DEA Archived Press Releases

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Buffalo man serving state murder sentence receives an additional term in federal prison as a result of federal conviction on gun and drug charges

BUFFALO, N.Y. -- U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. and U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Ray Donovan, New York Division announced today that Gregory Ramos a/k/a Prospect, 29, of Buffalo, NY, who was convicted following a jury trial of possessing with intent to distribute cocaine, possessing a...
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Two Jamestown women arrested on methamphetamine charges

BUFFALO , N.Y. -- U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. and U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Ray Donovan, New York Division announced today that Antasia Babcock, 27, and Celeste Carr, 34, both of Jamestown, NY, were charged in separate criminal complaints with possessing with intent to distribute...
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Indictment: Topeka Man Distributed Heroin

TOPEKA, Kan. – A Topeka man was indicted in federal court today with distributing heroin. James Licht, 39, was charged with one count of distributing heroin and one count of unlawful possession of firearms by a previously convicted felon. According to documents filed in court, investigators served a search warrant...
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St. Peters man gets 22 years in prison

ST. LOUIS – U.S. District Judge John A. Ross sentenced Ramon Gonzalez, Jr., to 268 months in prison today. The 48-year-old St. Peters, Missouri, resident pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute controlled substances. During 2018, the Drug Enforcement Administration-St. Louis Division began an investigation into a drug trafficking enterprise by...
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Lockport man convicted by a federal jury of narcotics conspiracy tied to the Sinaloa Cartel going to prison for 25 years

BUFFALO, N.Y. -- U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. and U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Ray Donovan, New York Division announced that Troy R. Gillon, 46, of Lockport, NY, who was convicted of narcotics conspiracy following an eight week jury trial, was sentenced to serve 25 years...
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110 Gang members sentenced to decades in federal prison

SYRACUSE, N.Y. – Jamar Long, 25, and Reddell Smith, 35, both of Syracuse, were sentenced today to serve 210 months (Long), and 78 months (Smith), respectively, in federal prison for violating the Racketeering Influenced Corrupt Organizations Act, announced Acting United States Attorney Antoinette T. Bacon, Thomas F. Relford, Special Agent...
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Dodge City man sentenced for methamphetamine trafficking

WICHITA, Kan. – A Dodge City, Kansas, man was sentenced today to 10 years in federal prison for methamphetamine trafficking. Danny Del Real, 31, pleaded guilty to one count of distributing methamphetamine. In October 2018, a confidential informant working with the Dodge City Police Department paid Del Real $5,000 to...
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17 pounds of fentanyl, heroin result in 8 years in prison

WICHITA, Kan . – A California man was sentenced today to eight years in federal prison for transporting fentanyl and heroin to Kansas, U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister said. Mauricio Canas, 24, Bermuda Dunes, Calif., pleaded guilty to one count of interstate transportation in furtherance of drug trafficking and one count...
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Leader of Townsend Street drug trafficking organization going to prison for 8 1/2 years

BUFFALO, N.Y. -- U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. and U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Ray Donovan, New York Division announced today that Lamario Mills, a/k/a Rio, 32, of Buffalo, NY, who was convicted of possessing with intent to distribute, and distributing, 500 grams or more of...
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California man pleas guilty to heroin, fentanyl drug trafficking

WICHITA, Kan. – A California man pleaded guilty today to federal charges that officers found more than nine pounds of fentanyl and more than eight pounds of heroin when the Kansas Highway Patrol stopped his car in Kansas. Eduardo Arellano-Sanchez, 24, of Cathedral City, Calif., pleaded guilty to one count...