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Lubbock Man Sentenced To More Than 21 Years In Federal Prison For Distributing Cocaine

January 30, 2018
LUBBOCK, Texas - Gregory Jerome Mitchell, a.k.a “Jimmy Jombo Kalu,” 33, was sentenced on January 19, 2018 by Senior U.S. District Judge Sam R. Cummings to 262 months in federal prison for distributing cocaine, announced Special Agent-in-Charge Clyde E. Shelley, Jr. of the DEA and U.S. Attorney Erin Nealy Cox...
January 30, 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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Attorney General Sessions Delivers Remarks At Special Agent Graduation Ceremony

January 26, 2018
WASHINGTON - Attorney General Jeff Sessions travelled to the FBI Academy on Marine Corps Base Quantico, Virginia, on Friday, January 26, 2018, to deliver remarks to graduates of the Drug Enforcement Administration Basic Agent Trainee class. Attorney General Sessions was hosted by DEA’s Acting Administrator Robert Patterson and Training Division...
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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Man Pleads Guilty To Cocaine Charge

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 that Damone Robertson-Burts, 35, of Buffalo, NY, pleaded guilty to possession with intent to distribute, and distribution of, cocaine, and...
January 25, 2018
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Man Sentenced To 36 Months In Prison For Making Meth

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 Zackery D. Billings, 27, of Mount Morris, NY, who was convicted of conspiracy to manufacture, possess with intent to distribute...
January 25, 2018
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Man Arrested On Drug Charges Sold Fentanyl Out Of Car In Commercial Parking Lots

January 25, 2018
MINEOLA, 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 today that a federal grand jury has returned an indictment charging Donald Hennings, 32, of Buffalo, NY, with possession with intent...
January 25, 2018
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Drugs Sent From Puerto Rico To Buffalo Led To Man’s Conviction

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 that William Padovani, 37, of Buffalo, NY, who was convicted of narcotics conspiracy, was sentenced to 60 months in prison...
January 25, 2018
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Two Men Charged In Manhattan Federal Court With 2014 Robbery And Murder

January 25, 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, Police Commissioner of the City of New (“NYPD”), and announced the unsealing...
January 25, 2018
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Five Members Of Washington Heights Drug Crew Charged With Distribution Of Cocaine, Heroin, And Fentanyl

January 25, 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, Police Commissioner of the City of New (“NYPD”), and George P. Beach...
January 25, 2018
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