DEA Archived Press Releases

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Guilty plea in fentanyl case

BUFFALO, N.Y. – U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr., and DEA New York Division Special Agent in Charge Ray Donovan announced that Torri McCray, 40, of Buffalo, pleaded guilty to possession with intent to distribute, and distribution of, fentanyl, and 10 grams or more of buytryl fentanyl before U.S. District...
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Buffalo man indicted on cocaine and crack charges

BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Special Agent in Charge Ray Donovan, U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration New York Division, and U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr., announced that a federal grand jury has returned an indictment charging Derrius Cunningham, a/k/a Baby, 41, of Buffalo, N.Y., with conspiracy to distribute and distribution of cocaine...
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Doctor convicted on nine counts in connection with oxycodone and fentanyl diversion scheme

NEW YORK – DEA New York Division Special Agent in Charge Ray Donovan and United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York Geoffrey S. Berman announced the conviction yesterday of Ernesto Lopez, a New York-licensed medical doctor who wrote thousands of medically unnecessary prescriptions for oxycodone and fentanyl...
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Buffalo man sentenced for selling synthetic marijuana as a result of a DEA New York and DEA Los Angeles investigation

BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Special Agent in Charge Ray Donovan, United States Drug Enforcement Administration, New York Division, and U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr., announced that Fawzi Al-Arashi, 41, of Buffalo, N.Y., who was convicted of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute a controlled substance, was sentenced to serve...
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Long Island man sentenced to 16 years’ imprisonment for distributing heroin leading to overdoses among college students, one fatal

BROOKLYN, N.Y. – Earlier yesterday, at the federal courthouse in Central Islip, Richard Jacobellis was sentenced by United States District Judge Joanna Seybert to an agreed upon 16 years of imprisonment, to be followed by three years’ supervised release, for distributing heroin. When Jacobellis pleaded guilty in June 2018, he...
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Five members of heroin trafficking ring arrested in Syracuse

SYRACUSE, N.Y. -- Four men from Syracuse and one from New York City (the Bronx) have been charged with operating a heroin distribution ring from which investigators seized over 62,000 individual bags of heroin, totaling in excess of two kilograms, announced United States Attorney Grant C. Jaquith and Ray Donovan...
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Two-week trial leads to conviction of drug trafficker for conspiring to import cocaine in shipment of chili peppers

BROOKLYN, N.Y. -- Earlier today, following a two-week trial, a federal jury in Brooklyn returned a guilty verdict against Humberto Baez for conspiring to import and distribute cocaine, and for possessing with intent to distribute cocaine, in connection with his participation in a scheme responsible for smuggling 16 kilograms of...
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Bronx man pleads guilty to heroin charge in Albany

ALBANY, N.Y. -- Special Agent in Charge Ray Donovan, U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration; New York Division, and U.S. Attorney Grant C. Jaquith, Northern District of New York announced that Ronny Mota, age 29, of Bronx, New York, pled guilty today to conspiring to distribute more than 100 grams of heroin...
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Three members of Lockport fentanyl ring arrested

BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Special Agent in Charge Ray Donovan, U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration; New York Division, and U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr., announced that Bruno J. Haney, II, 29, Marissa L. DeCarlo, 26, and James O. White, 27, all of Lockport, NY, were arrested and charged by criminal complaint...
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Two more opioid dealers sentenced for their role in large drug conspiracy

ROCHESTER, N.Y. -- Special Agent in Charge Ray Donovan, U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration; New York Division, and U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr., announced that Robert J. Elford, 30, of Oneida, NY, who was convicted of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute, and to distribute, 100 grams or more...