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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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Four Responsible For Large Quantities Of Heroin In Southeast Texas, New Orleans Arrested 10 Kilos Of Heroin Seized As Part Of Lengthy Investigation- All Resided In Houston And Each Face Up To 20 Years In Federal Prison

March 07, 2017
BEAUMONT, Texas - The DEA Special Agent-in-Charge of the Houston Division, Joseph M. Arabit, and Acting U.S. Attorney Brit Featherston announced today that four individuals have been arrested following a lengthy investigation into drug trafficking in the Eastern District of Texas. A federal grand jury returned an indictment, which was...
March 07, 2017
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Smuggler With 14 Kilos Of Cocaine At Border Checkpoint Convicted

March 03, 2017
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - A 44-year-old Brownsville man entered a guilty plea in Corpus Christi federal court to possession with the intent to distribute 14 kilograms of cocaine, announced the Special Agent-in-Charge Joseph M. Arabit of the Houston Division of the DEA, and U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson. Authorities arrested Luis...
March 03, 2017
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Life Sentences For Leaders Of Large Scale Heroin Distribution Network Brothers, Mexican Nationals Living In Houston Distributed More Than 30 Kilos Of Heroin Throughout Texas

March 03, 2017
HOUSTON - Two Mexican nationals who resided in Houston have been ordered to prison for life following their convictions of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute heroin, announced Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent-in-Charge Joseph M. Arabit, Houston Division and U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson. Pedro Herrara-Alvarado, 39, pleaded guilty May...
March 03, 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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Indictment Against Top Leaders Of The Bandidos Outlaw Motorcycle Gang Includes Charges Related To 2006 Murder Of Austin Man, 4 New Defendants

March 02, 2017
SAN ANTONIO, Texas - A federal grand jury has returned a second superseding indictment against the highest ranking leaders of the Bandidos Outlaw Motorcycle (OMO), adding four new defendants and additional murder-related charges. That announcement was made today by United States Attorney Richard L. Durbin, Jr., Western District of Texas...
March 02, 2017
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