PRESS RELEASE

DEA/DA Undercover Operation Stops Countywide Drug Manufacturing Operations

September 17, 2014
… DEA/DA Undercover Operation Stops Countywide Drug Manufacturing … Vista, and El Cajon are the conclusion of a year-long undercover drug operation. The Drug Enforcement (DEA) served …  There was a large quantity of Hash Oil seized, along with over $25,000.00 in U.S. currency, an assault rifle, along …
September 17, 2014
PRESS RELEASE

Long Island Doctor Indicted For Causing Oxycodone Overdose Deaths Of Two Patients

September 28, 2012
… Long Island Doctor Indicted For Causing Oxycodone Overdose Deaths Of Two Patients September 28, 2012 New York … distributed oxycodone. According to court filings by the government: (1) On April 23, 2011, Giovanni Manzella died of an overdose of oxycodone less than 48 hours after Conway …
September 28, 2012
PRESS RELEASE

Six Indicted In Conspiracy To Distribute Heroin And "Crystal Meth" In New York City And Pennsylvania

October 02, 2014
… for distribution throughout the Metropolitan area.”  Over three pounds of (or “crystal meth”) and nearly a pound … “ounces”). In addition to the methamphetamine, agents recovered approximately two pounds of lidocaine, a dilutant, … Shortly thereafter agents arrested Solis in a BMW X5 and recovered the bag he had been carrying from the trunk. Inside …
October 02, 2014
PRESS RELEASE

Doctor Charged In Illegal Sales Of Prescriptions For Controlled Substances: Medical Practices At JFK International Airport And On Long Island

September 03, 2015
… are.” DEA Special Agent in Charge James J. Hunt stated, “Over the past ten years, the prescription drug overdose rate has doubled.  During that time, DEA and our …
September 03, 2015
PRESS RELEASE

2nd Major Narcotics Trafficker Extradited To US From Columbia

January 27, 2017
… Police, and the Civil Guard of Spain. As with Hoayeck, the Government of Colombia approved an extradition request for … A long-term investigation revealed that Siado and Hoayeck oversaw a major international drug operation from their base … the indictment center on a shipment of eight kilograms of (over 17 lbs.), including four kilograms of heroin and four …
January 27, 2017
PRESS RELEASE

DEA, DA SINI, U.S. Postal Inspection Service & DA’S East End Drug Task Force announce takedown of alleged Montauk Drug distribution ring

August 16, 2018
… Day,” District Attorney Sini said. “Given their control over the drug market in Montauk, these co-conspirators were …
August 16, 2018
PRESS RELEASE

Leader of Drug Delivery Service Responsible for Three Fentanyl Poisoning Deaths Sentenced to 30 Years in Prison

October 04, 2023
… drug delivery service that distributed dangerous drugs for over seven years, including the fentanyl that killed three … yet, Ortega was fully aware that a customer had previously overdosed from the deadly fentanyl Ortega laced into his … Woods, are in charge of the prosecution. Drug Trafficking Overdose Synthetic drugs Fentanyl Cocaine On On Press …
October 04, 2023
PRESS RELEASE

Operation Chopping Block: Two Alleged Gang Members Indicted for Selling 33 Firearms to Undercover Officer

March 24, 2022
… Gang Members Indicted for Selling 33 Firearms to Undercover Officer March 24, 2022 New York Contact Info Contact Us … and large capacity ammunition feeding devices to an undercover NYPD officer.  District Attorney Clark said, “The … destroying our communities. I thank the courageous undercover officer for helping to make the Bronx safer.” …
March 24, 2022
PRESS RELEASE

China-Based Chemical Manufacturing Companies and Employees Indicted for Alleged Fentanyl Manufacturing and Distribution

October 24, 2024
… Enforcement Administration (DEA). “For the third time in over a year, DEA investigations have resulted in charges …
October 24, 2024
PRESS RELEASE

Former U.S. Border Patrol Agent Sentenced to 87 Months in Prison for Attempting to Distribute Methamphetamine and Receiving Bribes

May 29, 2024
… with someone who unbeknownst to him was, in fact, an undercover federal agent, and agreed to pick up a bag full of … pick up the bag while on duty and deliver it to the undercover agent in exchange for $20,000. Once the agreement was … of his work shift. On May 10, 2023, after his shift was over, Hernandez returned home, retrieved the bag, and drove …
May 29, 2024
PRESS RELEASE

