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Schenectady Man Sentenced For Crack Distribution

September 26, 2017
ALBANY, N.Y. - James J. Hunt, the Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement (DEA) and Acting United States Attorney Grant C. Jaquith announced that Nicholas “Netti” Khan, 24, of Schenectady, New York, was sentenced today to 92 months in prison for distributing crack cocaine. Senior United States District...
September 26, 2017
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Trinitarios Gang Member Sentenced To 30 Years In Prison For Murder Of 16-year-old Boy

September 20, 2017
NEW YORK - Joon H. Kim, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that Juan Martinez, a/k/a “KJ,” was sentenced today by United States District Judge Paul A. Engelmayer to a term of 30 years in prison for his participation in a racketeering conspiracy...
September 20, 2017
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Ten Charged In Broome County Methamphetamine And Money Laundering Conspiracies

September 20, 2017
SYRACUSE, N.Y. - Nine people arrested today are named in a federal methamphetamine and money laundering conspiracy indictment unsealed in court in Binghamton, New York, announced U.S. Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge James J. Hunt, Acting United States Attorney Grant C. Jaquith, Postal Inspector in Charge Shelly Binkowski...
September 20, 2017
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Heroin Laced Fentanyl Operation Dismantled Across The Street From Public School 115 In Manhattan

September 14, 2017
NEW YORK - James J. Hunt, Special Agent in Charge of the U.S Drug Enforcement (DEA) New York Division; Bridget G. Brennan, New York City's Special Narcotics Prosecutor; and New York City Police Commissioner James P. O’Neill announced three arrests and the seizure of one and a half kilograms to...
September 14, 2017
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Lockport Man Charged With Heroin Death

September 14, 2017
BUFFALO, N.Y. - James J. Hunt, Special Agent in Charge of the U.S. Drug Enforcement (DEA), New York Division, and Acting U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that a federal grand jury has returned and indictment charging Pablo Lugo III, 22, of Lockport, NY, with distribution of fentanyl...
September 14, 2017
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Schenectady Men Sentenced For Heroin And Crack Cocaine Conspiracy

September 12, 2017
ALBANY, N.Y. - William Hilts, a/k/a “True,” age 53, and Elijah Jones, age 31, both of Schenectady, New York, were sentenced today for conspiring to distribute heroin and crack cocaine. Senior United States District Judge Thomas J. McAvoy sentenced Hilts to 180 months in prison and eight years of post-imprisonment...
September 12, 2017
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Pilot Charged For His Role In International Cocaine Trafficking Conspiracy

September 06, 2017
NEWARK, N.J. - A Ringwood, New Jersey, man appeared in federal court today to face cocaine distribution, money laundering, and other conspiracy charges associated with his role in a scheme to import large quantities of cocaine from Guyana to New Jersey and New York, Acting U.S. Attorney William E. Fitzpatrick...
September 06, 2017
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Superseding Indictments On Eastern European Organized Crime Syndicate

September 06, 2017
BROOKLYN, N.Y. - A 33-count superseding indictment was unsealed today in United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York charging six defendants with new racketeering predicate acts including assault in aid of racketeering, arson, extortion and unlawful firearms dealing. Five of the defendants are in custody and...
September 06, 2017
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$1 Million Worth Of Methamphetamine Secreted In Candles Seized And Five People Arrested

August 30, 2017
NEW YORK - James J. Hunt, the Special Agent-in-Charge of the New York Field Office of the Drug Enforcement (DEA), Joon H. Kim, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Angel M. Melendez, the Special Agent in Charge of the New York Field Office of...
August 30, 2017
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Members And Associates Of Violent Bronx Street Gang Charged In Manhattan Federal Court With Racketeering And Firearms Offenses

August 29, 2017
NEW YORK - James J. Hunt, the Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement (DEA), Joon H. Kim, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and James P. O’Neill, the Police Commissioner of the City of New (NYPD) announced the unsealing today of an...
August 29, 2017
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