NEW YORK CITY - Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Special Agent in Charge James Hunt, New York Division, U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration announced that earlier today, Robert Pizarro and Juan Rivera were convicted of murdering a witness to prevent reporting...

BANGOR, Maine - Brian D. Boyle, Special Agent in Charge of the DEA’s New England Division, and United States Attorney for the District of Maine Halsey B. Frank announced that Todd Shorey, 54, of Newport, Maine, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court by Senior Judge John A. Woodcock, Jr...

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...

BANGOR, Maine – Special Agent in Charge Brian D. Boyle of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Adminitsration’s New England Division and U.S. Attorney Halsey B. Frank for the District of Maine announced that Denton Worrell, aka “Lil D,” 21, of Rochester, New York, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court by...

BOSTON – A Lawrence, Massachusetts, man was sentenced in federal court in Boston yesterday for his role in an opioid trafficking conspiracy involving the distribution of fentanyl, heroin, and oxycodone across Massachusetts and Florida. Johnny Urena, 30, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Denise J. Casper to five years...

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...

BRIDGEPORT, CT – Brian D. Boyle Special Agent in Charge of the DEA’s New England Division and John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that David Monseratte Torres, 30, of New Jersey, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Victor A. Bolden in Bridgeport to...

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...