United States Drug Enforcement Administration

ALBANY, N.Y. – Saul E. Pacheco, 37, of the Bronx, New York, was sentenced Sept. 30, 2019 to 60 months in prison, to be followed by four years of supervised release, for conspiring with another person to distribute more than 100 grams of heroin in Columbia County. The announcement was...

NEW YORK – Bridget G. Brennan, New York City’s special narcotics prosecutor, Queens Acting District Attorney John M. Ryan, Ray Donovan, special agent in charge of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration’s New York Division, New York City Police Commissioner James P. O’Neill, New York City Human Resources Administration Commissioner Steven...

NEW YORK CITY – Raymond P. Donovan, special agent in charge of the New York Division of the Drug Enforcement Administration, and Geoffrey S. Berman, the U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that the Dominican Republic’s former Consul General to Jamaica, Jeremias Jimenez Cruz, and...

ROCHESTER, N.Y. – U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr., and DEA New York Division Special Agent in Charge Ray Donovan announced today Pablo Rentas-Torres, 35, and Jesus Fernandez, 25, both of Rochester, N.Y., pleaded guilty before Chief U.S. District Judge Frank P. Geraci, Jr., to conspiracy to possess with intent...

NEW YORK – DEA New York Division Special Agent in Charge Ray Donovan, New York City’s Special Narcotics Prosecutor Bridget G. Brennan, New York City Police Commissioner James P. O’Neill, New York State Police Superintendent Keith M. Corlett and Bronx District Attorney Darcel D. Clark announced the alleged seizure of...

NEW YORK – New York City’s Special Narcotics Prosecutor Bridget G. Brennan and DEA New York Division Special Agent in Charge Ray Donovan announced the sentencing of supervising pharmacist Victor Laperla for receiving cash payments in exchange for knowingly filling forged prescriptions for oxycodone 30 mg painkillers and illegally selling...

WASHINGTON – The Drug Enforcement Administration today announced that it is moving forward to facilitate and expand scientific and medical research for marijuana in the United States. The DEA is providing notice of pending applications from entities applying to be registered to manufacture marijuana for researchers. DEA anticipates that registering...

NEW YORK – DEA New York Division Special Agent in Charge Ray Donovan, New York City’s Special Narcotics Prosecutor Bridget G. Brennan, Superintendent of the New York State Police Keith M. Corlett, Sullivan County Sheriff Michael Schiff, New York City Police Commissioner James P. O’Neill and Homeland Security Investigations New...

BUFFALO, N.Y. – Special Agent in Charge Ray Donovan, United States Drug Enforcement Administration, New York Division and U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Sigfredo Martinez, 47, of Celeron, N.Y. pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara to conspiracy to distribute one kilogram or more...

ALBANY, N.Y. – Mansoor Ghaleb, age 30, was sentenced today to 60 months in prison, to be followed by three years of supervised release, for his role in a conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute synthetic cannabinoids. The announcement was made by Ray Donovan, Special Agent in Charge of...