DEA Archived Press Releases

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Physician sentenced to seven years in prison for patients’ deaths

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...
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Former government official in the Dominican Republic charged with conspiring to import cocaine into the United States and money laundering offenses

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...
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Two Rochester men plead guilty for their roles in drug conspiracy

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...
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Supervising pharmacist sentenced to prison for diverting millions of dollars in oxycodone pills from a Queens pharmacy

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...
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70 kilograms of cocaine worth over $10 million seized in Hunts Point

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...
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Major trafficker extradited from the Dominican Republic; linked to large scale heroin and fentanyl distribution ring

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...
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Leader of Jamestown drug organization pleads guilty to selling cocaine

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...
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Bronx man sentenced for importation of synthetic cannabinoids

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...
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Pennsylvania man and California woman charged with federal drug and firearms crimes

SYRACUSE, N.Y. – Kyle Leeper, 35, of Pennsylvania and Arlene Rodriguez, 35, of Almonte, California appeared today in federal court in Syracuse on an indictment charging them with conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute and distribution of methamphetamine, as well as firearms offenses, announced Ray Donovan, Special Agent in...
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Lewis County man sentenced to serve 101 months’ imprisonment on drug and firearms charges

SYRACUSE, NY – Victor Ehlers, 37, of Lyons Falls, New York, and Lowville, New York, was sentenced to serve 101 months in prison followed by a three year term of supervised release for possessing methamphetamine with intent to distribute it, possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking...