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New York City Man Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison for Federal Drug Trafficking Conspiracy

June 27, 2022
… he distributed multiple kilograms of heroin and cocaine from 2014 through January 2019.  Cruz further admitted that … co-conspirators arranged for the drugs to be transported from New York City to Lewis County, New York, where the …
June 27, 2022
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Arizona Man Sentenced to Fifteen Years in Prison for Methamphetamine Trafficking and Possession of a Firearm

June 17, 2022
… 20 kilograms (approximately 44 pounds) of methamphetamine from Arizona to Syracuse, where it was to be sold. DEA … Firearms and Explosives, and DEA Task Force Officers from the New York State Police, U.S. Department of Homeland …
June 17, 2022
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Niagara Falls Man Pleads Guilty to Drug and Gun Charges

June 07, 2022
… 31, 2020, law enforcement officers intercepted a package from California, which contained approximately 837 grams of … on drug charges in California and is legally prohibited from possessing firearms and ammunition. The plea is the …
June 07, 2022
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Ulster County Dentist Pleads Guilty to Fraudulently Acquiring and Obtaining Oxycodone

April 14, 2022
… and date of birth. Letizia then obtained that oxycodone from a pharmacy in Woodstock, New York, for her own … license. She also agreed that she would be prohibited from re-applying for a DEA registration number that would …
April 14, 2022
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New York City Man Pleads Guilty to Federal Drug Trafficking Conspiracy

January 25, 2022
… he distributed multiple kilograms of heroin and cocaine from 2014 through January 2019.  The defendant further … co-conspirators arranged for the drugs to be transported from New York City to Lewis County, New York, where they …
January 25, 2022
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Fentanyl Trafficker Going to Prison for 15 Years

January 14, 2022
… Merewether and others sold quantities of fentanyl from the house in 2018 and 2019. Merriwether admitted to … there was a substantial risk that she would have died from fentanyl toxicity. The sentencing is the result of an …
January 14, 2022
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Man Who Received Commuted Sentence Pleads Guilty to Drug Trafficking while on Supervised Release

March 01, 2021
… At that location, probation officers recovered plastic bags from a backpack that contained approximately 750 grams of … of his arrest, Bullock was on federal supervised release from a previous federal drug conviction for which he was …
March 01, 2021
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Buffalo woman arrested on fentanyl and crack cocaine charges in the Southern Tier

January 22, 2021
… An investigator noticed the odor of marijuana emanating from the vehicle. Hooks and two passengers were then removed from the vehicle and the vehicle was searched. Investigators …
January 22, 2021
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Federal Grand Jury indicts two Buffalo men on cocaine conspiracy charges

December 15, 2020
… a U.S. Postal Service Priority Express Mail parcel shipped from Puerto Rico and addressed to an apartment in which … USPIS transmitting device, which was broken and recovered from the roof top of the rear porch at the premises. The …
December 15, 2020
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Federal Grand Jury indicts two Buffalo men of cocaine conspiracy charges

December 15, 2020
… a U.S. Postal Service Priority Express Mail parcel shipped from Puerto Rico and addressed to an apartment in which … USPIS transmitting device, which was broken and recovered from the roof top of the rear porch at the premises. The …
December 15, 2020
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Elmira methamphetamine trafficker going to prison for more than 16 ½ years

October 27, 2020
… who handled the case, stated that the charges stem from a long-term, multi-agency investigation into the … the apartment at 916 Grand Central Avenue. The cash seized from McKinney has been forfeited as drug proceeds by the …
October 27, 2020
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IRS Agent charged with cocaine distribution

October 21, 2020
… a residence in Saddle Brook, New Jersey, as a location from which members of the DTO were dealing cocaine. The … revealed that Shelli had a courier pick up cocaine from the residence and deliver it to his residence in …
October 21, 2020
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Troy man admits to trafficking 10 kilograms of heroin

August 11, 2020
… he sold at least 10 kilograms of heroin, which he acquired from a source of supply in New York City.  From March 2018 to March 2020, he traveled to New York City …
August 11, 2020
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Member of drug trafficking network going to prison for 6 ½ years

August 13, 2020
… would receive a couple hundred bundles of heroin from Martinez every few days and was tasked with … conducted three controlled purchases of heroin and cocaine from Ferrer-Vazquez, who was arrested on April 6, 2017, at …
August 13, 2020
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Two Buffalo men arrested, charged with cocaine conspiracy

July 29, 2020
… a U.S. Postal Service Priority Express Mail parcel shipped from Puerto Rico and addressed to an apartment in which … USPIS transmitting device, which was broken and recovered from the roof top of the rear porch at the premises. The …
July 29, 2020
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Leader of Rochester drug trafficking ring pleads guilty to conspiracy charge

