United States Drug Enforcement Administration

BUFFALO, N.Y. – United States Attorney James Kennedy, Jr., and DEA New York Division Special Agent in Charge Ray Donovan announced today that Alex Mercado, 40, of Jamestown, New York, who was convicted of conspiracy to distribute one kilogram or more of heroin, was sentenced to serve 120 months in...

BUFFALO, N.Y. – DEA New York Division Special Agent in Charge Ray Donovan and United States Attorney James Kennedy, Jr., announced today that eight defendants have been arrested and charged with conspiracy to distribute cocaine, heroin and fentanyl which carries a mandatory minimum penalty of 10 years in prison, a...

SYRACUSE, N.Y. – A federal grand jury has indicted 12 members of a Syracuse-based drug trafficking organization that distributed more than two kilograms of heroin and mixtures of heroin and fentanyl, announced DEA New York Division Special Agent in Charge Ray Donovan and United States Attorney Grant C. Jaquith. “DEA’s...

BEAUMONT, Texas – A 41-year-old Houston man has been sentenced to federal prison for drug trafficking and money laundering violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Will R. Glaspy and U.S. Attorney Joseph D. Brown today. John D. Leontaritis, owner and operator...

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas – A 37-year-old U.S. citizen who was living in Mexico has been ordered to federal prison following his conviction of conspiring to possess with the intent to distribute more than 10 kilograms of heroin, announced United States Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Will R. Glaspy...

ALBANY, N.Y. –Saul E. Pacheco, age 38, of the Bronx, N.Y., pled guilty today to conspiring with another person to distribute more than 100 grams of heroin in Columbia County. The announcement was made by United States Attorney Grant C. Jaquith, DEA New York Division Special Agent in Charge Ray...

ROCHESTER, N.Y. – United States Attorney James Kennedy, Jr., and DEA New York Division Special Agent in Charge Ray Donovan announced that Terrance Washington, 32, of Elmira, New York, who was convicted of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute, and to distribute, 100 grams or more of a fentanyl...

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 Donald Hennings, 33, of Buffalo, N.Y., who was convicted of possession with intent to distribute, and distribution of butyryl fentanyl and furanyl fentanyl, 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...