New York Field Division
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Welcome to ATF’s New York Field Division. Our dedicated work force is comprised of special agents, investigators, auditors, technicians and support staff serving the entire state of New York.
ATF New York is committed to reducing violent crime in our communities by denying criminals access to firearms. Our criminal investigations routinely target specific criminal organizations and violent gangs. In the past year several criminal cases have been made against violent street gangs in New York City, Buffalo, Rochester, Syracuse, Albany and Long Island.
ATF New York also focuses significant attention towards violations of the federal arson and explosives laws and illegal tobacco diversion.
We also have the duty of regulating the firearms and explosives industry. Our goal is to ensure that all firearms and explosives are stored, handled and sold in a safe manner according to law.
We encourage all citizens to get involved and assist us in our goal of reducing crime in our neighborhoods. If you have any information regarding illegal firearms or explosives trafficking, arson or violent gangs or even illegal tobacco diversion, please give us a call and let us know. Our telephone number at the New York ATF NY Crime Gun Center is 646-335-9070. It is staffed 24 hours-seven days a week. We need to hear from you in order for us to know what we can do for you.
Joseph Anarumo
Division Management Team
- Joseph Anarumo
- Special Agent In Charge (SAC)
- Rory O’Connor
- Assistant Special Agent In Charge (ASAC)
- Delano A. Reid
- Assistant Special Agent In Charge (ASAC)
- Adrian Gyuro
- Acting Director of Industry Operations (DIO)
- Vacant
- Public Information Officer (PIO)
Division Contact Information
Receive New York Press Release Updates
Former Soldier Pleads Guilty to Participation in International Arms Smuggling Ring
September 6, 2012
Joseph Debose, a resident of North Carolina and a former Staff Sergeant in a U.S. Special Forces National Guard Unit, pled guilty today in United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York before the Honorable Eric N. Vitaliano to violating the Arms Export Control Act. According to court documents, Debose provided multiple shipments of firearms to co-conspirators who then secreted the weapons in packages and transported them to shipping companies to be sent to customers in China.More »
Manhattan U.S. Attorney Announces Charges Against Five Members of a Violent Robbery Crew that Operated in the Bronx and Westchester County
January 19, 2012
Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Joseph Anarumo Jr., the Special Agent–in–Charge of the New York Field Division of the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF
), and Raymond W. Kelly, the Commissioner of the Police Department for the City of New York (NYPD
), announced charges today against FAHD HUSSAIN, JERMAINE DORE, DWAYNE BARRETT, TAIJAY TODD, and TAMESHWAR SINGH – five members of a violent robbery crew that operated in the Bronx and Westchester County, New York. All five were arrested this morning by agents from the ATF and officers from the NYPD, and were arraigned today in Manhattan federal court.More »
Manhattan US Attorney Charges 50 Members and Associates of Trinitarios Street Gang with Racketeering, Narcotics and Firearms Offenses
December 7, 2011
Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Wilbert Plummer, the Acting Special Agent-in-Charge of the New York Field Division of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA
), Raymond W. Kelly, the Commissioner of the Police Department for the City of New York (NYPD
), Joseph Anarumo Jr., the Special Agent-in-Charge of the New York Field Division of the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF
), James T. Hayes, Jr., the Special Agent-in-Charge of the New York Field Office of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE
) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI
), and Brian Fischer, the Commissioner of the New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision (DOCCS
), announced charges today against 50 members and associates of the Bronx Trinitarios Gang (BTG
) for racketeering, narcotics, and firearms offenses.More »
ATF Names New Special Agent in Charge to Head New York Office
December 6, 2011
New York — The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) today announced the appointment of Joseph Anarumo, Jr., as the new special agent in charge (SAC) of its New York Field Division. A native New Yorker, Mr. Anarumo is a graduate of Susan Wagner High School on Staten Island and received his bachelor’s degree in communications from St. John’s University.More »
Federal Firearms Dealer Sentenced to 121 Months Imprisonment
November 4, 2011
RICHARD S. HARTUNIAN, United States Attorney, Northern District of New York, WILBERT L. PLUMMER, Acting Special Agent in Charge of the New York Field Division of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), and DELANO A. REID, Acting Special Agent in Charge of the New York Field Division of the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF), announces that a Federal Firearms Licensee (FFL) named JOHN RUMBLE (56, of Ogdensburg, New York), was sentenced to 121 months imprisonment by the Honorable David N. Hurd, in Utica, New York, for several federal firearms related offenses.More »