Four Sentenced in Federal Court for their Role in Meth Trafficking Ring and Related Firearms Crime

March 25, 2024
… which was shipped to Columbia, South Carolina. Over the course of the conspiracy, Guzman was responsible …
March 25, 2024
PRESS RELEASE

Extradition of Honduran Nationals in Fight Against Fentanyl Trafficking in the Tenderloin District of San Francisco

February 27, 2024
… the Federal Bureau of Investigation, to announce that the government of Honduras extradited three of its nationals to … manager of the organization responsible for having overseen the organization’s drug trafficking activities.  On … than you anticipated, you can now add that you should look over your shoulder for years after committing your …
February 27, 2024
PRESS RELEASE

35 defendants to include the ring leader charged in major take down of international drug trafficking organization based in Lane County

October 29, 2020
… from its distribution cell located in Lane County.  The government’s investigation has resulted in the prosecution of … its investigation, law enforcement seized from the Diaz DTO over 260 pounds of methamphetamine, 16 pounds of heroin, 6 …
October 29, 2020
PRESS RELEASE

Longest cross-border tunnel discovered in San Diego

January 29, 2020
… Longest cross-border tunnel discovered in San Diego January 29, 2020 San Diego Contact Info … exposed the longest illicit cross-border tunnel ever discovered along the Southwest border. The tunnel originates in … west of the Otay Mesa Port of Entry. Following the discovery in late August 2019, Mexican law enforcement …
January 29, 2020
PRESS RELEASE

Federal jury convicts two for multiple violent crimes

September 09, 2019
… in without Montemayor.   The investigation began after discovering a local rip crew was responsible for multiple … in drug proceeds.    The jury also heard that casings recovered from three of the crimes were fired from firearms recovered from Cerda’s vehicle.   The defense attempted to …
September 09, 2019
PRESS RELEASE

Drug trafficker sentenced to more than a decade in prison

November 07, 2018
… Akilah Johnson 571-387-5018 Defendant arrested with over 14 kilograms cocaine, $371,000 cash and two firearms …
November 07, 2018
PRESS RELEASE

Indictment Charges 15 With Conspiring In International Drug Ring That Used U.S. Mail To Ship Cocaine From California To New Jersey Jamaican Recording Artist Charged As Leader Of Drug Trafficking Network In "Operation Next Day Air"

January 10, 2014
… Kemar. In the course of the investigation, detectives recovered more than 26 kilograms of cocaine, worth … directing Kemar and others.  Kemar returned to the U.S. and oversaw the shipment of kilogram quantities of cocaine from … to Andrew Davis in Jamaica and Kemar Davis in California. Over the course of the investigation, detectives documented …
January 10, 2014
PRESS RELEASE

Major Investigation In West Memphis Results In Dozens Of Defendants Charged With Multiple Drug And Gun Crimes

July 25, 2017
… Administration’(DEA) New Orleans Field Division, which covers the Eastern District of Arkansas, Patrick C. Harris, … drugs to our neighborhoods.” “Drug and gun crime has been overrunning the entire Arkansas Delta for some time, and the … Robert Langston said. “This operation was conducted by over 300 law enforcement personnel, with many of them coming …
July 25, 2017
PRESS RELEASE

Father, Girlfriend Of Rikers Island Inmate Charged With Conspiracy And Solicitation To Commit Murder

May 23, 2016
… place at the wrong time. DEA investigations usually uncover an array of crimes but the most heinous has always been … up to 25 years in prison. District Attorney Brown said that over the course of the investigation various investigative … the time of Leasure’s arrest that day, police allegedly recovered a black 9mm Luger containing one magazine that was …
May 23, 2016
PRESS RELEASE

Drug Traffickers Used Staten Island Barber Shop To Sell Drugs And Oversee Gun Sales

October 17, 2013
… Used Staten Island Barber Shop To Sell Drugs And Oversee Gun Sales October 17, 2013 New York Contact Info … targets arrested; 4 illegal guns and quantity of drugs recovered nyc101713-01.jpg STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. - Brian Crowell, … a universal pre-K program for children. The four guns recovered during the investigation include: a .45 caliber …
October 17, 2013
PRESS RELEASE

