United States Drug Enforcement Administration

NEW YORK - James J. Hunt, Special Agent in Charge of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration’s New York (DEA), Bridget G. Brennan, New York City’s Special Narcotics Prosecutor, Steven Banks, Commissioner of the New York City Human Resources Administration/Department of Social (HRA), and New York State Health Commissioner Dr. Howard...

BROOKLYN, N.Y. - A four-count indictment was unsealed today in United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York charging sixteen defendants with four narcotics trafficking conspiracies, including conspiracies to possess with intent to distribute cocaine, cocaine (crack cocaine), (molly), and marijuana. The defendants are scheduled to be...

NEWARK, N.J. - -Carl J. Kotowski, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s New Jersey Division and Paul J. Fishman, U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey announced a Passaic County, New Jersey, member of the New Jersey set of the Grape Street Crips admitted his leadership...

ROCHESTER, N.Y. - Special Agent in Charge James J. Hunt, U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, New York Division and U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr., Western District of New York, announced today that Blake Rivera, 31, of Greece, NY, his brother Chayanne Rivera, 25, of Gates, NY, and their father, Victor...

NEWARK, N.J. - -Carl J. Kotowski, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s New Jersey Division and Paul J. Fishman, U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey announced the alleged long-time leader of the Grape Street Crips will appear in court today on charges linking him to...

TRENTON, N.J. - - Carl J. Kotowski, Special Agent in Charge for the Drug Enforcement Administration’s New Jersey Division and Paul J. Fishman, U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey announced a Trenton man who was found in possession of 143 grams of heroin and a loaded firearm pleaded...

ERIE COUNTY, N.Y. - Erie County Executive Mark C. Poloncarz was joined today by Erie County Health Commissioner Dr. Gale Burstein, United States Attorney for the Western District of New York William J. Hochul Jr. and U.S. Drug Enforcement (DEA) Resident Agent In Charge John Flickinger to issue an emergency...

NEW YORK - Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, James J. Hunt, Special Agent in Charge of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration New York (DEA), and Delano A. Reid, Special Agent in Charge of the New York Division of the United States Bureau...

NEWARK, N.J. - - Carl J. Kotowski, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s New Jersey Division and Paul J. Fishman, U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey announced five men were arrested in Passaic County, New Jersey, with a combined 55 kilograms of heroin and cocaine...

NEW YORK - This past December, the Center for Disease (CDC) published a special report on drug overdoses both nationwide and on state levels in CDC’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. The statistics presented in that report support what we are currently experiencing; heroin is the biggest threat to public...