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Federal jury convicts two men of cocaine conspiracy spanning from Houston to Buffalo

September 02, 2020
,strong>BUFFALO, N.Y. U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. and U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Ray Donovan, New York Division announced today that following a two week trial, a federal jury has convicted Henry Lloyd, 34, and Roman Dunnigan, 41, both of Buffalo, NY, of conspiracy to distribute...
September 02, 2020
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Member of drug trafficking network going to prison for 6 ½ years

August 13, 2020
BUFFALO, N.Y. -- U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. and U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Ray Donovan, New York Division announced today that Bryan Ferrer-Vazquez, 27, of Jamestown, NY, who was convicted of conspiracy to distribute one kilogram or more of heroin, was sentenced to serve 78...
August 13, 2020
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Utica men sentenced for drug trafficking conspiracy

July 29, 2020
SYRACUSE, N.Y. – Abner Peralta, 31, and Luis Colon, 35, both of Utica, New York, were sentenced today in federal court in Utica after previously being found guilty after trial of drug trafficking charges. Peralta was sentenced to serve 60 months in federal prison, followed by a 4-year term of...
July 29, 2020
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Two Buffalo men arrested, charged with cocaine conspiracy

July 29, 2020
BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Ray Donovan, and U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that today that Juan Padua, 32, and Michael Vasquez, 24, both of Buffalo, NY, were arrested and charged by criminal complaint with conspiring to possess with intent to...
July 29, 2020
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Syracuse man sentenced to drug trafficking charges

July 17, 2020
SYRACUSE, N.Y. - Michael Starkey, 29, of Syracuse, New York, was sentenced today to serve 61 months in prison for his convictions on multiple charges relating to his participation in cocaine and crack cocaine distribution conspiracies, announced Ray Donovan, Special Agent in Charge of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA)...
July 17, 2020
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Milla Gangsta Bloods gang member and another man charged with cocaine conspiracy

July 17, 2020
BUFFALO, N.Y. – Special Agent in Charge (SAC) Ray Donovan, Drug Enforcement Administration, New York Division, and U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr., Western District of New York, announced today that Nathaniel Myers, a/k/a Stretch, 26, and Robert Fletcher, 29, both of Buffalo, NY, were charged by criminal complaint with...
July 17, 2020
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Syracuse man sentenced to serve eight and a half years in prison for federal drug trafficking charges

June 29, 2020
SYRACUSE, N.Y. – Daitwaun Fair, 33, of Syracuse, New York, was sentenced today to serve 102 months (eight and one-half years) in prison in connection with his convictions for conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute cocaine and cocaine base (“crack cocaine”), possession with intent to distribute cocaine...
June 29, 2020
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Multi-agency investigation leads to arrest of 5, seizure of 17 kilograms of cocaine, 2 kilograms of heroin, 4,000 counterfeit oxycodone pills, 9 guns, $1.5 million of drug proceeds

June 29, 2020
LONG ISLAND, N.Y. — U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge of the New York Division Ray Donovan, Suffolk County District Attorney Timothy D. Sini, US Postal Service Office of Inspector General-Northeast Area Special Agent in Charge Matthew Modafferi, and Suffolk County Police Commissioner Geraldine Hart today announced the...
June 29, 2020
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Buffalo man accused of selling drugs that led to a fatal overdose and two non-fatal overdoses

June 19, 2020
BUFFALO, N.Y. – U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration New York Division Special Agent in Charge Ray Donovan and U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that a federal grand jury has returned a 14-count superseding indictment charging Kalijah Long, 36, of Buffalo, NY, with possession with intent to distribute, and...
June 19, 2020
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Syracuse Man Pleads Guilty to Heroin, Fentanyl, Cocaine Conspiracy

June 19, 2020
SYRACUSE, N.Y. – Isidro De Los Santos, 33, of Syracuse pled guilty to conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute, and distribution of heroin, fentanyl, acetyl fentanyl, and cocaine, announced United States Attorney Grant C. Jaquith, John B. DeVito, Special Agent in Charge of the New York Field...
June 19, 2020
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