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Three Sentenced In Heroin And Money Laundering Conspiracy

November 12, 2015
NEW ORLEANS - Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Keith Brown and U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that Jermaine Reynolds, age 39, of Long Beach, Mississippi; David Humphries, age 46, of Baltimore, Maryland; and Marlon Barnes, age 39, of New Orleans; were sentenced today for conspiring to distribute...
November 12, 2015
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Grand Jury Returns 77-Count Indictment Against Nassau Cardiologist For Murder-for-Hire Plot Against Rival Doctor

November 09, 2015
MINEOLA, N.Y. - James J. Hunt, Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement (DEA), New York, Acting Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas and Acting Police Commissioner Thomas Krumpter, Nassau County Police Department announced the indictment of a cardiologist who allegedly contracted hitmen to kill a competing doctor, in a murder-for-hire...
November 09, 2015
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North Shore Man Sentenced To Serve 30 Years In Prison For Drug Conspiracy And Firearms Violations

November 04, 2015
NEW ORLEANS - Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Keith Brown and U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that Melvin Jackson, age 35, of Ponchatoula was sentenced today for his participation in a drug conspiracy and his participation in a May 11, 2012, shooting and robbery that took place...
November 04, 2015
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Riverhead Physician Assistant Arrested For Conspiracy To Illegally Prescribe Oxycodone

November 04, 2015
BROOKLYN, N.Y. - Michael Troyan, a physician assistant who operated two urgent care clinics on the East End of Long Island was arrested this morning pursuant to a grand jury indictment with conspiring to illegally distribute oxycodone, a highly addictive prescription pain medication. Also this morning, a search warrant was...
November 04, 2015
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Buffalo Man Sentenced For Selling Deadly Heroin Cocktail That Resulted In The Death Of A Local Man

November 04, 2015
BUFFALO, N.Y. - James J. Hunt, Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement (DEA), New York, and William J. Hochul, Jr., United States Attorney for the Western District of New York announced that Peter N. Militello, 34, of Buffalo, NY, who was convicted of possession with intent to distribute and distribution...
November 04, 2015
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Prescription Drug Abuse Prevention Public Service Announcements Launched In New York

October 29, 2015
NEW YORK - James J. Hunt, Special Agent in Charge of the New York Division of the Drug Enforcement Administration; Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York; Cyrus Vance, Jr., the New York County District Attorney; and Thomas Zugibe, the Rockland County District Attorney...
October 29, 2015
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New York Pharmacist And Two Others Face Criminal And Civil Charges For Multimillion-Dollar Oxycodone Distribution Scheme

October 29, 2015
NEW YORK - James J. Hunt, Special Agent in Charge of the New York Division of the Drug Enforcement Administration, Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Thomas E. Bishop, Acting Special Agent in Charge of the New York Office of Internal Revenue Service...
October 29, 2015
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Leader Of “Trinitarios” Gang Sentenced In Manhattan Federal Court To 10 Years In Prison

October 29, 2015
NEW YORK - Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York and Special Agent in Charge James J. Hunt, U.S. Drug Enforcement (DEA), New York Division, announced today that Andy Sosa - the former leader of the “Trinitarios,” a violent street and prison gang composed...
October 29, 2015
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Date Rape Drug Distributor Pleads Guilty

October 28, 2015
MONTGOMERY, Ala. - Stephen K. Howard, 64 of Auburn, Alabama, pleaded guilty today to three counts of possession with intent to distribute a controlled substance (1-4 butanediol) and one count of possession of methamphetamine, announced DEA Assistant Special Agent in Charge Clay Morris and George L. Beck, Jr., United States...
October 28, 2015
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Final Two Defendants Convicted In “Operation Yeti Ice”

October 22, 2015
JACKSON, Miss. - On Wednesday October 21, 2015, after a three day jury trial, Christopher Raynard Kidd, 27, of San Bernardino, California, was found guilty of conspiracy to distribute 50 grams of more of actual methamphetamine and distribution of 50 grams or more of actual methamphetamine, announced DEA Assistant Special...
October 22, 2015
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