DEA Archived Press Releases

Press Releases before January 20, 2025
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Local Oneonta Man Arrested On Drug Charges

OTSEGO, N.Y. - Special Agent in Charge James J. Hunt U.S. Drug Enforcement (DEA) New York Division, Otsego County District Attorney John M. Muehl, and Otsego County Sheriff Richard J. Devlin, Jr. announce the arrest of an Oneonta man on drug and weapon charges. District Attorney Investigators received information that...
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Two Colombian Drug Traffickers Charged With Smuggling Narcotics To New York Aboard Famed Spanish Navy Ship

NEW YORK - James Hunt, Special Agent in Charge of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration’(DEA) New York Division, Bridget G. Brennan, New York City’s Special Narcotics Prosecutor, New York City Police Commissioner William Bratton, and Joseph A. D’Amico, Superintendent of the New York State Police, announced today the arrest of...
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Jury Convicts Constable Woman Of Marijuana Conspiracy

ALBANY, N.Y. - A jury on Thursday convicted Stacie Demers, age 53, of Constable, New York, of a drug conspiracy involving 1,000 kilograms or more of marijuana. The announcement was made by United States Attorney Richard S. Hartunian and Special Agent in Charge James J. Hunt, New York Division, U.S...
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Second Canadian Marijuana Trafficker Receives Life Sentence

PLATTSBURGH, N.Y. - Gaetan “Gates” Dinelle, age 42, of Cornwall, Ontario, was sentenced to life imprisonment for running a drug trafficking organization that made more than $10 million in profits in a single year. The announcement was made by Special Agent in Charge James J. Hunt, U.S. Drug Enforcement (DEA)...
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Jury Convicts Syracuse Man In Heroin And Crack Cocaine Conspiracy

SYRACUSE, N.Y. - A federal jury today convicted Derrick Wilson, a/k/a D-Ellis and Sonny Black, 36, of Syracuse, of participating in a heroin and crack cocaine conspiracy, following a week-long trial. The announcement was made by Special Agent in Charge James J. Hunt, New York Division, Drug Enforcement (DEA), United...
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Jury Convicts Schenectady Man On Crack And Gun Charges

ALBANY, N.Y. - A federal jury convicted Steven Ray Morgan, 48, of Schenectady, New York, of five felony charges including conspiracy to distribute crack cocaine and possession of a firearm by a felon. The announcement was made by United States Attorney Richard S. Hartunian and Special Agent in Charge James...
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Canadian Marijuana Trafficker Receives Life Imprisonment

SYRACUSE, N.Y. - Michael C. “Mickey” Woods, age 45, of Cornwall, Ontario, was sentenced to life imprisonment for running a drug trafficking organization that made more than $10 million in profits in a single year. - The announcement was made by U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, New York Division, Special Agent...
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Buffalo Man Indicted On Multiple Drug And Weapons Charges

BUFFALO, N.Y. - DEA New York Special Agent in-Charge James J. Hunt and U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul Jr. announced that a federal grand jury has returned an indictment charging Rashawn Crule, 40, of Buffalo, NY, with multiple drug trafficking and weapons offenses. Charges include possession with intent to distribute...
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Doctor And Owner Of Bronx Clinics Involved In Illegal Distribution Of More Than Five Million Oxycodone Pills Is Sentenced To 12 Years In Prison

MANHATTAN, N.Y. - Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced the conviction of KEVIN LOWE, the owner of “Astramed,” a purported medical clinic with multiple locations in the Bronx, New York, and from which more than five million tablets of the prescription painkiller...
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Fourteen Plead Guilty In White Plains Federal Court To Participating In Massive Oxycodone And Heroin Conspiracy In And Around Rockland County

MANHATTAN, N.Y. - James Hunt, Special Agent in (SAC) of the New York Division of the U.S. Drug Enforcement (DEA), Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Thomas Zugibe, Rockland County District Attorney, and Ed Day, Rockland County Executive, announced that 14 defendants pleaded...