DEA Archived Press Releases

Press Releases before January 20, 2025
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‘Mayor of Mexico’ is sentenced to 12 years in prison for his role in operating a multi-million dollar Continuing Criminal Enterprise

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 today that José Ruben Gil, 53, of Bell Gardens, California was sentenced to serve 144 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Lawrence J. Vilardo...
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Niagara Falls man arrested; facing cocaine and fentanyl distribution charges

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 today that Jake Seright, 40, of Niagara Falls, New York, was arrested and charged by criminal complaint with possession with the intent to distribute 500...
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Two women charged with cocaine conspiracy

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 today that a federal grand jury has returned an indictment charging Maylin Santiago, 25, and Rosa Merced, 39, both of Buffalo, New York with conspiracy...
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Member of Bronx gang pleads guilty to ordering 2009 murder

NEW YORK – United States Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Ray Donovan and Geoffrey S. Berman, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that Steven Brown, a/k/a “BI,” pled guilty today to participating in a murder in connection with a drug crime for his role...
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Rochester man going to prison for cocaine conspiracy

ROCHESTER, N.Y. – U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. and DEA New York Division Special Agent in Charge Ray Donovan today announced that Manuel Medina, 33, of Rochester, New York, who was convicted of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute, and to distribute, 500 grams or more of cocaine...
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Niagara Falls man going to prison for five years on drug and gun charges

BUFFALO, N.Y. – Special Agent in Charge Ray Donovan of the United States Drug Enforcement Administration's New York Division and U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced yesterday that Milton Williams, Jr., 35, of Niagara Falls, N.Y., who was convicted of possession with intent to distribute cocaine,and possession of a...
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Niagara Falls man pleads guilty to drug charge after officers find five kilograms of cocaine in his car

BUFFALO, NY – U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. and DEA New York Division Special Agent in Charge Ray Donovan announced today that Jose Garcia-Santiago, 61, of Niagara Falls, New York, pleaded guilty before Chief U.S. District Judge Frank P. Geraci, Jr. to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute...
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Father and son plead guilty to cocaine possession

ROCHESTER, N.Y. – U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. and DEA New York Division Special Agent in Charge Ray Donovan today announced that Carlos Torres Perez, 48, of Rochester, New York, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Charles J. Siragusa to possessing with intent to distribute one kilogram or more...
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Syracuse man pleads guilty to federal drug conspiracy

SYRACUSE, N.Y. – Marcus Sales, 29, of Syracuse, N.Y., pled guilty yesterday to a federal cocaine distribution conspiracy, announced United States Attorney Grant C. Jaquith, DEA New York Division Special Agent in Charge Ray Donovan and FBI Albany Field Office Special Agent in Charge James N. Hendricks. As part of...
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Federal Jury finds Buffalo man guilty of multiple cocaine charges

BUFFALO, NY - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. and Drug Enforcement Administration, New York Division, Special Agent in Charge Raymond Donovan announced today that a federal jury has convicted Darryl M. Greene, 48, of Buffalo, New York, of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute, and to distribute, 500...