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Syracuse man sentenced to nearly eight years in prison in RICO gang case

July 27, 2020
SYRACUSE, N.Y. –Wynn, 43, of Syracuse, New York, was sentenced today to serve 92 months in prison for violating the Racketeering Influenced Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO) as part of the 110 Gang. In imposing sentence, Senior United States District Judge Frederick J. Scullin, Jr. also ordered Wynn to serve three...
July 27, 2020
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Doctor Pleads Guilty In Manhattan Federal Court To Illegal Distribution of Oxycodone From Brooklyn Clinic

July 23, 2020
NEW YORK - Today, Ray Donovan, Special Agent in Charge of the New York Field Division of the Drug Enforcement Administration (“DEA”), Audrey Strauss, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Leigh-Alistair Barzey, Special Agent in Charge of the Northeast Field Office of the U.S...
July 23, 2020
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USAO employee indicted for conspiring to obstruct justice

July 22, 2020
HOUSTON– A federal grand jury sitting in Austin has returned a six-count indictment against a 31-year-old paralegal specialist with the U.S. Attorney’s Office (USAO) for the Western District of Texas, announced Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Steven S. Whipple, Houston Division and U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick of...
July 22, 2020
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Buffalo woman sentenced for allowing her former boyfriend to write fraudulent prescriptions for Adderall

July 17, 2020
BUFFALO, N.Y. – Drug Enforcement Administration, New York Division, Special Agent in Charge Ray Donovan, and Western District of New York, U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr., announced today that Phousavath Luangrath, 30, of Buffalo, NY, who was convicted of misprision of a felony, was sentenced to serve one year...
July 17, 2020
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Syracuse man sentenced to drug trafficking charges

July 17, 2020
SYRACUSE, N.Y. - Michael Starkey, 29, of Syracuse, New York, was sentenced today to serve 61 months in prison for his convictions on multiple charges relating to his participation in cocaine and crack cocaine distribution conspiracies, announced Ray Donovan, Special Agent in Charge of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA)...
July 17, 2020
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Milla Gangsta Bloods gang member and another man charged with cocaine conspiracy

July 17, 2020
BUFFALO, N.Y. – Special Agent in Charge (SAC) Ray Donovan, Drug Enforcement Administration, New York Division, and U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr., Western District of New York, announced today that Nathaniel Myers, a/k/a Stretch, 26, and Robert Fletcher, 29, both of Buffalo, NY, were charged by criminal complaint with...
July 17, 2020
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Eight arrested in connection with Jake’s fireworks drug trafficking conspiracy

July 15, 2020
BEAUMONT, Texas - Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Steven S. Whipple, Houston Division and U.S. Attorney Stephen J. Cox announced today that eight individuals have been arrested in the Eastern District of Texas pursuant to a federal indictment which alleges drug and money laundering violations. A federal grand...
July 15, 2020
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MS-13 Gang Members Indicted For Six Murders On Long Island

July 15, 2020
BROOKLYN, N.Y. - A 24-count indictment was unsealed yesterday in federal court in Central Islip charging eight members of the violent transnational criminal organization La Mara Salvatrucha, also known as the “MS-13,” with multiple racketeering offenses in connection with six murders, two attempted murders, a kidnapping conspiracy and narcotics trafficking...
July 15, 2020
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Three indicted on fentanyl-related charges

July 09, 2020
HOUSTON – Two Texas men are set to appear in federal court on charges of drug distribution that resulted in an overdose, announced Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Steven S. Whipple, Houston Division and U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick. A federal grand jury returned the nine-count superseding indictment...
July 09, 2020
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Buffalo man going to prison for selling heroin and fentanyl

June 30, 2020
BUFFALO, N.Y. – U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration New York Division Special Agent in Charge Ray Donovan and U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Julian Rivera, 30, of Buffalo, New York, who was convicted of possessing with intent to distribute heroin, butyryl fentanyl, and U-47700, was sentenced to...
June 30, 2020
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