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Man Pleads Guilty To Cocaine Charge

January 25, 2018
BUFFALO, N.Y. - James J. Hunt, the Special Agent in Charge of the New York Division of the Drug Enforcement (DEA), and U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced that that Damone Robertson-Burts, 35, of Buffalo, NY, pleaded guilty to possession with intent to distribute, and distribution of, cocaine, and...
January 25, 2018
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Lockport Woman Sentenced On Drug Charges

January 25, 2018
BUFFALO, N.Y. - James J. Hunt, the Special Agent in Charge of the New York Division of the Drug Enforcement (DEA), and U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced that Colette Arne, 67, of Lockport, NY, who was convicted of possession with intent to distribute, and distribution of oxymorphone, a...
January 25, 2018
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Man Who Sold Drugs Across The Street From A School Convicted And Sentenced

January 24, 2018
BUFFALO, N.Y. - James J. Hunt, the Special Agent in Charge of the New York Division of the Drug Enforcement (DEA), and U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced that that Thomas Cox, 50, of Buffalo, NY, who was convicted of possession with intent to distribute, and distribution of, cocaine...
January 24, 2018
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Woman On Parole Indicted On Heroin Charge In Case Involving Overdose Death

January 24, 2018
BUFFALO, N.Y. - James J. Hunt, the Special Agent in Charge of the New York Division of the Drug Enforcement (DEA), and U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced that a federal grand jury has returned an indictment charging Brittney Ridgeway, 29, of Buffalo, NY, with possession with intent to...
January 24, 2018
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Buffalo Man Indicted On Cocaine Charges

January 24, 2018
BUFFALO, N.Y. - James J. Hunt, the Special Agent in Charge of the New York Division of the Drug Enforcement (DEA), and U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced that a federal grand jury has returned an indictment charging Larry Smith, Jr., 39, of Buffalo, NY, with possession with intent...
January 24, 2018
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Man Convicted On Gun And Witness Tampering Charges

January 23, 2018
ROCHESTER, N.Y. - James J. Hunt, the Special Agent in Charge of the New York Division of the Drug Enforcement (DEA), and U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced that James E. Sandford, III, 29, of Penn Yan, NY, who was convicted of possessing a stolen firearm, being a felon...
January 23, 2018
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Second Man Sentenced To Prison For Distributing Heroin On Dark Web Marketplace AlphaBay

January 23, 2018
FRESNO, Calif. - Chaudhry Ahmad Farooq, 25, a Pakistani national residing in Brooklyn, New York, was sentenced Monday by U.S. District Judge Dale A. Drozd to 23 months in prison for conspiring to distribute heroin, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott and Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge John J...
January 23, 2018
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Taft Drug Trafficker Receives 10-year Prison Sentence Distribution Of Heroin, Cocaine And Methamphetamine

January 23, 2018
FRESNO, Calif. - Mario Alvarez-Muniz, aka Cirilio Cardenas-Alvarez, 49, a citizen of Mexico and former resident of Taft, was sentenced on Monday to 10 years and one month in prison for conspiring to distribute and possess with intent to distribute heroin, cocaine, and methamphetamine, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott and...
January 23, 2018
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OCDETF Operation Zombie Island Shuts Down Major Heroin And Fentanyl Distribution Organization On Staten Island

January 17, 2018
NEW YORK - James J. Hunt, the Special Agent in Charge of the New York Division of the Drug Enforcement (DEA), Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Michael E. McMahon, the District Attorney for Richmond County, James P. O’Neill, the Commissioner of...
January 17, 2018
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Seventeen Alleged Members And Associates Of MS-13 Indicted For Murder, Conspiracy To Commit Murder, Drug Trafficking

January 11, 2018
MINEOLA, N.Y. - James J. Hunt, the Special Agent-in-Charge of the New York Division of the DEA and Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced today that 17 alleged members and associates of the MS-(Mara Salvatrucha) gang have been indicted by a grand jury on various charges of murder, conspiracy...
January 11, 2018
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