United States Drug Enforcement Administration

NEW YORK - James J. Hunt, Special Agent in Charge of the U.S Drug Enforcement (DEA) New York Division; Bridget G. Brennan, New York City's Special Narcotics Prosecutor; and New York City Police Commissioner James P. O’Neill announced three arrests and the seizure of one and a half kilograms to...

SAN DIEGO - Jose Rafael Camacho-Ontiveros, the alleged leader of a Mexican heroin trafficking organization, was extradited to the United States by Mexico yesterday and made his first appearance in federal court this afternoon. A federal grand jury in San Diego returned an indictment on October 14, 2011, charging Camacho-Ontiveros...

ALBANY, N.Y. - William Hilts, a/k/a “True,” age 53, and Elijah Jones, age 31, both of Schenectady, New York, were sentenced today for conspiring to distribute heroin and crack cocaine. Senior United States District Judge Thomas J. McAvoy sentenced Hilts to 180 months in prison and eight years of post-imprisonment...

BROOKLYN, N.Y. - A 33-count superseding indictment was unsealed today in United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York charging six defendants with new racketeering predicate acts including assault in aid of racketeering, arson, extortion and unlawful firearms dealing. Five of the defendants are in custody and...

NEWARK, N.J. - A Ringwood, New Jersey, man appeared in federal court today to face cocaine distribution, money laundering, and other conspiracy charges associated with his role in a scheme to import large quantities of cocaine from Guyana to New Jersey and New York, Acting U.S. Attorney William E. Fitzpatrick...

NEW YORK - James J. Hunt, the Special Agent-in-Charge of the New York Field Office of the Drug Enforcement (DEA), Joon H. Kim, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Angel M. Melendez, the Special Agent in Charge of the New York Field Office of...

NEW YORK - James J. Hunt, the Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement (DEA), Joon H. Kim, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and James P. O’Neill, the Police Commissioner of the City of New (NYPD) announced the unsealing today of an...

MANHATTAN, NY - James J. Hunt, the Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement (DEA), Joon H. Kim, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, James P. O’Neill, the Police Commissioner of the City of New (NYPD), and George P. Beach II, the Superintendent...

SYRACUSE, NY - Anthony Vita, 37, of Syracuse, New York, was sentenced today to serve 15 years in prison for distributing a controlled substance, announced Acting United States Attorney Grant Jaquith and James J. Hunt, Special Agent in Charge of the New York Division of the Drug Enforcement (DEA). The...

MANHATTAN, NY - Joon H. Kim, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that MARC HENRY JOHNSON was sentenced today to one year and one day in prison for helping cover up a drug dealer’s narcotics offense by moving a woman’s body out of...