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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
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Rochester man arrested for distributing crack cocaine and cocaine

October 25, 2018
… the DEA conducted three controlled purchases of cocaine from Miles.   On Oct. 25, 2018, the DEA arranged for a controlled purchase from the defendant in Rochester. Once he arrived at the …
October 25, 2018
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Niagara Falls man pleads guilty to selling heroin

October 17, 2018
… Mitchell received heroin, cocaine, and crack cocaine base from co-defendant Troy Gillon for distribution to other … at 1154 LaSalle in Lockport to store the drugs he received from Troy Gillon for distribution. Charges remain pending …
October 17, 2018
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Tonawanda man pleads guilty to cocaine charge

October 17, 2018
… Ciara A. Gregovich 720-431-8836 Cocaine sent in packages from Puerto Rico BUFFALO, N.Y. – DEA New York Division … the case, stated that cocaine was shipped to the defendant from Puerto Rico through the U.S. Postal Service. On Dec. …
October 17, 2018
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Federal jury convicts Arizona man of drug trafficking and money laundering conspiracy charges

October 04, 2018
… mail more than 50 multi-pound packages of methamphetamine from the Phoenix, Arizona area to Broome County New York, … generated hundreds of thousands of dollars in proceeds from the sale of methamphetamine. The conviction in this …
October 04, 2018
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Two men convicted of several charges including kidnapping, murder, robbery, and firearms offenses

September 26, 2018
… cooperating witness, Pizarro and Rivera kidnapped Bishun from his shop and strangled him to death with a plastic zip … Bishun at gunpoint, taking approximately $10,000 in cash from Bishun.  During the course of the robbery, two …
September 26, 2018
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Buffalo man charged with selling fentanyl that caused serious bodily injury

September 28, 2018
… investigators conducted two undercover purchases of heroin from Beavers. The defendant obtained heroin and fentanyl from an unidentified source of supply. Beavers is scheduled …
September 28, 2018
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Cocaine Smuggler who Led Law Enforcement on High-Speed Chase Sentenced to Decade in Federal Prison

March 19, 2025
… the court heard evidence describing how Seabrook fled from the checkpoint and led law enforcement on a high-speed … handing down the sentence, Judge Ramos noted how the flight from the checkpoint made Seabrook’s offense potentially more …
March 19, 2025