United States Drug Enforcement Administration

MANHATTAN, N.Y. - - James J. Hunt, Special Agent in Charge of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration’(DEA) New York Division, Bridget G. Brennan, New York City’s Special Narcotics Prosecutor, Angel M. Melendez, Special Agent in Charge of U.S. Immigration Customs (ICE) Homeland Security (HSI) New York, James P. O’Neill, New...

MANHATTAN, N.Y. - - Marc Henry Johnson pled guilty today before U.S. District Judge Jesse M. Furman to acting as an accessory after the fact to a narcotics offense. As alleged in the indictment to which Johnson pled guilty and the related criminal complaint, Johnson helped move an unresponsive woman’s...

NEW YORK) - - Joon H. Kim, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, James J. Hunt, Special Agent-in-Charge of the New York Field Division of the DEA, Darcel D. Clark, the Bronx County District Attorney, James O’Neill, the Commissioner of the New York City...

BUFFALO, N.Y. - - James J. Hunt, Special Agent in Charge of the New York Division of the Drug Enforcement (“DEA”) and Acting U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced that Thomas Cox, 49, of Buffalo, NY, was arrested and charged by criminal complaint with possession with intent to distribute...

NEW YORK - - Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York; James J. Hunt, Special Agent-in-Charge of the New York Division of the DEA, Angel M. Melendez, Special Agent-in-Charge of the New York Field Office of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security (HSI)...

MANHATTAN, N.Y. - - James J. Hunt, Special Agent in Charge of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration’(DEA) New York Division; Bridget G. Brennan, New York City’s Special Narcotics Prosecutor; Angel M. Melendez, Special Agent in Charge of U.S. Immigration Customs (ICE) Homeland Security (HSI) New York; New York City Police...

BEAUMONT, Texas - The DEA Special Agent-in-Charge of the Houston Division, Joseph M. Arabit, and Acting U.S. Attorney Brit Featherston announced today that four individuals have been arrested following a lengthy investigation into drug trafficking in the Eastern District of Texas. A federal grand jury returned an indictment, which was...

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - A 44-year-old Brownsville man entered a guilty plea in Corpus Christi federal court to possession with the intent to distribute 14 kilograms of cocaine, announced the Special Agent-in-Charge Joseph M. Arabit of the Houston Division of the DEA, and U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson. Authorities arrested Luis...

HOUSTON - Two Mexican nationals who resided in Houston have been ordered to prison for life following their convictions of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute heroin, announced Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent-in-Charge Joseph M. Arabit, Houston Division and U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson. Pedro Herrara-Alvarado, 39, pleaded guilty May...

NEW YORK - - Preet Bharara, United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that Manuel Geovanny Rodriguez-Perez, a/k/a “Shorty,” was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge Laura Taylor Swain to spend the remainder of his life in prison for his role as a leader of a...