DEA Archived Press Releases

Press Releases before January 20, 2025
1819 Results - Showing 581 to 590
PRESS RELEASE

Syracuse man sentenced to serve eight and a half years in prison for federal drug trafficking charges

SYRACUSE, N.Y. – Daitwaun Fair, 33, of Syracuse, New York, was sentenced today to serve 102 months (eight and one-half years) in prison in connection with his convictions for conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute cocaine and cocaine base (“crack cocaine”), possession with intent to distribute cocaine...
PRESS RELEASE

Members of the Mac Baller Brims gang charged with murder

NEW YORK – Raymond P. Donovan, Special Agent in Charge of the New York Field Division of the Drug Enforcement Administration, Audrey Strauss, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Dermot Shea, the Commissioner of the New York City Police Department, and Peter C. Fitzhugh...
PRESS RELEASE

Buffalo man going to prison for five years for selling fentanyl

BUFFALO, N.Y. – U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration New York Division Special Agent in Charge Ray Donovan and U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Deshon Nettles, 28, of Buffalo, NY, who was convicted of possessing with intent to distribute, and distributing, 10 grams or more of butyryl fentanyl...
PRESS RELEASE

CBL/BFL member who participated in multiple attempted murders and the murder of a rival gang member going to jail for 19 years

BUFFALO, N.Y. – U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration New York Division Special Agent in Charge Ray Donovan and U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Larell Watkins, a/k/a 90-Ls, of Buffalo, New York who was convicted of racketeering conspiracy and conspiracy to distribute marijuana, was sentenced to serve 19...
PRESS RELEASE

Seven indicted for conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine in Eastern Oklahoma

MUSKOGEE, Okla. – The DEA Dallas Field Division and United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced today that seven defendants, primarily residents of Pittsburg, Le Flore, and Sequoyah Counties, have been indicted for their roles in a conspiracy to distribute and possess with the intent to...
PRESS RELEASE

Large scale narcotics pill manufacturing operation dismantled in a residential building in the Bronx

NEW YORK – U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration New York Division Special Agent in Charge Ray Donovan, Bridget G. Brennan, New York City’s Special Narcotics Prosecutor, and New York City Police Commissioner Dermot F. Shea announced the arrests of two individuals in connection with an alleged narcotics pill production and distribution...
PRESS RELEASE

Syracuse Man Pleads Guilty to Heroin, Fentanyl, Cocaine Conspiracy

SYRACUSE, N.Y. – Isidro De Los Santos, 33, of Syracuse pled guilty to conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute, and distribution of heroin, fentanyl, acetyl fentanyl, and cocaine, announced United States Attorney Grant C. Jaquith, John B. DeVito, Special Agent in Charge of the New York Field...
PRESS RELEASE

Dallas Doctor Pleads Guilty to Prescription Drug Diversion Scheme on Elderly

DALLAS - A Dallas doctor has pleaded guilty to a felony for prescription drug diversion crimes perpetrated on elderly victims, announced Eduardo A. Chavez, Special Agent in Charge of the DEA Dallas Field Division and U.S. Attorney Erin Nealy Cox. Dr. Edward Agura, 63, pleaded guilty before U.S. Magistrate Judge...
PRESS RELEASE

Buffalo man accused of selling drugs that led to a fatal overdose and two non-fatal overdoses

BUFFALO, N.Y. – U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration New York Division Special Agent in Charge Ray Donovan and U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that a federal grand jury has returned a 14-count superseding indictment charging Kalijah Long, 36, of Buffalo, NY, with possession with intent to distribute, and...
PRESS RELEASE

Niagara Falls man indicted on drug, gun charges

BUFFALO, N.Y. – U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration New York Division Special Agent in Charge Ray Donovan and U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that a federal grand jury has returned an indictment charging Verquan Jackson, 32, of Niagara Falls, New York, with attempted possession with intent to distribute...