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Man Pleads Guilty To Selling Heroin And Fentanyl That Led To The Deaths Of Two People

February 20, 2018
BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. and Special Agent in Charge James J. Hunt, U.S. Drug Enforcement (DEA), New York Division announced today that Aaron J. McDuffie, aka “G”, 23, of Buffalo, NY, pleaded guilty to distribution of heroin and butyryl fentanyl causing death, and distribution of...
February 20, 2018
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Members Of Camden Drug Trafficking Ring Charged With Racketeering

February 14, 2018
TRENTON, N.J. - Valerie A. Nickerson, Special Agent in Charge for the Drug Enforcement Administration’s New Jersey Division, and Gurbir S. Grewal, Attorney General for the State of New Jersey, announced that seven members of a major gun trafficking ring in Camden have been indicted on first-degree racketeering charges. The...
February 14, 2018
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Man Sentenced To 147 Months On Gun And Drug Charges

February 13, 2018
BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. and Special Agent in Charge James J. Hunt, U.S. Drug Enforcement (DEA), New York Division announced that Jose Feliciano-Miranda, 37, of Buffalo, New York, who was convicted of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute, and to distribute, heroin and cocaine...
February 13, 2018
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Drug Interdiction Results In Guilty Plea

February 13, 2018
BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. and Special Agent in Charge James J. Hunt, U.S. Drug Enforcement (DEA), New York Division announced that Elisa Rivera Ortiz, 36, of Buffalo, New York, pleaded guilty, before U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara, to attempted possession, with intent to distribute...
February 13, 2018
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Former Niagara Falls Police Officer, Two Co-defendants Plead Guilty For Their Roles In Drug Conspiracy

February 12, 2018
BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. and Special Agent in Charge James J. Hunt, U.S. Drug Enforcement (DEA), New York Division announced that Niagara Falls, NY, Police Officer Stephanie A. Costanzo, 29, pleaded guilty to managing a drug involved premises before U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara...
February 12, 2018
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Essex County Man Charged With Heroin Trafficking Conspiracy In Newark, New Jersey

February 09, 2018
NEWARK, N.J. - Valerie A. Nickerson, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s New Jersey Division, and Craig Carpenito, U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey, announced that federal law enforcement authorities today took custody of the last of seven members of a drug trafficking organization that...
February 09, 2018
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Montreal-based Drug Trafficking Ring Operating Throughout The United States, Canada, Mexico, Guatemala, Colombia And Peru Dismantled

February 09, 2018
ALBANY, N.Y. - Five men have pleaded guilty to their involvement in a transnational drug trafficking and money laundering ring that moved substantial quantities of drugs and money through Upstate New York and Canada. The announcement was made by James J. Hunt, Special Agent in Charge of the New York...
February 09, 2018
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Buffalo Man Pleads Guilty For His Role In A Drug Trafficking Ring Linked To A Mexican Drug Cartel

February 09, 2018
BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. and Special Agent in Charge James J. Hunt, U.S. Drug Enforcement (DEA), New York Division announced that Pethrod Dunnigan, 40, of Buffalo, NY, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute five kilograms or more or cocaine, and money laundering conspiracy before U.S...
February 09, 2018
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Pennsylvania Couple Charged With Distributing Fake Oxycodone Pills Containing Heroin

February 08, 2018
NEWARK, N.J. - Valerie A. Nickerson, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s New Jersey Division, and Craig Carpenito, U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey, announced s man and woman from Hazleton, Pennsylvania, were charged today with conspiring to distribute heroin pills that were made to...
February 08, 2018
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New York City Correction Officers Charged With Smuggling Narcotics Into City Prison Facilities

February 08, 2018
BROOKLYN, N.Y. - A six-count indictment was unsealed today in federal court in Brooklyn charging seven defendants with conspiring to bribe correction officers employed by the New York City Department of (DOC) as part of a narcotics smuggling conspiracy. The defendants’ arraignment is scheduled for this afternoon before United States...
February 08, 2018
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