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“BMB” Street gang member sentenced to more than 27 years in prison for murder of Bronx teenager and other racketeering crimes

October 30, 2018
NEW YORK – Acting Special Agent in Charge Keith G. Kruskall, New York Division, U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, and Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that Martin Mitchell, aka “Tyliek,” a member of a violent street gang in the Bronx called...
October 30, 2018
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Indoor marijuana grow op dismantled and two men arrested

September 25, 2018
OTSEGO COUNTY, N.Y. - Special Agent in Charge James Hunt, New York Division, U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration; Otsego County Sheriff Richard J. Devlin, Jr., and Otsego County District Attorney John announce the arrest of two Otsego County men after a joint narcotics investigation on Sept. 25, 2018. “DEA works closely...
September 25, 2018
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Canadian marijuana dealer sentenced to 135 months for role in international conspiracy

September 24, 2018
ALBANY, N.Y. - Colin Stewart, age 41, of Elgin, Quebec, Canada, was sentenced today to 135 months in prison for conspiring to smuggle thousands of pounds of marijuana into the United States from Canada through the Akwesasne Mohawk Indian Reservation. The announcement was made by U.S. Attorney Grant C. Jaquith...
September 24, 2018
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Ten members of ‘the 200’ robbery crew charged with racketeering, robbery, narcotics, burglary, and firearms offenses

September 12, 2018
NEW YORK - James J. Hunt, the Special Agent in Charge of the New York Division of the Drug Enforcement Administration, Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, James P. O’Neill, the Commissioner of the Police Department for the City of New York...
September 12, 2018
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Five gang members charged with racketeering and narcotics offenses

September 04, 2018
NEW YORK - Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Angel M. Melendez, Special Agent-in-Charge of the New York Field Office of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations, James J. Hunt, Special Agent in Charge of the New York Field Division...
September 04, 2018
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Members of Eastern European organized crime syndicate convicted of racketeering and other violent crimes

August 28, 2018
BROOKLYN, NY – Earlier today, following more than three weeks of trial, a federal jury in Brooklyn returned guilty verdicts against Leonid “Lenny” Gershman and Aleksey Tsvetkov on charges of racketeering, including predicate acts of illegal gambling, loansharking, extortion, arson and marijuana distribution. The charges arose out of the defendants’...
August 28, 2018
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DEA, DA SINI, U.S. Postal Inspection Service & DA’S East End Drug Task Force announce takedown of alleged Montauk Drug distribution ring

August 16, 2018
HAUPPAUGE, N.Y. – The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), Suffolk County District Attorney Timothy D. Sini, the United States Postal Inspection Service and members of the District Attorney’s Office’s East End Drug Task Force today announced the arrest of 16 individuals in connection with an alleged narcotics ring operating in the...
August 16, 2018
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