United States Drug Enforcement Administration

DAYTON, Ohio – David Kirkwood, 62, of Dayton, was sentenced in U.S. District Court today to 70 months in prison and five years of supervised release for running a pill mill in Dayton. In August 2017, Kirkwood and his wife, Beverly Kirkwood, pleaded guilty to health care fraud. David Kirkwood...

BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. and Special Agent in Charge James Hunt, U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, New York Division announced today that Cleophus Dentmond, aka “Face,” 28, of Buffalo, NY, who was convicted of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute, and distribution of, cocaine, was...

BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Juan Humberto Martinez-Vega, 47, and Giovani Ramirez-Soto, 26, both citizens of Mexico, were arrested and charged by criminal complaint with conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute, and distribution of, methamphetamine. The charge carries a mandatory minimum penalty...

BROOKLYN, NY – Earlier today, following more than three weeks of trial, a federal jury in Brooklyn returned guilty verdicts against Leonid “Lenny” Gershman and Aleksey Tsvetkov on charges of racketeering, including predicate acts of illegal gambling, loansharking, extortion, arson and marijuana distribution. The charges arose out of the defendants’...

CELINA, Tenn. -- DEA investigators this week conducted inspections at several pharmacy locations in the Clay County, Tennessee town of Celina, following an inquiry into irregular patterns of pill purchases from drug distribution companies. DEA is now investigating possible criminal activity involving the illicit diversion of controlled prescription pharmaceuticals at...

BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. and Special Agent in Charge James Hunt, U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, New York Division announced today that Matthew S. Jones, 32, of Jamestown, N.Y., who was convicted of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute, and distribution of, five grams or...

BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. and Special Agent in Charge James Hunt, U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, New York Division announced today that Nafese J. Sanford, 26, of Buffalo, N.Y., was arrested and charged by criminal complaint with possession with intent to distribute, and distribution of, crack...

BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. and Special Agent in Charge James Hunt, U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, New York Division announced today that Aaron Hill, 31, of Cheektowaga, N.Y., who was convicted of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute, and to distribute, 500 grams or more...

NEW YORK – James J. Hunt, Special Agent in Charge of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration’s New York Division, Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and James P. O’Neill, Commissioner of the New York City Police Department, announced additional charges in a...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Jesus Bernal Urena, 52, of Mexico, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Kimberly J. Mueller to 11 years and eight months in prison for a conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott and Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Chris Nielsen announced. According to...