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Buffalo man charged with selling drugs that led to a death faces life in prison

May 13, 2020
BUFFALO, N.Y. – U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. and U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Ray Donovan, announced today that a federal grand jury has returned an indictment charging Steven Gonzalez, a/k/a Unc, 44, of Buffalo, NY, with distribution of heroin, fentanyl, and acetyl fentanyl causing death...
May 13, 2020
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Coronavirus-stamped heroin/fentanyl glassines seized in the Bronx: Six individuals charged

May 08, 2020
NEW YORK – U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration New York Division Special Agent in Charge Ray Donovan, New York City’s Special Narcotics Prosecutor Bridget G. Brennan, New York City Police Commissioner Dermot F. Shea, New York State Police Superintendent Keith M. Corlett and Bronx District Attorney Darcel D. Clark announced the...
May 08, 2020
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Missouri, California Men Plead Guilty to Marijuana Trafficking

May 05, 2020
ST. LOUIS – A Columbia, Missouri man and a California man pleaded guilty in federal court today to marijuana trafficking that involved the death of another Columbia man, who was murdered during a home invasion. In addition, hundreds of pounds of marijuana and thousands of THC vaporizer cartridges in a...
May 05, 2020
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Major law enforcement operation dismantles multi-million dollar drug trafficking network in Rochester

May 05, 2020
ROCHESTER, N.Y. – U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. and U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Ray Donovan announced today that 17 defendants were arrested and charged in two criminal complaints for their roles in a large and long standing illegal narcotics ring operating in Western New York...
May 05, 2020
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DEA launches Secure Your Meds campaign in the wake of COVID-19, calls on Americans to keep medications safe

May 05, 2020
NEW YORK – With families encouraged to stay at home due to the nationwide health crisis, the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration is reminding Americans to keep prescription medications safe and secure until they can properly dispose of them. DEA holds its national Prescription Drug Take Back Day twice a year...
May 05, 2020
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New York City man is charged for role in NYC to Northern New York drug pipeline

May 01, 2020
SYRACUSE, N.Y. – Shakespeare Cruz, 45, of the Bronx, New York, was arraigned in federal court today on an indictment charging him with a federal cocaine and heroin distribution conspiracy, announced United States Attorney Grant C. Jaquith and Ray Donovan, Special Agent in Charge of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration...
May 01, 2020
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Gateway Strike Force Combats Drugs, Violence in the St. Louis Metropolitan Area

April 28, 2020
ST. LOUIS – A new St. Louis Gateway Strike Force has been formed to combat drug traffickers and violent criminals on both sides of the Mississippi River, announced Adam Cohen of the Department of Justice’s Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force Executive Office, U.S. Attorney Steve Weinhoeft in the Southern...
April 28, 2020
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10-year sentence for cocaine trafficker in Buffalo

April 27, 2020
BUFFALO, N.Y. – U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. and U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Ray Donovan announced that that Darryl M. Greene, 48, of Buffalo, New York, who was convicted by a federal jury of conspiring to possess with intent to distribute, and distributing, 500 grams...
April 27, 2020
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Man found in vacant apartment indicted for possession of methamphetamine

April 23, 2020
BUFFALO, N.Y. – U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr., U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Ray Donovan, and Chautauqua County Sheriff James B. Quattrone announced that a federal grand jury has returned an indictment charging Harry J. Radke, 44, of Mayville, New York, with possessing with intent to...
April 23, 2020
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DEA launches Secure Your Meds campaign

April 22, 2020
ST. LOUIS – With families encouraged to stay at home due to the nationwide health crisis, the Drug Enforcement Administration is asking Americans to keep prescription medications safe and secure until they can properly dispose of them. The Secure Your Meds awareness campaign addresses a vital public safety and health...
April 22, 2020
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