, Federal Bureau of (FBI) Special...

BROOKLYN, N.Y. - A six-count indictment was unsealed today in federal court in Brooklyn charging seven defendants with conspiring to bribe correction officers employed by the New York City Department of (DOC) as part of a narcotics smuggling conspiracy. The defendants’ arraignment is scheduled for this afternoon before United States...

LAREDO, Texas - A 26 year old undocumented alien from Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, Mexico, has been ordered to prison following his conviction of conspiracy to import methamphetamine, announced Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Will Glaspy, Houston Division and U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick. Eduardo Sanchez-Obregon pleaded guilty Oct...

NEW YORK - James J. Hunt, the Special Agent in Charge of the New York Division of the Drug Enforcement (DEA), Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, James P. O’Neill, the Commissioner of the Police Department for the City of New (“NYPD”)...