Law Enforcement Tackles Drug Sales Near Schools In San Francisco

February 13, 2015
… not ever have to navigate drug dealers to get to school." Over the past nine days, the following defendants have been … of the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines and the federal statute governing the imposition of a sentence, 18 U.S.C. § 3553.  …
February 13, 2015
PRESS RELEASE

U.S. Attorney Announces Conviction of Chappaqua Man

March 18, 2022
… Ribbon: Ciara A. Gregovich 720-431-8836 Gunpoint Robbery of Over 100 Kilos of Cocaine, Smuggling a Firearm and Other … or about February 26, 2020, Bureau of Prisons officials discovered a contraband cellphone in Deejay White’s cell and … about March 5, 2020, the Firearm, which was loaded, was recovered from inside a wall of Deejay White’s MCC cell.  On or …
March 18, 2022
PRESS RELEASE

Last member of deadly Elmira opioid trafficking organization sentenced to prison

May 13, 2019
… of furanyl fentanyl, acetyl fentantyl and U-47700 from overseas suppliers in China. They ordered the drugs on what … fentanyl and U-47700. In addition, at least one individual overdosed on more than one occasion after using the blue … Sayre location on May 16, 2017, law enforcement agents recovered, among other things, 244 blue pills containing …
May 13, 2019
PRESS RELEASE

Sinaloa-based narcotics distributor designated under the Kingpin Act for trafficking fentanyl, heroin, and methamphetamine in Oregon

May 12, 2021
… to our communities. The increase in fentanyl supply and use over the past 2 ½ years in Oregon is reflected in the number … law enforcement trafficking investigations, drug seizures, overdose hospitalizations and, tragically, overdose deaths,” said Oregon-Idaho HIDTA Executive …
May 12, 2021
PRESS RELEASE

Forty-Four Michigan And Ohio Residents Indicted In Scheme To Illegally Divert And Distribute Rx Drugs Along “US-23 Pipeline”

March 21, 2013
… become a national epidemic, with more Americans dying from overdoses than from gunshot wounds.” Robert L. Corso, … in the earlier indictment, all have been convicted by pleas over the last year. Those defendants included Detroit and … is entitled to a fair trial in which it will be the government’s burden to prove guilt beyond a reasonable doubt. …
March 21, 2013
PRESS RELEASE

Seven South Florida Residents Charged In Conspiracy To Distribute Performance Enhancing Drugs To Underage High School And Professional Athletes

August 05, 2014
… Nuñez - , 48, of Fort Lauderdale. The charges stem from an over 21-month-long investigation by DEA, which focused on … 2008 through 2012. In addition, the investigation also uncovered a separate conspiracy which involved Acevedo and the … professional athletes on the promise of playing better, recovering faster from injury and having more energy,” said …
August 05, 2014
PRESS RELEASE

Nine Members Of Major Narcotics Ring Extending Throughout Manhattan, The Bronx, And New Jersey Indicted On Conspiracy And Drug-Related Charges

April 01, 2015
… J. Hunt said: “Angel Alvarez is a career criminal. For over four years, he evaded drug distribution charges … the intent to sell. Cotto is accused of using a 2015 Range Rover to travel between his townhouse in Newburgh, New York, … the August 2014 sale of a kilogram of cocaine to undercover detectives from the NYPD’s Bronx Narcotics Major Case …
April 01, 2015
STORY

13-Year-Old D.J. Daniel Sworn In As Honorary DEA Special Agent

April 22, 2025
… Maltz administering the Oath of Office to D.J. Daniel   Over the past several months, 13-year-old Devarjaye “D.J.” …
April 22, 2025
PRESS RELEASE

Fourth Defendant Charged with Federal Narcotics Offenses Resulting in Death in Connection with Poisoning of Four Children at a Bronx Daycare

September 28, 2023
… call went unanswered, the second phone call lasted just over 10 seconds.  Then, only minutes before emergency … the Daycare’s building, Herrera Garcia hurried through overgrown grass and bushes to exit the area.   Furthermore, … September 15, 2023.  However, messages that have been recovered reveal that while Mendez was with members of law …
September 28, 2023
PRESS RELEASE

Meth Conversion Lab Found in Vacant Bronx Apartment

February 17, 2021
… bags were located under the sink.  Law enforcement recovered clear plastic bags containing crystal meth … thousands of pills from a cabinet above the sink.  Also recovered were two types of pills, those with the appearance of … There were also scales and a thermometer in the kitchen.  Over the next week, further investigation and review of …
February 17, 2021