DEA Archived Press Releases

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Cocaine trafficker sentenced in Western District of New York

BUFFALO, N.Y.— U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. and U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration New York Division Special Agent in Charge Ray Donovan announced today that Tammy Hoover, 41, of Niagara Falls, NY, who was convicted of conspiring to possess with intent to distribute, and distributing, five kilograms or more of...
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Buffalo man going to prison for selling crack cocaine

BUFFALO, N.Y.— U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. and U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration New York Division Special Agent in Charge Ray Donovan announced today that Julian Brown, 47, of Buffalo, NY, who was convicted of distribution of crack cocaine, was sentenced to serve 30 months in prison by U.S. District...
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Amsterdam man pleads guilty to heroin and fentanyl charge

ALBANY, N.Y. – Edwin Rodriguez, aka “Chaka,” 31, of Amsterdam, N.Y., pled guilty today to possessing and intending to distribute more than 100 grams of heroin mixed with fentanyl. The announcement was made by United States Attorney Grant C. Jaquith, U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration New York Division Special Agent in...
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Criminal homicide charges announced in the disappearance of Jose Herran

WILKES-BARRE, Pa. – District Attorney of Luzerne County Stefanie J. Salavantis, U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration New York Division Special Agent in Charge Ray Donovan, New York State Police Superintendent Keith M. Corlett, and New York City Police Commissioner Dermot F. Shea announced today that criminal homicide charges have been filed...
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Indictment unsealed in Brooklyn federal court charging an associate of a Sinaloa Cartel leader with drug-trafficking conspiracy and firearms crimes

NEW YORK – A superseding indictment was unsealed today in federal court in Brooklyn charging Ismael Quintero Arellanes with participating in an international conspiracy to manufacture and distribute heroin, cocaine, methamphetamine, and marijuana and unlawful use of firearms as part of the Rafael Caro Quintero drug trafficking organization, a faction...
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Utica men found guilty of drug trafficking conspiracy after jury trial

SYRACUSE, N.Y. – Abner Peralta 30, and Luis Colon 35, both of Utica, New York, were found guilty of drug trafficking charges yesterday following a five-day jury trial in federal court in Utica, New York, announced United States Attorney Grant C. Jaquith and U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration New York Division...
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Leader of MS-13’s Hollywood Clique sentenced to 24 Years to life for murder and conspiracy

MINEOLA, N.Y. –Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas and U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration New York Division Special Agent in Charge Ray Donovan announced that the leader of MS-13’s Hollywood Clique on Long Island was sentenced today to 24 years to life in prison on murder and conspiracy charges. David Sosa-Guevara...
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Long Island gun trafficking ring dismantled

SUFFOLK COUNTY, N.Y. – New York Attorney General Letitia James, U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration New York Division Special Agent in Charge Ray Donovan, New York State Police Superintendent Keith M. Corlett, Dermot F. Shea, Commissioner, New York City Police Department, and U.S. Homeland Security Investigations New York Field Office Special...
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Second Illinois man admits conspiracy to distribute cocaine and heroin

NEWARK, N.J. – An Illinois man today admitted conspiring to distribute one kilogram or more of heroin and 500 grams or more of cocaine, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced. Jesus Henoc Castaneda Soberanis, 25, of Chicago, Illinois, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Susan D. Wigenton in Newark federal court...
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Senior advisor of the “Silk Road” website pleads guilty in Manhattan Federal Court

NEW YORK – Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that Roger Thomas Clark, aka “Plural of Mongoose,” aka “Variety Jones,” aka “VJ,” aka “cimon,” pled guilty today to conspiring to distribute massive quantities of narcotics, a charge arising out of his...