United States Drug Enforcement Administration

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

SAN DIEGO - Sinaloa Cartel cell leader Damaso Lopez-Serrano, aka “Mini Lic,” pled guilty in federal court today following his self-surrender to United States law enforcement authorities at the Calexico West Port of Entry on July 27, 2017. Lopez-Serrano, 29, is believed to be the highest-ranking Mexican cartel leader ever...

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...

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...

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...

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...