May 26, 2020
… The defendant obtained bulk quantities of the drugs from various suppliers, which he and other members of the … of the conspiracy, the DEA made 13 controlled purchases from the defendant or a co-defendant. On March 14, 2019, a …
May 26, 2020
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10-year sentence for cocaine trafficker in Buffalo

April 27, 2020
… executed a search warrant on a suspicious package mailed from San Diego, California. The package was addressed to an … executed a search warrant on another suspicious package from San Diego, California, which was addressed to a …
April 27, 2020
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Clarence surgeon sentenced on drug charge and lying to the DEA

December 17, 2019
… and zolpidem, all Schedule IV controlled substances from Henry Schein. On April 24, 2018, the DEA conducted an … In truth and fact, Leone was transporting the hydrocodone from his medical office in Cheektowaga to his residence in …
December 17, 2019
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Rochester man sentenced for role in drug conspiracy

December 17, 2019
… of the conspiracy, including the defendant, to obtain drugs from the organization’s drug stash and to deliver it to the … organization would collect the proceeds of the drugs sales from the drug runners periodically throughout the day. On …
December 17, 2019
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New Jersey man sentenced to 43 months for shipping heroin to Plattsburgh

December 05, 2019
… 65 occasions, Moses sent heroin through the U.S. mail from New Jersey to a co-conspirator in Plattsburgh. Each of … larger supplies of heroin on at least three occasions from New Jersey to the co-conspirator in Ulster County, N.Y. …
December 05, 2019
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Father and son plead guilty to cocaine possession

July 18, 2019
… defendants picked up approximately two kilograms of heroin from a location in Rochester for the purpose of transporting … officers recovered approximately two kilograms of heroin from a bag in the backseat of the car.    The pleas are the …
July 18, 2019
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Bronx man sentenced for importation of synthetic cannabinoids

August 21, 2019
… A. Gregovich 720-431-8836 Mansoor Ghaleb imported chemicals from China with the goal of producing “Spice” for … Investigations.   In pleading guilty, Ghaleb admitted that from September 2016 through June 2017 he conspired with a …
August 21, 2019
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Niagara Falls man arrested; facing cocaine and fentanyl distribution charges

August 07, 2019
… was driving. A quantity of marijuana was recovered from Seright, who was arrested at that time.   On Aug. 6, … two kilograms of cocaine and 88 grams of suspected fentanyl from the apartment.   The defendant made an initial …
August 07, 2019
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Bronx man sentenced to 60 months for heroin conspiracy

July 25, 2019
… guilty, Mota admitted that on Dec. 5, 2018, he drove from New York City to Albany County, New York, for the … Drug Enforcement Task Force, which includes investigators from the Schenectady Police Department, Troy Police …
July 25, 2019
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Rochester man sentenced to serve 30 years in federal prison

May 24, 2019
… such as scales and baggies, over $11,000 in cash from Gonzalez’s residence and over $17,000 from Sampel’s residence. As part of the overall …
May 24, 2019
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Rochester man sentenced on gun and drug charges

April 26, 2019
… United States currency, which consisted of proceeds from the defendant’s cocaine drug sales. Officers also found … for a prior felony conviction and was legally prohibited from possessing a firearm.   The defendant forfeited …
April 26, 2019
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Undercover fentanyl investigation results in dealer’s sentence of 33 months in prison

May 10, 2019
… three separate controlled purchases of butyryl fentanyl from the defendant. In addition, in October and November … conducted six controlled purchases of furanyl fentanyl from Hennings.   On Dec. 7, 2016, a search warrant was …
May 10, 2019
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Man sentenced for his role in Puerto Rico to Buffalo cocaine trafficking operation

February 27, 2019
… Carlos Javier Figueroa regarding the shipment of cocaine from Puerto Rico to Rochester, via the United States Postal … 24, 2018, the defendant shipped a total of six packages from Puerto Rico to Rochester via the United States Postal …
February 27, 2019
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Joint operation leads to dismantlement of meth ring in Jamestown, NY

January 31, 2019
… narcotics unit conducted controlled purchases of narcotics from defendant Maio. Maio and Smith have been arrested by … Officers recovered crack cocaine and a large amount of cash from Maio. During the search of the residence, officers …
January 31, 2019
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Former Bank of America employee pleads guilty for his role in drug conspiracy linked to a Mexican drug cartel

December 17, 2018
… Hudson, and others, to structure deposits to funnel money from places around the United States, including Buffalo, to … involved in an illegal narcotics operation stretching from Sinaloa, Mexico, to Western New York. Law enforcement …
December 17, 2018