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PRESS RELEASE

Man arrested on drug and gun charges

March 13, 2019
ROCHESTER, N.Y. – U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr., and DEA New York Division Special Agent in Charge Ray Donovan announced today that Andrew Tingling, 39, of Elmira, N.Y., was charged by criminal complaint with conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute one kilogram or more of heroin, possession with...
March 13, 2019
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Buffalo man pleads guilty to drug and ammunition charges

March 13, 2019
BUFFALO, N.Y. –U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr., and DEA New York Division Special Agent in Charge Ray Donovan announced that Tremaine Giddens, 42, of Buffalo, N.Y., pleaded guilty before Chief U.S. District Judge Frank P. Geraci, Jr., to possession with intent to distribute, and distribution of, cocaine and being...
March 13, 2019
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Record-breaking amount of cocaine seized at Port of New York/Newark

March 11, 2019
NEWARK, N.J. – On Feb. 28, the Drug Enforcement Administration, U. S. Customs and Border Protection, U. S. Coast Guard, Homeland Security Investigations, the New York Police Department and the New York State Police conducted a container inspection at the Port of New York/Newark, discovering 60 bundles that contained a...
March 11, 2019
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Physician pleads guilty to 16 felony charges: operated Brooklyn pill mills and directed fraudulent Medicaid/Medicare Billing

March 11, 2019
NEW YORK – Bridget G. Brennan, New York City’s Special Narcotics Prosecutor and Ray Donovan, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration, New York Division today announced the guilty plea of Dr. Lazar Feygin, the operator of two medical clinics in Brooklyn, in connection with schemes to illegally...
March 11, 2019
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32-year-old man receives life in prison

March 11, 2019
BUFFALO, N.Y. –U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr., and DEA New York Division Special Agent in Charge Ray Donovan announced that Dontrell Wise, 32, of Buffalo, N.Y., who was convicted following a federal jury trial of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute heroin, butyryl fentanyl, fentanyl, cocaine and crack...
March 11, 2019
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Federal search warrant results in seizure of 1,500 small bags of heroin/fentanyl and one arrest

March 08, 2019
ALBANY, NY – Victor M. Diaz, age 29, of Johnstown, New York, was arrested yesterday for possessing and intending to distribute a controlled substance. The announcement was made by United States Attorney Grant C. Jaquith, DEA New York Division Special Agent in Charge Ray Donovan, and City of Amsterdam Police...
March 08, 2019
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Bronx gang members convicted of racketeering and related offenses, including 2014 shooting of three individuals

March 07, 2019
NEW YORK – United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York Geoffrey S. Berman and DEA New York Division Special Agent in Charge Raymond Donovan announced that Christopher Howard, aka “Juju,” a member of a violent, Bronx-based street gang known as “Money, Bitches, Guns” (“MBG”), was convicted yesterday...
March 07, 2019
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Heroin/fentanyl dealer charged in federal drug indictment

March 07, 2019
SYRACUSE, N.Y. – Derek Damuth, 25, of Lowville, N.Y., was charged today by a federal grand jury with possessing with the intent to distribute in excess of 40 grams of a mixture of fentanyl and heroin, along with possessing additional amounts of cocaine and marijuana, announced DEA New York Division...
March 07, 2019
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NYPD Officer convicted of drug trafficking and firearms offenses in Manhattan Federal Court

March 07, 2019
NEW YORK – United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York Geoffrey S. Berman, DEA New York Division Special Agent in Charge Ray Donovan, Commissioner of the New York City Police Department Jame s P. O’Neill, and Acting Superintendent of the New York State Police Keith Corlett announced...
March 07, 2019
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Two women plead guilty to heroin possession

March 07, 2019
BUFFALO, NY – U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. and DEA New York Division Special Agent in Charge Ray Donovan today announced that Maria Guadalupe Martinez-Plascencia, 48, of Guadalajara, Mexico, pleaded guilty to possession with intent to distribute 100 grams or more of heroin before Senior U.S. District Judge William...
March 07, 2019
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