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10 Members of Crack/Fentanyl Distribution Organization Arrested in Niagara Falls

December 21, 2023
(NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y.) – Niagara County District Attorney Brian D. Seaman, Special Agent in Charge Frank A. Tarentino III of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) New York Division, Niagara Falls Police Department (NFPD) Chief of Police John Faso, and New York State Police (NYSP) Acting Superintendent Dominick Chiumento announced the...
December 21, 2023
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Rochester Brothers Sentenced in Separate Cases Stemming from the Murder of RPD Investigator

November 09, 2023
ROCHESTER, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney Trini E. Ross announced today that James Fulton, 41, and his brother, Preston Fulton, 39, both of Rochester, NY, were sentenced by U.S. District Judge David G. Larimer in separate cases stemming from the investigation into the murder of Rochester Police Department Investigator Anthony Mazurkewicz and the...
November 09, 2023
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Former High School Dean Convicted of 2010 Murder

July 20, 2023
NEW YORK CITY – Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that Israel Garcia, a/k/a “Shorty Rock,” the former leader of the Get Money Gunnaz set of the Young Gunnaz street gang (the “GMG YGz”), was found guilty at trial of the October...
July 20, 2023
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U.S. Attorney Discusses Anti-Gun Violence Efforts, Announces Indictment of Defendant Allegedly Involved in Murder of Rochester Police Officer

June 21, 2023
ROCHESTER, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney Trini E. Ross joined with law enforcement partners at the federal, state, and local levels today to announce the return of an indictment of the leader and members of a violent drug trafficking organization and to discuss ongoing efforts aimed at reducing violence, in particular...
June 21, 2023
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Former High School Dean Charged with Murder

February 16, 2023
NEW YORK CITY – Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Frank A. Tarentino III, the Special Agent-in-Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration (“DEA”), and Keechant Sewell, the Commissioner of the New York City Police Department (“NYPD”), announced today that a grand jury in...
February 16, 2023
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