United States Drug Enforcement Administration

PLATTSBURGH, N.Y. - Billy Slick and Danielle Trombly Slick appeared in federal court in Plattsburgh, NY this morning and pleaded not guilty to charges related to the manufacture and distribution of methamphetamine, announced, United States Attorney, Northern District of New York Richard S. Hartunian, U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent...

NEW YORK - James J. Hunt, Special Agent in Charge of the U.S. Drug Enforcement (DEA) New York Division, Bridget G. Brennan, New York City’s Special Narcotics Prosecutor, New York City Police Commissioner William J. Bratton, James T. Hayes Jr., Special Agent in Charge of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’(ICE)...

LOS ANGELES - A Los Angeles area physician pleaded not guilty to federal drug trafficking charges that allege he illegally distributed drugs, to include the powerful and addictive painkiller oxycodone. Dr. Daniel Cham, 47, was arraigned on a 31-count indictment late Thursday afternoon after he was arrested at his residence...

RENO, Nev. - A man who supervised and directed an illegal drug distribution operation in Reno from his home in southern California, was sentenced on Monday, Oct. 20, to 19½ years in federal prison and five years of supervised release, announced U.S. Attorney Daniel G. Bogden, for the District of...

PLATTSBURGH, N.Y. - On October 14, 2014, Ernesto Matos, 33, of Belchertown, Massachusetts, was sentenced to 41 months in federal prison by Senior United States District Court Judge Thomas J. McAvoy in United States District Court in Albany, New York announced United States Attorney Richard S. Hartunian and Drug Enforcement...

PLATTSBURGH, N.Y. - On October 16, 2014, ROBERTO DELGADO, 35, of Ossining, New York was sentenced to 151 months in federal prison by United States District Court Judge Glenn Suddaby in Syracuse, New York announced United States Attorney Richard S. Hartunian and Drug Enforcement Administration Acting Special Agent in Charge...

NEW YORK - Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Philip R. Bartlett, Inspector in Charge, United States Postal Inspection (“USPIS”), and James J. Hunt, Acting Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement (“DEA”), New York Division, announced today that Yinmi Rodriguez, an employee of...

LAS VEGAS - Victor Bruce, M.D., 49, who operates Swan Lake Medical Center in Las Vegas, was sentenced this afternoon to 46 months in federal prison and three years of supervised release for writing prescriptions for oxycodone for persons he did not see or treat. Bruce, who pleaded guilty in...

BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul announced today that Catherine Vitello, 41, of Elma, N.Y., pleaded guilty to possession with intent to distribute and distribution of hydrocodone and fentanyl before U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara. The charges carry a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison and...

MANHATTAN - Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that Joe Fernandez was sentenced yesterday in Manhattan federal court to two consecutive terms of life in prison by U.S District Judge Alvin K. Hellerstein. Fernandez was found guilty on March 7, 2013, following...