United States Drug Enforcement Administration

BUFFALO, N.Y. – U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr., and DEA New York Division Special Agent in Charge Ray Donovan announced today that Max Paul Riestra, 42, who was convicted of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute, and to distribute, five kilograms or more of cocaine and conspiracy to...

BUFFALO, N.Y. – U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr., and DEA New York Division Special Agent in Charge Ray Donovan announced today that James H. Bess, Jr., 63, Jamestown, N.Y., who was convicted of possession with intent to distribute of five grams or more of methamphetamine, was sentenced to serve...

BUFFALO, N.Y. – U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr., and DEA New York Division Special Agent in Charge Ray Donovan announced today that Max Paul Riestra, 42, who was convicted of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute, and to distribute, five kilograms or more of cocaine and conspiracy to...

BUFFALO, N.Y. – U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr., and DEA New York Division Special Agent in Charge Ray Donovan announced today that James Nelson, 63, of Tonawanda, N.Y., pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara to possession with intent to distribute crack cocaine, oxycodone and hydrocodone within...

BROOKLYN, N.Y. – Earlier today, at the federal courthouse in Brooklyn, Robert Santos, a member of a Bronx-based drug trafficking ring, was sentenced by United States District Judge Frederic Block to 60 months’ imprisonment, to be followed by four years’ supervised release, based on his February 2018 guilty plea to...

BRONX, N.Y. – Special Agent in Charge Ray Donovan, New York Division, United States Drug Enforcement Administration; Bronx District Attorney Darcel D. Clark; New York City Police Commissioner James P. O’Neill; and Homeland Security Investigations New York Special Agent in Charge Angel M. Melendez today announced that 19 people have...

BUFFALO, N.Y. – U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr., and DEA New York Division Special Agent in Charge Ray Donovan announced today that Nafese J. Sanford, 27, of Buffalo, N.Y., pleaded guilty to possession with intent to distribute crack cocaine before U.S District Judge Richard J. Arcara. The charge carries...

BROOKLYN, N.Y. – A criminal complaint was unsealed today in federal court in Brooklyn charging Nalerton Charles, also known as “Lite,” with conspiring to distribute and distributing more than 40 grams of fentanyl and heroin in Staten Island, N.Y. Charles was arrested earlier today and is scheduled to be arraigned...

ATLANTA – Georgians participating in the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration’s 17th National Prescription Drug Take Back Day Initiative held on Saturday, April 27, 2019, turned in 11,114 pounds of unwanted or expired medications for safe and proper disposal at sites set up throughout the state. The amount collected was the...

COLUMBIA, S.C. – South Carolinians participating in the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration’s 17th National Prescription Drug Take Back Day Initiative held on Saturday, April 27, 2019, turned in 11, 825 pounds of unwanted or expired medications for safe and proper disposal at sites set up throughout the state. The amount...