United States Drug Enforcement Administration

NEWARK, N.J. – Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s New Jersey Division, Susan A. Gibson, and acting U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey, Rachael A. Honig, announced a member of the New Jersey Grape Street Crips was sentenced today to 100 months in prison for...

BUFFALO, N.Y. -- U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. and U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Ray Donovan, New York Division announced today that Kareem Pryor, 30, of Buffalo, who was convicted of assault with a dangerous weapon in aid of racketeering, and possession with intent to distribute...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — One of 16 members and associates of the Aryan Brotherhood (AB), a prison-based gang, charged in 2019 for organized criminal activity inside and outside of California’s prisons has pleaded guilty today, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott and Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Daniel C. Comeaux...

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – On November 9, 2020, a federal grand jury in the District of Puerto Rico returned an indictment charging 20 violent gang members with conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute controlled substances, possession with intent to distribute controlled substances, and firearms violations, announced W. Stephen...

NEW YORK – Audrey Strauss, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Dermot Shea, Commissioner of the New York City Police Department, Peter C. Fitzhugh, the Special Agent in Charge of the New York Field Office of Homeland Security Investigations, and Raymond Donovan, the Special...

SYRCAUSE, N.Y. – Kemnorris Kinsey, 33, of Syracuse, was sentenced today to serve 150 months in federal prison for violating the Racketeering Influenced Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO), announced Acting United States Attorney Antoinette T. Bacon. Senior United State District Judge Frederick J. Scullin, Jr. also ordered Kinsey to serve three...

SUFFOLK COUNTY, N.Y. – Today, Ray Donovan, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s ("DEA") New York Division announced with Suffolk County District Attorney Timothy D. Sini, the indictment of 15 individuals in connection with an alleged drug distribution ring operating in Suffolk County. "This year, DEA initiated...

WASHINGTON – DEA kicked off its 2020 National Red Ribbon Campaign earlier this month with its first-ever virtual National Red Ribbon Rally . This year’s theme is “Be Happy, Be Brave, Be Drug Free” and the rally’s guest speaker was Miss America 2020 Camille Schrier. A Doctor of Pharmacy student...

OMAHA, Nebraska— The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) is kicking off Red Ribbon Week, Friday, October 23, with multiple buildings and bridges across the five state Omaha Division lighting up red to recognize the nation’s oldest and largest drug misuse prevention awareness program. Red Ribbon Week began following the death of...

DEL RIO, Tx - A federal judge has sentenced 33 members and associates of the Austin, San Antonio and Uvalde Chapters of the Latin King’s Central Region of Texas from 45 to 288 months in federal prison for their roles in racketeering scheme, announced Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Special Agent...