DEA Archived Press Releases

Press Releases before January 20, 2025
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Man Who Sold Drugs Across The Street From A School Convicted And Sentenced

BUFFALO, N.Y. - James J. Hunt, the Special Agent in Charge of the New York Division of the Drug Enforcement (DEA), and U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced that that Thomas Cox, 50, of Buffalo, NY, who was convicted of possession with intent to distribute, and distribution of, cocaine...
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Woman On Parole Indicted On Heroin Charge In Case Involving Overdose Death

BUFFALO, N.Y. - James J. Hunt, the Special Agent in Charge of the New York Division of the Drug Enforcement (DEA), and U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced that a federal grand jury has returned an indictment charging Brittney Ridgeway, 29, of Buffalo, NY, with possession with intent to...
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Buffalo Man Indicted On Cocaine Charges

BUFFALO, N.Y. - James J. Hunt, the Special Agent in Charge of the New York Division of the Drug Enforcement (DEA), and U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced that a federal grand jury has returned an indictment charging Larry Smith, Jr., 39, of Buffalo, NY, with possession with intent...
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Man Convicted On Gun And Witness Tampering Charges

ROCHESTER, N.Y. - James J. Hunt, the Special Agent in Charge of the New York Division of the Drug Enforcement (DEA), and U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced that James E. Sandford, III, 29, of Penn Yan, NY, who was convicted of possessing a stolen firearm, being a felon...
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OCDETF Operation Zombie Island Shuts Down Major Heroin And Fentanyl Distribution Organization On Staten Island

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, Michael E. McMahon, the District Attorney for Richmond County, James P. O’Neill, the Commissioner of...
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Seventeen Alleged Members And Associates Of MS-13 Indicted For Murder, Conspiracy To Commit Murder, Drug Trafficking

MINEOLA, N.Y. - James J. Hunt, the Special Agent-in-Charge of the New York Division of the DEA and Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced today that 17 alleged members and associates of the MS-(Mara Salvatrucha) gang have been indicted by a grand jury on various charges of murder, conspiracy...
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Buffalo Man Indicted In The Murder Of Cattaraugus County Man During Robbery

BUFFALO, N.Y. - Special Agent-in-Charge James J. Hunt of DEA’s New York Division and U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced yesterday that a federal grand jury returned a five-count indictment charging Jaron Ruth, 25, of Buffalo, N.Y., with the discharge of a firearm causing death; possession of a firearm...
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Manhattan U.S. Attorney Announces Murder Charges Against Bronx Gang Member For 2011 Murder Of Gang Members’ Girlfriend

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, and James P. O’Neill, the Commissioner of the New York City Police (“NYPD”), announced additional...
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International Narcotics Distributor Sentenced To 20 Years’ Imprisonment For Trafficking Narcotics And Laundering Millions Of Dollars

BROOKLYN, N.Y. - Earlier today at the federal courthouse in Brooklyn New York, Salvador Jimenez Uribe, also known as “Salvador Uribe Jimenez,” an international narcotics distributor and money launderer, was sentenced by United States District Judge Raymond J. Dearie to 20 years’ imprisonment for narcotics and money laundering charges, including...
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Additional Charges Announced Against Two Bronx Men For A 2014 Murder And 2014 Drug-related Shooting

NEW YORK - Joon H. Kim, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York; Darcel D. Clark, the Bronx County District Attorney; Ashan M. Benedict, the Special Agent in Charge of the New York Field Division of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and (ATF); James...