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Anthony Vita Pleads Guilty To Distributing Fatal Fentanyl-Laced Heroin To Pregnant Woman

March 28, 2017
SYRACUSE, N.Y. - - Anthony Vita, 37, of Syracuse, New York, pled guilty today to distributing a controlled substance, announced United States Attorney Richard S. Hartunian and James J. Hunt, Special Agent in Charge of the New York Division of the Drug Enforcement (DEA). Sentencing is scheduled for July 31...
March 28, 2017
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Multi-Agency Operation Nabs Three-Seizes Three Kilos Of Heroin And $4.1 Million

March 21, 2017
MANHATTAN, N.Y. - - James J. Hunt, Special Agent in Charge of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration’(DEA) New York Division, Bridget G. Brennan, New York City’s Special Narcotics Prosecutor, Angel M. Melendez, Special Agent in Charge of U.S. Immigration Customs (ICE) Homeland Security (HSI) New York, James P. O’Neill, New...
March 21, 2017
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Guilty Plea For Accessory To Cocaine Overdose Death

March 21, 2017
MANHATTAN, N.Y. - - Marc Henry Johnson pled guilty today before U.S. District Judge Jesse M. Furman to acting as an accessory after the fact to a narcotics offense. As alleged in the indictment to which Johnson pled guilty and the related criminal complaint, Johnson helped move an unresponsive woman’s...
March 21, 2017
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49 From Two Bronx Drug Trafficking Organizations Charged In Joint DEA/NYPD/HSI Investigation

March 15, 2017
NEW YORK) - - Joon H. Kim, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, James J. Hunt, Special Agent-in-Charge of the New York Field Division of the DEA, Darcel D. Clark, the Bronx County District Attorney, James O’Neill, the Commissioner of the New York City...
March 15, 2017
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Buffalo Man Arrested For Selling Drugs Near A Buffalo School

March 13, 2017
BUFFALO, N.Y. - - James J. Hunt, Special Agent in Charge of the New York Division of the Drug Enforcement (“DEA”) and Acting U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced that Thomas Cox, 49, of Buffalo, NY, was arrested and charged by criminal complaint with possession with intent to distribute...
March 13, 2017
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Bronx Beach Avenue Drug Crew “Gang Bangers” Indicted, Charged

March 09, 2017
NEW YORK - - Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York; James J. Hunt, Special Agent-in-Charge of the New York Division of the DEA, Angel M. Melendez, Special Agent-in-Charge of the New York Field Office of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security (HSI)...
March 09, 2017
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Three Charged In Schemes To Smuggle Cocaine And Cash To And From Costa Rica

March 08, 2017
MANHATTAN, N.Y. - - James J. Hunt, Special Agent in Charge of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration’(DEA) New York Division; Bridget G. Brennan, New York City’s Special Narcotics Prosecutor; Angel M. Melendez, Special Agent in Charge of U.S. Immigration Customs (ICE) Homeland Security (HSI) New York; New York City Police...
March 08, 2017
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Greenville Multi-Kilo Crack Cocaine Trafficker Sentenced

March 06, 2017
GREENEVILLE, Tenn. - On March 6 Fitzroy Turner, 35, of Greeneville was sentenced by J. Ronnie Greer, U.S. District Court Judge, to serve 127 months in federal prison following a conviction for his leadership role in a conspiracy to distribute large quantities of cocaine base “crack” in the Eastern District...
March 06, 2017
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Life In Prison For Racketeering Kingpin

March 03, 2017
NEW YORK - - Preet Bharara, United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that Manuel Geovanny Rodriguez-Perez, a/k/a “Shorty,” was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge Laura Taylor Swain to spend the remainder of his life in prison for his role as a leader of a...
March 03, 2017
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Leader Of Crack Cocaine Trafficking Organization Sentenced

March 01, 2017
GREENEVILLE, Tenn. - On February 7 Barry Moore, 40, of Greeneville, Tennessee was sentenced by the Honorable J. Ronnie Greer, U.S. District Court Judge, to serve 210 months in federal prison following a conviction for his leadership role in a conspiracy to distribute large quantities of cocaine base “crack” in...
March 01, 2017
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