NEW YORK - James J. Hunt, Special Agent in Charge of the New York Field Division of the Drug Enforcement (DEA), Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and William J. Bratton, the Commissioner of the Police Department for the City of New (NYPD)...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - Heather Morgan, 28, of Maryville, Tenn., was sentenced to serve 18 months in federal prison by the Honorable Thomas A. Varlan, Chief U.S. District Judge on Oct. 13. Upon her release from prison, Morgan will serve a two year period of supervised release. Morgan pleaded guilty to...

BROOKLYN, N.Y. - Earlier today in Brooklyn federal court, Marcos Rodriguez, who committed a string of drug robberies and related crimes, was sentenced to 272 months of imprisonment. The sentencing proceeding was held before U.S. District Judge Sandra L. Townes. Rodriguez was convicted in July 2011 after a two week...

NEW YORK - James J. Hunt, Special Agent in Charge of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration’s New York (DEA), and Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that Dennis Sica was sentenced today in White Plains federal court to 35 years in...

BUFFALO, N.Y. - James J. Hunt, Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement Administration, New York Division and U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced that 10 individuals are charged by criminal complaint with operating a heroin trafficking ring on the West Side of Buffalo. The defendants are charged with conspiracy...

GREENEVILLE, Tenn. - Daniel Martinez, Jr., 39, of Morristown, Tenn., was sentenced to serve 15 years in federal prison by the Honorable R. Leon Jordan, U.S. District Judge. Upon his release from prison, Martinez will serve a 10 year period of supervised release. Martinez pleaded guilty to a federal grand...

NEW YORK - James J. Hunt, Special Agent in Charge of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration’s New York (DEA), Richard A. Brown, Queens District Attorney, New York City Police Commissioner William J. Bratton, and New York State Police Superintendent Joseph A. D’Amico, today announced that six males have been charged...

NEW YORK - Thousands of Americans in communities across the country discarded more than 350 tons of unused, expired, or unwanted drugs as part of the Drug Enforcement Administration’(DEA) National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day (NTBI) on Saturday, September 26. This past weekend, more than 3,800 federal, state and local counterparts...

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. - On Oct. 1, 2015, Faith Blake, 40, of Chattanooga, Tenn., was sentenced to serve 44 years in federal prison by the Honorable Curtis L. Collier, U.S. District Judge. Upon her release from prison, Blake will serve a three year period of supervised release. Additionally, she was ordered...

NEW YORK - James J. Hunt, the Special Agent in Charge of the New York Field Division of the U.S. Drug Enforcement (DEA), Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and William J. Bratton, the Commissioner of the New York City Police (NYPD), announced...