United States Drug Enforcement Administration

BROOKLYN, NY. - A superseding indictment was unsealed Wednesday, February 9, 2010, in federal court in Brooklyn charging five members of a Staten Island-based crack and powder cocaine distribution network with narcotics and firearms offenses. The defendants appeared at noon today before United States District Judge Nicholas G. Garaufis at...

FRESNO, CA - United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner and Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Anthony D. Williams, announced that a federal grand jury returned a one-count indictment today charging Gerardo Norzagaray-Pereda, 31, of Mexico, and Armando Sanchez-Ornelas, 23, of Phoenix, with conspiracy to possess with intent to...

FRESNO, CA - United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner and Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Anthony D. Williams, announced today that a federal grand jury returned an indictment charging Jesus Jimenez Rincon, 37, of Portland, Ore., with possession of methamphetamine with the intent to distribute. This case is...

ROCHESTER, NY. - United States Drug Enforcement (DEA) New York Field Division Special Agent in Charge John P. Gilbride and U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that a federal grand jury in Rochester has returned an indictment charging Joseph Mitchell, 39, of Rochester, New York, and his brother...

BUFFALO, NY. - United States Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge of the New York Field Division John P. Gilbride and U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that fourteen individuals were charged in criminal complaints in connection with the use of fraudulently issued and forged prescriptions for...

OTSEGO, NY. - Special Agent in Charge of the New York Field Division United States Drug Enforcement (DEA) John P. Gilbride, Otsego County Sheriff Richard J. Devlin, Jr and Otsego County District Attorney John M. Muehl announce the arrest of three individuals following a joint investigation between the DEA and...

WHITE PLAINS, NY. - Special Agent in Charge of the New York Field Division United States Drug Enforcement Administration JOHN P. GILBRIDE and U.S. Attorney PREET BHARARA, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York today announced the unsealing of an Indictment charging 26 members of a...

BUFFALO, NY - . - Special Agent in Charge of the New York Field Division United States Drug Enforcement Administration John P. Gilbride and U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced late yesterday that Lindsay Lang, 18, of Orchard Park, N.Y., and Daniel Smythe, 21, of Cheektowaga, N.Y., pleaded guilty...

ALBANY, NY. - Special Agent in Charge of the New York Field Division United States Drug Enforcement Administration John P. Gilbride and District Attorney P. David Soares announced that GINO UZZELL a.k.a “G”, ANTHONY DAVIS a.k.a. “Inf” and JASON BENN a.k.a. “Jay” were arraigned yesterday morning on a five count...

FRESNO, CA - United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced today that the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit affirmed the convictions and sentences of Ricardo Montes, 29, and Luke Scarmazzo, 29, both of Modesto. On May 15, 2008, following a three-week trial, a federal jury found...