United States Drug Enforcement Administration

BUFFALO, N.Y. – U.S. Attorney Trini E. Ross announced today that Jonathan DiPirro, 33, of Depew, NY, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge John L. Sinatra to distribution of acetyl fentanyl and fentanyl causing death, which carries a mandatory minimum penalty of 20 years in prison, a maximum of life...

NEW YORK CITY - Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Frank A. Tarentino III, the Special Agent in Charge of the New York Division of the Drug Enforcement Administration, and Edward A. Caban, the Commissioner of the New York City Police Department, announced...

ROCHESTER, N.Y. – U.S. Attorney Trini E. Ross announced today that Jancarlos Gonzalez-Rivera a/k/a Los, 37, of Rochester, NY, who was convicted of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute, and distribute, 400 grams of more of fentanyl, for his role as the leader of a large and long-standing illegal...

NEW YORK CITY - Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that a jury returned a guilty verdict against Yeltsin Beltran, a/k/a “Yells,” on three counts in a Superseding Indictment, including charges of racketeering conspiracy, narcotics conspiracy, and a firearms offense. Beltran...

NEW YORK CITY - Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Lisa O. Monaco, the Deputy Attorney General of the United States, Frank A. Tarentino III, the Special Agent in Charge of the New York Division of the Drug Enforcement Administration, and Edward A...

NEW YORK CITY - Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Lisa O. Monaco, the Deputy Attorney General of the United States, Frank A. Tarentino III, the Special Agent in Charge of the New York Division of the Drug Enforcement Administration (“DEA”), and Edward...

NEWARK, N.J. – A Bronx, New York, man today admitted possessing fentanyl with intent to distribute and resisting his arrest with a deadly or dangerous weapon, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s (DEA) New Jersey Division Cheryl Ortiz and U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced. Miguel Nuñez...

NEWARK, N.J. – Two members of the Rollin’ 60s Neighborhood Crips gang admitted their roles in a racketeering conspiracy, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s (DEA) New Jersey Division Cheryl Ortiz and U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced. Tyheim Terry, aka “Ty,” aka “Rollin’ Ty,” 25, and...

NEWARK, NJ. – Five men who work in New York City’s Diamond District were arrested today and charged with illegally processing more than $600 million through unlicensed money transmitting businesses, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s (DEA) New Jersey Division Cheryl Ortiz and U.S. Attorney Philip R...

SYRACUSE, NEW YORK – Dr. Jang Boo Chi, formerly a physician in Auburn, and his medical practice, Jang Boo Chi M.D. P.C., have agreed to pay the United States $135,000 in civil penalties for overprescribing opioids and other controlled substances in dangerous combinations. United States Attorney Carla B. Freedman, and...