United States Drug Enforcement Administration

BUFFALO, N.Y. - James J. Hunt, Special Agent in Charge of the U.S. Drug Enforcement (DEA), New York Division and U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced that Gregory Ramos, aka Prospect, 24, of Buffalo, NY, was arrested on June 24, 2016 and charged by criminal complaint with possession with...

LOCKPORT, N.Y. - James J. Hunt, Special Agent in Charge of the U.S. Drug Enforcement (DEA) New York Division, City of Lockport Mayor Anne McCaffrey, U.S. Attorney William Hochul, U.S. Attorney’s Office Western District of New York, Chief of Police Michael Niethe, Lockport Police Department, and Head Basketball Coach Mike...

CENTRAL ISLIP, N.Y. - Earlier today in Central Islip, NY, Bradley Bender, former Southampton Town Councilman, was sentenced to 24 months’ imprisonment, three years supervised release and $5,000 forfeiture, following his guilty plea on November 24, 2015, to conspiring to illegally distribute oxycodone. The sentencing proceedings were held before U.S...

BROOKLYN, N.Y. - Michael Troyan, a physician assistant who operated two urgent care clinics on the east end of Long Island, today pleaded guilty to conspiring to illegally distribute oxycodone, a highly addictive prescription pain medication. The guilty plea was entered before United States District Judge Denis R. Hurley at...

BROOKLYN, N.Y. - Nelson Nolasco was sentenced today to 420 months in prison by United States District Judge I. Leo Glasser at the federal courthouse in Brooklyn. In the middle of his jury trial held in November 2011, Nolasco pleaded guilty to robbery conspiracy, cocaine trafficking conspiracy, and firearm charges...

LOS ANGELES - As a result of a drug distribution conspiracy and racketeering indictment issued last week by a federal grand jury, 31 members and associates of a Santa Fe Springs-based street gang were arrested today on charges related to a wide-ranging criminal enterprise controlled by a member of the...

HONOLULU - Chief United States District Judge J. Michael Seabright on Tuesday sentenced Aaron Hu, 52, of Kailua, to 46 months imprisonment for possessing with intent to distribute a quantity of methamphetamine and heroin within 1,000 feet of a public elementary school on March 30, 2015. Hu was convicted on...

SANTA ANA, Calif. - A federal grand jury has indicted a doctor who operated a medical clinic in Fountain Valley, as well as two physician assistants who worked at the clinic, on federal drug trafficking charges that allege they issued prescriptions for dangerous and addictive narcotics without a medical purpose...

MINEOLA, N.Y. - Special Agent in Charge James J. Hunt, U.S. Drug Enforcement (DEA), New York Division, Acting Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas, announced that seven people have been arrested and indicted for their alleged involvement in a heroin ring that operated in Nassau County, Queens County and Pittsburgh...

(OTSEGO COUNTY, N.Y.) - James J. Hunt, Special Agent in Charge of the New York Division, U.S. Drug Enforcement (DEA) and John M. Muehl District Attorney, announce the arrest of multi-state convicted felon fugitive Paula Jo Rutty, 44, of 140 Baker Road, Worcester, NY. DEA Special Agent in Charge James...