NEW YORK CITY – Raymond P. Donovan, special agent in charge of the New York Division of the Drug Enforcement Administration, and Geoffrey S. Berman, the U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that the Dominican Republic’s former Consul General to Jamaica, Jeremias Jimenez Cruz, and...

ROCHESTER, N.Y. – U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr., and DEA New York Division Special Agent in Charge Ray Donovan announced today Pablo Rentas-Torres, 35, and Jesus Fernandez, 25, both of Rochester, N.Y., pleaded guilty before Chief U.S. District Judge Frank P. Geraci, Jr., to conspiracy to possess with intent...

NEW YORK – New York City’s Special Narcotics Prosecutor Bridget G. Brennan and DEA New York Division Special Agent in Charge Ray Donovan announced the sentencing of supervising pharmacist Victor Laperla for receiving cash payments in exchange for knowingly filling forged prescriptions for oxycodone 30 mg painkillers and illegally selling...

NEW YORK – DEA New York Division Special Agent in Charge Ray Donovan, New York City’s Special Narcotics Prosecutor Bridget G. Brennan, New York City Police Commissioner James P. O’Neill, New York State Police Superintendent Keith M. Corlett and Bronx District Attorney Darcel D. Clark announced the alleged seizure of...

NEW YORK – DEA New York Division Special Agent in Charge Ray Donovan, New York City’s Special Narcotics Prosecutor Bridget G. Brennan, Superintendent of the New York State Police Keith M. Corlett, Sullivan County Sheriff Michael Schiff, New York City Police Commissioner James P. O’Neill and Homeland Security Investigations New...

ALBANY, N.Y. – Mansoor Ghaleb, age 30, was sentenced today to 60 months in prison, to be followed by three years of supervised release, for his role in a conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute synthetic cannabinoids. The announcement was made by Ray Donovan, Special Agent in Charge of...

SYRACUSE, N.Y. – Kyle Leeper, 35, of Pennsylvania and Arlene Rodriguez, 35, of Almonte, California appeared today in federal court in Syracuse on an indictment charging them with conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute and distribution of methamphetamine, as well as firearms offenses, announced Ray Donovan, Special Agent in...

BUFFALO, N.Y. – Special Agent in Charge Ray Donovan, United States Drug Enforcement Administration, New York Division and U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Sigfredo Martinez, 47, of Celeron, N.Y. pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara to conspiracy to distribute one kilogram or more...

SYRACUSE, NY – Victor Ehlers, 37, of Lyons Falls, New York, and Lowville, New York, was sentenced to serve 101 months in prison followed by a three year term of supervised release for possessing methamphetamine with intent to distribute it, possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking...

BUFFALO, N.Y. – Special Agent in Charge Ray Donovan, United States Drug Enforcement Administration, New York Division and U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Byron Cobb, aka Tone, 39, of Cheektowaga, New York, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara to possession with intent to...