Man Working With Drug Dealer Attempted To Kill DEA Agent In Maryland: Feds
A Maryland man admitted to attempting to kill a federal officer after opening fire on a DEA agent in Baltimore who was undercover investigating reported drug trafficking, federal authorities announced.
Davon Rogers, 40, of Baltimore, pleaded guilty to the attempted murder of a federal officer in connection to a December 2021 incident with co-conspirator Juan Hester, 41, who previously copped to drug charges.
According to Rogers’ plea, on Dec. 29, 2021, he and a second person approached a vehicle in the 2500 block of West Fayette Street in Baltimore, where the DEA agent was surveilling the a…
Bi-state Bust: Bergen Man, Westchester Woman Had 20 Pounds Of Fentanyl, 2½ Pounds Of Coke: Feds
A Bergen County man and a woman from Westchester were busted with 20 pounds of deadly fentanyl and 2½ pounds of cocaine for sale, federal authorities said.
Plinio Junior Pineda Lopez, 33, of Oakland and Lorendy Diaz Beltre De Inoa, 27, of Yonkers were arrested with 1.5 kilos of fentanyl in Wallington, U.S. Attorney for New Jersey Philip R. Sellinger said Wednesday.
Nearly eight more kilos of hidden fentanyl were found during a court-approved search on Tuesday, July 11, of Lopez’s Hillside Avenue home just off West Oakland Avenue and down the street from an entrance/exit for Route 287, inve…
'Sadness, Anger' After 8 Fatal Drug Overdoses In 8 Days Reported In Capital Region City
Police in the region are sounding the alarm after eight people died from drug overdoses in as many days.
All eight deaths occurred in Schenectady between Saturday, July 1, and Saturday, July 8, according to police.
The most recent occurred in the city’s Stockade neighborhood. An autopsy revealed that the person died from drug intoxication.
“Each of these overdoses have left a wake of sadness and anger throughout our community,” police said, adding that overdoses have occurred in neighborhoods across Schenectady, including in Bellevue, Hamilton Hill, Downtown, Mont Pleasant, and Northside.…
Four Pounds Of Coke, $40K: Police Score Massive Haul Of Drugs, Cash In Raid
A major task force made up of more than a dozen police agencies scored a bust worthy of their size this week in Franklin County, authorities said.
It began in December when police and DEA agents raided a home in Greenfield and seized 114 grams of cocaine, 650 bags of heroin/fentanyl mixture, and $113,000, the Greenfield Police Department said.
But one of the men arrested in that raid — who was out on bail — allegedly decided he wasn't done with the drug game. That's why on Monday, March 6, several police officers and federal agents raided him again and found even more, Gree…
