BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Pablo Lugo III, 27, of Lockport, N.Y., pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Elizabeth A. Wolford to possession with intent to distribute, and distribution, of fentanyl. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison and...

ROCHESTER, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. and Special Agent in Charge James Hunt, U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), New York Division announced today that Andrew Culliton, 38, of West Seneca, N.Y., who was convicted of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute, and to distribute, methamphetamine, was...

OTSEGO COUNTY, N.Y. - Special Agent in Charge James Hunt, New York Division, U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration; Otsego County Sheriff Richard J. Devlin, Jr., and Otsego County District Attorney John announce the arrest of two Otsego County men after a joint narcotics investigation on Sept. 25, 2018. “DEA works closely...

ALBANY, N.Y. - Colin Stewart, age 41, of Elgin, Quebec, Canada, was sentenced today to 135 months in prison for conspiring to smuggle thousands of pounds of marijuana into the United States from Canada through the Akwesasne Mohawk Indian Reservation. The announcement was made by U.S. Attorney Grant C. Jaquith...

BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. and Special Agent in Charge James Hunt, U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), New York Division announced today that Jose Alvarez, 26, of Buffalo, N.Y., pleaded guilty before U.S. District Court Judge Lawrence J. Vilardo to conspiracy to possess with intent to...

ROCHESTER, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Colin B. Montague, 63, of Greece, N.Y., who was convicted after a seven-week jury trial of operating a continuing criminal enterprise, drug conspiracy, money laundering conspiracy and money laundering, was sentenced to serve life in prison by U.S...

CHICAGO — Twenty individuals are facing criminal charges as part of joint federal and state investigations into drug and gun trafficking in Chicago. The dual investigations centered on drug sales in the city’s Little Village neighborhood and resulted in the seizures of 445 grams of heroin, 230 grams of cocaine...

BROOKLYN, NY - Earlier today, following a three day trial, a federal jury in Brooklyn returned a guilty verdict against Clyde Miller on charges of conspiring to distribute and possess with intent to distribute heroin, possessing a firearm during a drug trafficking crime and being a felon in possession of...

BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Darius Dix, 27, and Kurtis Washington, 27, both of Lockport, N.Y., who were convicted of conspiracy to distribute 500 grams or more of cocaine and 28 grams or more of crack cocaine, were sentenced to serve 72 months...

CHICAGO — A federal judge has sentenced a California man to 35 years in prison for overseeing an international drug-trafficking organization that used Amtrak trains to ship heroin and cocaine to Chicago from Los Angeles. Edgar Roque, 32, of Paramount, Calif., was the leader of an extensive network of drug...