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Narcotics Trafficking

Alleged MS-13 Member Wanted For Murder Arrested In Orange County, Feds Say Alleged MS-13 Member Wanted For Murder Arrested In Orange County, Feds Say
Alleged MS-13 Member Wanted For Murder Arrested In Orange County, Feds Say An alleged MS-13 gang member wanted for murder and drug trafficking in El Salvador has been arrested in Orange County, federal officials announced.  Alejandro Perla Cruz, 37, was taken into custody in Middletown on Sunday, April 13, during a joint operation involving US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and the FBI’s Hudson Valley Safe Streets Task Force, DHS said on Tuesday, April 21. According to federal authorities, Perla Cruz is a Salvadoran national wanted in his home country for homicide and narcotics trafficking. Officials said he had entered the United States unlawfully…
Man Busted In Fentanyl, Cocaine Sales Probe In NY: DA Man Busted In Fentanyl, Cocaine Sales Probe In NY: DA
Man Busted In Fentanyl, Cocaine Sales Probe In NY: DA A man is facing felony charges following a targeted investigation into narcotics trafficking in a residential neighborhood in Dutchess County, authorities announced. Bryan Bucchioni, 41, was arrested on Thursday, June 26, after investigators with the Dutchess County District Attorney’s Office Drug Task Force linked him to drug sales in the area of Thompson Street in the city of Poughkeepsie, the Task Force announced on Monday, July 7. The arrest came after agents conducted multiple controlled purchases of fentanyl and cocaine from Bucchioni in and around 59 Thompson St., Task Force members …
MS-13 Leader Who Terrorized NY Gets Decades For Role In 8 Murders, Including Teen Girls MS-13 Leader Who Terrorized NY Gets Decades For Role In 8 Murders, Including Teen Girls
MS-13 Leader Who Terrorized NY Gets Decades For Role In 8 Murders, Including Teen Girls A notorious MS-13 gang leader who led a bloody campaign of violence across Long Island — including the brutal slayings of two teenage girls in Brentwood — will spend the rest of his life behind bars. Alexi Saenz, 30, also known as “Blasty” and “Plaky,” was sentenced to 68 years in federal prison in Central Islip federal court Wednesday, June 3, for a violent crime spree that rocked Suffolk County in 2016 and 2017. Saenz, a high-ranking leader of the Sailors Locos Salvatruchas Westside clique of MS-13, pleaded guilty in 2024 to racketeering charges tied to eight murders, multiple attempted m…
Fentanyl, Firepower, Pills: Dealer Taken Down In SWAT Raid In Hudson Valley, DA Says Fentanyl, Firepower, Pills: Dealer Taken Down In SWAT Raid In Hudson Valley, DA Says
Fentanyl, Firepower, Pills: Dealer Taken Down In SWAT Raid In Hudson Valley, DA Says A 29-year-old man is behind bars without bail after operating a dangerous drug ring across multiple Dutchess County communities, dealing fentanyl, cocaine, and prescription pills from his home, officials said.   Former Bronx resident Alfonso Perez, 29, was arrested on Monday, May 19, following a coordinated raid at his residence on Dugan Lane in Wappinger, the Dutchess County District Attorney’s Office Drug Task Force announced on Thursday, May 22.  The arrest followed a multi-week investigation into narcotics trafficking in Wappinger, East Fishkill,  Beacon, and surroun…
High-Ranking MS-13 Leader Arraigned On Terrorism Charges In NY After FBI's 'Most Wanted' Arrest High-Ranking MS-13 Leader Arraigned On Terrorism Charges In NY After FBI's 'Most Wanted' Arrest
High-Ranking MS-13 Leader Arraigned On Terrorism Charges In NY After FBI's 'Most Wanted' Arrest A top leader of the notorious MS-13 gang, who was recently added to the FBI’s 10 Most Wanted Fugitives list, has been arraigned in federal court in New York. Francisco Javier Roman-Bardales, 47, was taken into custody in San Diego, California, on Tuesday, March 18, after Mexican authorities located him in Veracruz and expelled him from the country, the US Attorney’s Office said. He had been a fugitive for nearly three years. Roman-Bardales, a founding member of MS-13’s leadership structure known as Ranfla en las Calles, was arraigned in the Eastern District of New York on Wednesday, March 1…
Orange County Raid Nets AR-15, Sawed Off Shotgun, 1 Arrest: Police Orange County Raid Nets AR-15, Sawed Off Shotgun, 1 Arrest: Police
Orange County Raid Nets AR-15, Sawed Off Shotgun, 1 Arrest: Police An Orange County man is facing felony charges after police seized multiple illegal firearms, including an AR-15 with a defaced serial number, during a raid in the town of Deerpark, authorities announced. The City of Port Jervis Police Department, in collaboration with multiple law enforcement agencies, arrested Brian Negrette, age 40, of Huguenot, a hamlet of Deerpark, on Thursday, Jan. 2, on charges of criminal possession of a weapon. He is being held pending arraignment. According to Port Jervis Police Chief William Worden, the arrest followed an investigation that led to executing a sear…