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Car stop led to arrest of two men on drug charges

August 28, 2018
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...
August 28, 2018
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Bronx gang member charged for 2011 murder

August 27, 2018
NEW YORK – Special Agent in Charge of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration’s New York Division James J. Hunt, United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York Geoffrey S. Berman, and Commissioner of the New York City Police Department James P. O’Neill announced additional charges in a superseding...
August 27, 2018
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Bronx gang member charged for 2011 murder

August 27, 2018
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...
August 27, 2018
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Cocaine dealer sentenced to 37 months

August 27, 2018
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...
August 27, 2018
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Buffalo crack dealer arrested

August 27, 2018
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...
August 27, 2018
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Meth distributor convicted for role in drug conspiracy

August 27, 2018
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...
August 27, 2018
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Man sentenced after trial conviction for role in home invasion

August 24, 2018
NEW YORK – Special Agent in Charge of the New York Division of the Drug Enforcement Administration James J. Hunt, Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal, New York City Police Commissioner James P. O’Neill, and Superintendent of the New York State Police George P. Beach II announced that a Philadelphia man...
August 24, 2018
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Ohio man sentenced to life and ordered to pay funeral costs for selling deadly fentanyl

August 23, 2018
AKRON, Ohio – Ryan Sumlin, 29, was convicted by a jury earlier this year on charges of distribution of fentanyl and heroin that resulted in death, possession with intent to distribute fentanyl and possession with intent to distribute heroin. U.S. District Judge Donald C. Nugent sentenced Sumlin to life in...
August 23, 2018
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Lancaster man arrested on charges of drug trafficking

August 22, 2018
COLUMBUS , Ohio – Chris R. Cook, 45, of Lancaster, Ohio, was arrested this morning on charges related to distributing methamphetamine. He was charged by criminal complaint with possessing and conspiring to possess with the intent to distribute in excess of 50 grams of the drug. Benjamin C. Glassman, United...
August 22, 2018
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Chinese drug traffickers charged in fatal opioid conspiracy

August 21, 2018
CLEVELAND - While in Cleveland, Ohio, Attorney General Jeff Sessions today announced the unsealing of a 43-count indictment in federal court in Cleveland, which charges two Chinese citizens with operating a conspiracy that manufactured and shipped deadly fentanyl analogues and 250 other drugs to at least 25 countries and 37...
August 21, 2018
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