SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Nathan Hoffman, 57, of Los Angeles, was sentenced today by United States District Judge John A. Mendez to four years in prison for conspiring to manufacture and distribute marijuana, United States Attorney Phillip A. Talbert and Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent-in-Charge John Martin announced. As part of...

NEW YORK - James J. Hunt, the Special Agent in Charge of the New York Division of the Drug Enforcement (DEA); Joon H. Kim, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York; James D. Robnett, the Special Agent in Charge of the New York Field Office...

FRESNO, Calif. - Emil Vladimirov Babadjov, 32, a Bulgarian and U.S. dual-national formerly residing in San Francisco, California, pleaded guilty today to distributing controlled substances, United States Attorney Phillip A. Talbert and Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge John J. Martin announced. According to court documents, Babadjov, using the...

NEW YORK CITY, NY - Joon H. Kim, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that LAQUAN PARRISH, aka “MadDog,” aka “Quanzaa,” a leader of a violent street gang in the Bronx called the “2Fly YGz” (“2Fly”), was sentenced today to 195 months in...

NEW YORK - James J. Hunt, the Special Agent-in-Charge of the New York Division of the DEA; Joon H. Kim, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York; William F. Sweeney Jr., Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Field Office of the FBI; and James P...

NEW YORK - Bridget G. Brennan, New York City’s Special Narcotics Prosecutor, announced today the sentencing of Jose Mercedes, Sr., aka “Hippie,” to 14 years in state prison followed by five years post release supervision for possessing 70 kilograms of (over 150 pounds) in connection with a narcotics trafficking operation...

NEW YORK - Joon H. Kim, Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that Mario Herrera, a/k/a “Mo,” was sentenced today to 151 months in prison for conspiring to distribute cocaine and oxycodone. Herrera pled guilty to one count of narcotics conspiracy on June 2...

NEW YORK - Bridget G. Brennan, New York City’s Special Narcotics Prosecutor announced today the sentencing of Ricardo Castang to 10 years in prison for Attempted Criminal Possession of a Controlled Substance in the First Degree and Scheme to Defraud in the First Degree. A long-term investigation into the trafficking...

SYRACUSE, N.Y. - Cayla Wujek, 25, formerly of Lewis County, was sentenced yesterday to serve 66 months imprisonment for possessing pseudoephedrine knowing it would be used to manufacture methamphetamine, announced Acting United States Attorney Grant C. Jaquith, U.S. Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge James J. Hunt of the...

MINEOLA, N.Y. - Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas and U.S. Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge James J. Hunt of the New York Division announced that 17 people have been indicted by a grand jury for allegedly selling and trafficking heroin and cocaine throughout Nassau, Suffolk, Queens, Upstate...