OTSEGO, N.Y. - - A Milford man was arrested on May 16, 2013 for possessing over twelve pounds of marijuana valued at over $36,000 following a traffic safety road check arrest and the execution of a search warrant at his residence. On May 16th, Deputies Frank Koren, Jr, Craig Morrison...

BROOKLYN, N.Y. - Yesterday, Freddy Mauricio Tellez-Buitrago and Adriana Gonzalez-Marquez were arraigned at the federal courthouse in Brooklyn, New York, on obstruction of justice charges for stealing sensitive and confidential United States law enforcement information concerning prosecutions in the Eastern District of New York and selling that information to a...

SYRACUSE, N.Y. - Brian R. Crowell, the Special Agent in Charge of the New York Division Office of the Drug Enforcement (DEA) and Richard S. Hartunian, the United States Attorney of the Northern District of New York, announced that a federal jury has convicted Rosario (age 48) of East Syracuse...

BROOKLYN, N.Y. - John Venizelos, also known as “John V,” “Big Man” and “John from Staten Island,” an alleged associate of the Bonanno organized crime family of La Cosa Nostra, pled guilty earlier today before U.S. Magistrate Judge Joan M. Azrack at the federal courthouse in Brooklyn to drug trafficking...

BROOKLYN, N.Y. - Earlier today, an indictment was unsealed charging Queens Doctor Gracia L. Mayard with illegal distribution of oxycodone, a highly-addictive prescription medicine used to treat severe pain. Mayard is scheduled to be arraigned at 3:00 p.m. today before United States District Judge Joseph F. Bianco, at the United...

NEW YORK - The United States Drug Enforcement Administration’(DEA’s) Sixth National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day this past Saturday collected 50 percent more pills nationally and 55 percent more in New York State than last September, demonstrating the American public’s continued appreciation and need for the opportunity to discard unwanted, unused...

NEW YORK - Brian R. Crowell, the Special Agent in Charge of the New York Division of the U.S. Drug Enforcement (DEA) and Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that the United States has settled a civil lawsuit against Madison Avenue...

DALLAS - Today, Acting Special Agent in Charge Daniel R. Salter, of the Dallas Field Division’s Drug Enforcement (DEA), announces the local component of the 6th nationwide prescription drug “Take-Back” initiative that seeks to prevent increased pill abuse and theft. The DEA, along with its law enforcement partners, will be...

MANHATTAN - Brian R. Crowell, Special Agent in Charge of the New York Division of the United States Drug Enforcement (DEA) and Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York announced that Jose Evaristo Linares Castillo was extradited from Colombia on charges that he conspired...

MANHATTAN, N.Y. - Brian R. Crowell, Special Agent in Charge of the New York Division of the United States Drug Enforcement (DEA), Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and James T. Hayes, Jr., the Special Agent-in-Charge of the New York Field Office of...