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DEA New York and Law Enforcement Partners Issue Statement on the Resolution of Charges Against Narcotics Trafficker and Longtime Fugitive for Drug-Related Kidnappings and Assaults

April 16, 2025
U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) New York Division Special Agent in Charge Frank A. Tarentino III, New York City’s Special Narcotics Prosecutor Bridget G. Brennan, and New York City Police Commissioner Jessica S. Tisch issued statements today on the resolution of charges against Jonathan HUERTAS, aka “El Don,” who is...
April 16, 2025
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Two Indicted for Packaging Fentanyl in Inwood: Deadly Drug Mixtures Seized

April 11, 2025
Two men were indicted following a long-term investigation into fentanyl/heroin packaging and distribution in New York City. During a court-authorized search of a narcotics packaging mill, located in an apartment in the Inwood neighborhood of Upper Manhattan, local, state, and federal law enforcement officers recovered thousands of glassine envelopes of...
April 11, 2025
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Defendant charged in White Plains Federal Court with felon in possession of a firearm

December 20, 2018
NEW YORK – Special Agent in Charge Ray Donovan, U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration; New York Division, and Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today the filing of a complaint charging Darrell Jones with possessing a firearm subsequent to having been convicted...
December 20, 2018
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Two men arrested for conspiring to distribute heroin and fentanyl

December 20, 2018
BROOKLYN, N.Y. --A criminal complaint was unsealed today in federal court in Brooklyn charging Douglas Marra, also known as “Dougie,” and Joseph McClean, also known as “Max B,” with conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute heroin and fentanyl in Queens between January 2018 and September 2018. McClean...
December 20, 2018
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Eight-week federal trial results in conviction of Chapo associates in Buffalo, NY

December 20, 2018
BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Special Agent in Charge Ray Donovan, U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration; New York Division, U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr., and James D. Robnett, IRS Special Agent-in-Charge of the New York Field Office, announced today that following an eight week trial, a federal jury has convicted Herman E...
December 20, 2018
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Schenectady man pleads guilty to distributing heroin laced with fentanyl

December 19, 2018
NEW YORK – Hezekiah Morton, age 47, of Schenectady, N.Y., pled guilty today to distributing heroin and fentanyl in May 2018. The announcement was made by United States Attorney Grant C. Jaquith; DEA New York Division Special Agent in Charge Raymond P. Donovan, and Schenectady County Sheriff Dominic Dagostino. Morton...
December 19, 2018
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Second Bronx gang member arrested and charged in Manhattan Federal Court with 2011 murder of Bolivia Beck

December 19, 2018
NEW YORK – DEA New York Division Special Agent in Charge Raymond P. Donovan, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York Geoffrey S. Berman, and New York City Police Commissioner James P. O’Neill announced today that Kareem Davis, an alleged member of the “Killbrook” gang based in the...
December 19, 2018
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Former Bank of America employee pleads guilty for his role in drug conspiracy linked to a Mexican drug cartel

December 17, 2018
BUFFALO, N.Y. – DEA New York Division Special Agent in Charge Ray Donovan and U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr., announced today that Presiliano Garcia, 33, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Elizabeth A. Wolford to misprision of a felony. The charges carry a maximum penalty of three years in...
December 17, 2018
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Former NYPD detective pleads guilty to obstructing narcotics investigation

December 14, 2018
NEW YORK – U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York Geoffrey S. Berman and DEA New York Division Special Agent in Charge Ray Donovan announced that Saed Rabah, a former New York City Police Department detective, pled guilty to knowingly providing misinformation to a federal law enforcement officer...
December 14, 2018
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Long Island man sentenced to 90 months’ imprisonment for fentanyl trafficking

December 14, 2018
BROOKLYN, N.Y. – Earlier today, in federal court in Central Islip, Jamal Brown was sentenced by United States District Judge Joseph F. Bianco to 90 months’ imprisonment for distributing and possessing with intent to distribute more than 40 grams of fentanyl between July 2017 and February 2018. Brown pleaded guilty...
December 14, 2018
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