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Anthony Vita Receives Fifteen-Year Prison Sentence In Fentanyl-Laced Heroin Death

August 22, 2017
SYRACUSE, NY - Anthony Vita, 37, of Syracuse, New York, was sentenced today to serve 15 years in prison for distributing a controlled substance, announced Acting United States Attorney Grant Jaquith and James J. Hunt, Special Agent in Charge of the New York Division of the Drug Enforcement (DEA). The...
August 22, 2017
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14 Members Of Bronx Drug Trafficking Organization Charged In Manhattan Federal Court With Narcotics And Firearms Offenses

August 22, 2017
MANHATTAN, NY - 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, James P. O’Neill, the Police Commissioner of the City of New (NYPD), and George P. Beach II, the Superintendent...
August 22, 2017
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Marc Henry Johnson Sentenced For Helping Drug Dealer Cover Up Role In Woman’s Cocaine Overdose

August 15, 2017
MANHATTAN, NY - Joon H. Kim, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that MARC HENRY JOHNSON was sentenced today to one year and one day in prison for helping cover up a drug dealer’s narcotics offense by moving a woman’s body out of...
August 15, 2017
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Members Of Bronx Drug Trafficking Organization Charged In Manhattan Federal Court With Narcotics And Firearms Trafficking Offenses

August 09, 2017
MANHATTAN, NY - James J. Hunt, Special Agent in Charge of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration’s New York Field (DEA), Joon H. Kim, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and James P. O’Neill, the Commissioner of the New York City Police (NYPD), announced today...
August 09, 2017
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Fentanyl In The City: Nearly 20 Pounds Of Fentanyl, Heroin Seized On Central Park West In Manhattan

August 07, 2017
NEW YORK - James J. Hunt, Special Agent-in-Charge of the DEA’s New York Division; Bridget G. Brennan, New York City’s Special Narcotics Prosecutor; New York City Police Commissioner James P. O’Neill; Angel M. Melendez, Special Agent-in-Charge of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Homeland Security (HSI); and New York State Police Superintendent...
August 07, 2017
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5 Charged For Possession Of Over 2 Tons Of Cocaine In Maritime Enforcement Operation

August 07, 2017
NEW YORK - James J. Hunt, Special Agent-in-Charge of the DEA’s New York Division; 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 the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security...
August 07, 2017
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5 Arrests, $4 Million In Heroin Sized From Bronx, Yonkers Packaging Operation In DEA-New York Drug Enforcement Task Force Investigation

August 03, 2017
NEW YORK - James J. Hunt, Special Agent-in-Charge of the DEA’s New York Division, Bridget G. Brennan; New York City’s Special Narcotics Prosecutor; New York City Police Commissioner James P. O’Neill; George P. Beach II, Superintendent of the New York State Police, and Bronx District Attorney Darcel D. Clark announced...
August 03, 2017
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Staten Island Woman Sentenced To 12 Years’ Imprisonment For Illegal Distribution Of Oxycodone

August 02, 2017
BROOKLYN, N.Y. - Earlier today before United States District Judge I. Leo Glasser in Brooklyn, New York, Carolyn Richardson was sentenced to 12 years’ imprisonment, to be followed by three years of supervised release, for operating a sophisticated scheme to fraudulently obtain and distribute thousands of Schedule II controlled substances...
August 02, 2017
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Massive Fentanyl Seizure In Bronx

August 01, 2017
NEW YORK - James J. Hunt, Special Agent-in-Charge of the DEA’s New York Division, Bridget G. Brennan; New York City’s Special Narcotics Prosecutor; New York City Police Commissioner James P. O’Neill; Angel M. Melendez, Special Agent-in-Charge of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Homeland Security (HSI); New York State Police Superintendent George...
August 01, 2017
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Los Angeles Men Convicted In Northern New York For Running Nationwide Synthetic Drug Trafficking Ring

July 26, 2017
SYRACUSE, N.Y. - A federal jury in Syracuse voted today to convict Andrew Raymond and Brian Requena, both of Los Angeles, on drug trafficking and money laundering charges related to their operation of a nationwide synthetic drug trafficking ring. The announcement was made by Special Agent in Charge James J...
July 26, 2017
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