DEA Archived Press Releases

Press Releases before January 20, 2025
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Final defendant sentenced in major Elmira heroin trafficking ring

ROCHESTER, N.Y. – U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr., and DEA New York Division Special Agent in Charge Ray Donovan announced that Scott Washington, aka Body, aka Addy, 31, of Elmira, N.Y., who was convicted of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute 100 grams or more of heroin, was...
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Man pleads guilty to selling heroin and gun possession in Western District of New York

BUFFALO, N.Y. – U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr., and DEA New York Division Special Agent in Charge Ray Donovan announced that Jose O. Felix, 38, of Buffalo, N.Y., pleaded guilty before Senior U.S. District Judge William M. Skretny to possession with intent to distribute 100 grams or more of...
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Two brothers sentenced for operating marijuana ring in San Francisco, New York City, and Rochester

ROCHESTER, N.Y. – U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. and DEA New York Division Special Agent in Charge Ray Donovan announced that Alexander Green, 33, of San Francisco, Calif., and his brother Charles Green, 30, of Long Island City, N.Y., who were convicted of conspiracy to possess with intent to...
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Investigation into suspicious parcels leads to arrest of convicted felon on drug and gun charges

BUFFALO, N.Y. – United States Drug Enforcement Administration New York Division Special Agent in Charge Ray Donovan and U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced that Felix Calderon-Valcarcel, 28, of Orchard Park, N.Y., was arrested and charged by criminal complaint with possession with the intent to distribute, and distribution of...
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Convicted felon pleaded guilty to gun and drug charges

ROCHESTER, N.Y. – United States Drug Enforcement Administration New York Division Special Agent in Charge Ray Donovan and U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced that Joseph Delisio, 47, of Rochester, N.Y., pleaded guilty to possession of heroin with intent to distribute and possession of a firearm and ammunition by...
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Man who sold heroin and fentanyl pleads guilty

BUFFALO, NY –U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. and Special Agent in Charge Ray Donovan, U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, New York Division announced that Marcos Mueses, 26, of Buffalo, NY, pleaded guilty before Chief U.S. District Judge Frank P. Geraci, Jr. to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute heroin...
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Two members of trafficking organization convicted on money laundering and drug charges

BUFFALO, N.Y. – U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr., and DEA New York Division Special Agent in Charge Ray Donovan announced that that a federal jury has convicted Martha Aguirre, 47, of Orange, Calif., and Juan Alfaro, 54, of Hacienda, Calif., of narcotics conspiracy and money laundering conspiracy. The charges...
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Former dentist sentenced to more than 10 years’ imprisonment for drug trafficking and possession of child pornography

BROOKLYN, N.Y. – Earlier today, John Wolf, a former Manhattan dentist, was sentenced in federal court in Brooklyn to 121 months’ imprisonment by United States District Judge William F. Kuntz II for conspiring to distribute methamphetamine and possessing child pornography. As part of his sentence, Wolf must serve 10 years’...
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Six MS-13 gang members indicted for allegedly conspiring to commit murder

HAUPPAUGE, N.Y. - Special Agent in Charge Ray Donovan of the New York Division of the United States Drug Enforcement Administration; Suffolk County District Attorney Timothy D. Sini; Special Agent in Charge of the New York office of Homeland Security Investigations Angel M. Melendez; and Suffolk County Police Commissioner Geraldine...
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Hamburg man sentenced for drug conspiracy and threatening a witness

BUFFALO, N.Y. – Special Agent in Charge Ray Donovan of the United States Drug Enforcement Administration's New York Division and U.S. Attorney for the Western District of New York James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced that Joseph C. Paternostro, 28, of Hamburg, N.Y., who was convicted of conspiracy to possess with...