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Former Niagara Falls Police Officer, Two Co-defendants Plead Guilty For Their Roles In Drug Conspiracy

February 12, 2018
BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. and Special Agent in Charge James J. Hunt, U.S. Drug Enforcement (DEA), New York Division announced that Niagara Falls, NY, Police Officer Stephanie A. Costanzo, 29, pleaded guilty to managing a drug involved premises before U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara...
February 12, 2018
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Buffalo Man Pleads Guilty For His Role In A Drug Trafficking Ring Linked To A Mexican Drug Cartel

February 09, 2018
BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. and Special Agent in Charge James J. Hunt, U.S. Drug Enforcement (DEA), New York Division announced that Pethrod Dunnigan, 40, of Buffalo, NY, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute five kilograms or more or cocaine, and money laundering conspiracy before U.S...
February 09, 2018
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Montreal-based Drug Trafficking Ring Operating Throughout The United States, Canada, Mexico, Guatemala, Colombia And Peru Dismantled

February 09, 2018
ALBANY, N.Y. - Five men have pleaded guilty to their involvement in a transnational drug trafficking and money laundering ring that moved substantial quantities of drugs and money through Upstate New York and Canada. The announcement was made by James J. Hunt, Special Agent in Charge of the New York...
February 09, 2018
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New York City Correction Officers Charged With Smuggling Narcotics Into City Prison Facilities

February 08, 2018
BROOKLYN, N.Y. - A six-count indictment was unsealed today in federal court in Brooklyn charging seven defendants with conspiring to bribe correction officers employed by the New York City Department of (DOC) as part of a narcotics smuggling conspiracy. The defendants’ arraignment is scheduled for this afternoon before United States...
February 08, 2018
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Twenty-five Members And Associates Of The ‘Hooly Gang’ In The Bronx Charged With Narcotics Trafficking

February 07, 2018
NEW YORK - James J. Hunt, the Special Agent in Charge of the New York Division of the Drug Enforcement (DEA), 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 (“NYPD”)...
February 07, 2018
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Philadelphia Man Sentenced To 10 Years In Prison For Heroin Conspiracy

February 02, 2018
SYRACUSE, N.Y. - Lamont Butcher, 42, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, was sentenced today to serve 120 months in prison for his participation in a conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute heroin, announced United States Attorney Grant C. Jaquith and United States Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge James J...
February 02, 2018
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Buffalo Man Pleads Guilty To Distributing Fentanyl

February 01, 2018
BUFFALO, N.Y. - James J. Hunt, Special Agent in Charge of the New York Division of the U.S. Drug Enforcement (DEA) and U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Jeremy Jorge, 21, of Buffalo, NY, pleaded guilty to distribution of fentanyl before U.S. District Judge Lawrence J. Vilardo...
February 01, 2018
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Cocaine Trafficking Ring Dismantled In Rochester

January 31, 2018
ROCHESTER, N.Y. - James J. Hunt, the Special Agent in Charge of the New York Division of the Drug Enforcement (DEA), and U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced that Carlos Javier Figueroa, a/k/a/ Javi, a/k/a Big Bro, 39, Roberto Figueroa, 42, Leitscha Poncedeleon, 28, and Orlando Yelder, 36, Jose...
January 31, 2018
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Two Men Sentenced On Meth Charges

January 26, 2018
ROCHESTER, N.Y. - James J. Hunt, the Special Agent in Charge of the New York Division of the Drug Enforcement (DEA), and U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced that Todd E. Varney, 34, of Wellsville, NY, who was convicted of conspiracy to manufacture, possess with intent to distribute, and...
January 26, 2018
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Lockport Woman Sentenced On Drug Charges

January 25, 2018
BUFFALO, N.Y. - James J. Hunt, the Special Agent in Charge of the New York Division of the Drug Enforcement (DEA), and U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced that Colette Arne, 67, of Lockport, NY, who was convicted of possession with intent to distribute, and distribution of oxymorphone, a...
January 25, 2018
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