DEA Archived Press Releases

Press Releases before January 20, 2025
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Tonawanda Man Sentenced To Over Ten Years In Prison For Cocaine And Marijuana Trafficking

BUFFALO, N.Y. - Special Agent in Charge James J. Hunt, U.S. Drug Enforcement (DEA) New York Division and U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr., Western District of New York, announced today that Richard Himbury, 43, of Tonawanda, NY, who was convicted of conspiring to distribute over 15 kilograms of cocaine...
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Buffalo Woman Sentenced To Over 8 Years On Drug Conspiracy Charge

BUFFALO, N.Y. - Special Agent in Charge James J. Hunt, U.S. Drug Enforcement (DEA) New York Division and U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr., Western District of New York, announced today that Fannie Long, 53, of Buffalo, NY, who was convicted of conspiracy to distribute fentanyl, was sentenced to 96...
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Convicted Felon Sentenced To 14.5 Years For Federal Firearm Offenses

PENSACOLA, Fla. - Darius D. Williams, 24, of Pensacola, Florida, was sentenced to 14.5 years in prison late yesterday for possession of a firearm by a convicted felon and for possession of a stolen firearm. The sentence was announced by A.D. Wright, Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami...
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Seventeen Alleged Leaders And Associates Of CLAN USUGA Indicted In Brooklyn And Miami

MIAMI - Today, United States Department of (DOJ) announce the unsealing of five indictments in U.S. federal courts in Brooklyn, New York and Miami, Florida charging 17 alleged leaders and associates of Colombia’s largest and most influential (banda criminal or criminal group), CLAN (formerly referred to as Los Urabeños). The...
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Three Men Sentenced On Drug Charges

BUFFALO, N.Y. - Special Agent in Charge James J. Hunt, U.S. Drug Enforcement (DEA) New York Division and U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr., Western District of New York, announced today that Eric J. Humphrey, 36, of Amherst, NY, his father, John E. Humphrey, Jr., 55, of Buffalo, NY, and...
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Three Individuals Charged In South Florida For Possessing With The Intent To Distribute Alpha-Pyrrolidinopentiophenone (a-PVP), A/k/a “Flakka”

MIAMI - Two central Florida residents have been charged by indictment with conspiracy to import alpha-(a-PVP), a/k/a "Flakka" from China. A Broward County resident has also been charged by indictment with distributing “Flakka” within 1000 feet of a Ft. Lauderdale elementary school and possession of a firearm in furtherance of...
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10 People Arrested In Two Separate Cases For Heroin And Cocaine Trafficking Affecting Multiple Western New York Communities

BUFFALO, N.Y. - Special Agent in Charge James J. Hunt, U.S. Drug Enforcement (DEA) New York Division and U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr., Western District of New York, announced today that a federal grand jury has returned two separate indictments charging 10 individuals with narcotics trafficking in the cities...
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Eleven Charged In White Plains Federal Court With Cocaine Trafficking In Orange, Rockland, And Bronx Counties

WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. - Special Agent in Charge James J. Hunt, U.S. Drug Enforcement (DEA) New York Division, Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Joseph A. D’Amico, the Superintendent of the New York State (NYSP),announced the unsealing yesterday of an indictment and...
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Eighteen Charged In Steroid Trafficking Ring

ORLANDO, Fla. - A.D. Wright, Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field Division, and A. Lee Bentley, III, United States Attorney for the Middle District of (MDFL), announces the unsealing of an indictment charging the following persons with federal crimes involving steroid trafficking: David Arroyo, a/k/a “Big D,”...
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Bronx-to-Suffolk County Heroin Distribution Network Dismantled Ten Suspects Arraigned On Conspiracy To Distribute Heroin Deer Park Man And His Brother Charged As Major Traffickers

SUFFOLK COUNTY, N.Y. - U.S. Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge James J. Hunt, Suffolk County District Attorney Thomas Spota and the Special Narcotics Prosecutor for the City of New York Bridget G. Brennan today announced at a news conference in Riverhead the arraignments of an alleged Deer Park...