DEA Archived Press Releases

Press Releases before January 20, 2025
1999 Results - Showing 921 to 930
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Investigation into suspicious parcels leads to arrest of convicted felon on drug and gun charges

BUFFALO, N.Y. – United States Drug Enforcement Administration New York Division Special Agent in Charge Ray Donovan and U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced that Felix Calderon-Valcarcel, 28, of Orchard Park, N.Y., was arrested and charged by criminal complaint with possession with the intent to distribute, and distribution of...
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Two members of trafficking organization convicted on money laundering and drug charges

BUFFALO, N.Y. – U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr., and DEA New York Division Special Agent in Charge Ray Donovan announced that that a federal jury has convicted Martha Aguirre, 47, of Orange, Calif., and Juan Alfaro, 54, of Hacienda, Calif., of narcotics conspiracy and money laundering conspiracy. The charges...
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Man who sold heroin and fentanyl pleads guilty

BUFFALO, NY –U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. and Special Agent in Charge Ray Donovan, U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, New York Division announced that Marcos Mueses, 26, of Buffalo, NY, pleaded guilty before Chief U.S. District Judge Frank P. Geraci, Jr. to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute heroin...
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Former dentist sentenced to more than 10 years’ imprisonment for drug trafficking and possession of child pornography

BROOKLYN, N.Y. – Earlier today, John Wolf, a former Manhattan dentist, was sentenced in federal court in Brooklyn to 121 months’ imprisonment by United States District Judge William F. Kuntz II for conspiring to distribute methamphetamine and possessing child pornography. As part of his sentence, Wolf must serve 10 years’...
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Six MS-13 gang members indicted for allegedly conspiring to commit murder

HAUPPAUGE, N.Y. - Special Agent in Charge Ray Donovan of the New York Division of the United States Drug Enforcement Administration; Suffolk County District Attorney Timothy D. Sini; Special Agent in Charge of the New York office of Homeland Security Investigations Angel M. Melendez; and Suffolk County Police Commissioner Geraldine...
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Hamburg man sentenced for drug conspiracy and threatening a witness

BUFFALO, N.Y. – Special Agent in Charge Ray Donovan of the United States Drug Enforcement Administration's New York Division and U.S. Attorney for the Western District of New York James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced that Joseph C. Paternostro, 28, of Hamburg, N.Y., who was convicted of conspiracy to possess with...
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Niagara Falls man pleads guilty to drug and gun charges

BUFFALO, N.Y. – Special Agent in Charge Ray Donovan of the United States Drug Enforcement Administration's New York Division and U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. of the Western District of New York announced that Milton Williams, Jr., 35, of Niagara Falls, N.Y., pleaded guilty , before U.S. District Judge...
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Major fentanyl and heroin mill dismantled in Harrison, N.J.

TRENTON, N.J. – DEA New Jersey Division Special Agent in Charge Susan A. Gibson and New Jersey Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal announced the arrests of three men in the takedown of a major fentanyl and heroin mill in Harrison, N.J., whose drugs have been linked to 227 overdoses, including...
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Tonawanda man sentenced for distributing fentanyl

BUFFALO, N.Y. – Special Agent in Charge Ray Donovan of the United States Drug Enforcement Administration's New York Division and U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. of the Western District of New York announced that Dominique McDowell, 27, of Tonawanda, N.Y., who was convicted of possession with intent to distribute...
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Buffalo man pleads guilty to drug and ammunition charges

BUFFALO, N.Y. –U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr., and DEA New York Division Special Agent in Charge Ray Donovan announced that Tremaine Giddens, 42, of Buffalo, N.Y., pleaded guilty before Chief U.S. District Judge Frank P. Geraci, Jr., to possession with intent to distribute, and distribution of, cocaine and being...