Manhattan U.S. Attorney Announces Arrest of Bronx Man in Connection with Home Invasion Robbery and Police Officer Shooting
October 13, 2011
PREET BHARARA, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, DELANO A. REID, the Acting Special-Agent-in-Charge of the New York Division of the United States Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF
), and RAYMOND W. KELLY, the Police Commissioner of the City of New York (NYPD
), announced that DARREN MORRIS was arrested yesterday on robbery and gun possession charges. More »
Manhattan US Attorney Charges Eight Members of Violent Bronx Gang with Racketeering, Murder and Narcotics Trafficking
September 27, 2011
PREET BHARARA, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, DELANO A. REID, the Acting Special-Agent-in-Charge of the New York Division of the United States Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives ("ATF"), and RAYMOND W. KELLY, the Police Commissioner of the City of New York ("NYPD"), announced today the unsealing of an Indictment charging eight members of a violent narcotics trafficking crew with racketeering, murder, attempted murder, narcotics trafficking, firearms possession, and other violent acts.More »
Manhattan US Attorney Charges 30 Members of Bronx Drug Trafficking Crews with Distributing Heroin and Crack Cocaine
August 24, 2011
PREET BHARARA, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, DELANO REID, the Special-Agent-in- Charge of the New York Division of the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms (ATF
), and RAYMOND W. KELLY, the Police Commissioner of the City of New York (NYPD
), announced today the unsealing of six Indictments charging 30 members of drug trafficking crews operating in and around the Butler and Webster public housing projects (the Butler Houses
and the Webster Houses
), located in the Bronx, New York, with distributing heroin and crack cocaine.More »
ATF and TTB Accept $1.25 Million Cigarette Settlement
July 5, 2011
NEW YORK — Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) Special Agent in Charge New York Field Division Ronald B. Turk and Thomas Crone, Assistant Administrator for Field Operations for the U.S. Treasury Department’s Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB) announce that Jacobs Manufacturing an unlicensed cigarette manufacturer on the New York St. Regis Mohawk Indian Reservation, has agreed to forfeit $1.25 million dollars to ATF for prior violations of the Contraband Cigarette Trafficking Act (CCTA) and additionally has agreed to come into compliance with all applicable federal statutes and regulations. Jacobs will also have to pay all required cigarette taxes under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (IRC) and has agreed not to illegally operate a cigarette internet site in violation of the Prevent All Cigarette Trafficking Act (PACT) Act. TTB, which investigated the case along with ATF, has agreed to issue a tobacco manufacturing permit to Jacobs.More »
Six Members of Robbery Crew Charged in White Plains Federal Court with Robbery and Firearms Offenses, Including Armed Robberies in Yonkers and Poughkeepsie
June 14, 2011
PREET BHARARA, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, RONALD B. TURK, the Special Agent-in-Charge of the New York Field Office of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF
), and GEORGE N. LONGWORTH, the Commissioner of the Westchester County Department of Public Safety (WCDPS
), announced today the unsealing of a seven-count Indictment in White Plains federal court charging six men, LOUIS MCINTOSH, a/k/a Lou D.,
a/k/a Lou Diamond,
a/k/a G,
EDWARD RAMIREZ, a/k/a Taz,
TERRENCE DUHANEY, a/k/a Bounty Killer,
TURHAN JESSAMY, a/k/a Vay,
QUINCY WILLIAMS, a/k/a Capone,
and TYRELL ROCK, a/k/a Smurf,
with robbery and firearms crimes.More »
Federally Licensed Gun Dealer Convicted
June 10, 2011
UTICA, N.Y. – On June 3, 2010 , John P. Gilbride, the Special Agent in Charge (SAC) of the New York Field Division, Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA); the United States Attorney for the Northern District of New York Richard S. Hartunian; and Ronald B. Turk, SAC of the New York Field Division of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), announced the conviction of John B. Rumble, Jr., a federal firearms licensee (FFL), stemming from a seven-count indictment. More »
U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York Charges Eleven Members of Contraband Cigarette Trafficking Organization
May 18, 2011
PREET BHARARA, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and RONALD B. TURK, the Special Agent-in-Charge of the New York Field Office of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF
), today announced the unsealing of an Indictment charging MOHAMMED ALAZZAM and ten other defendants with conspiracy to distribute contraband cigarettes. Nine defendants were arrested today and were presented in White Plains federal court. Special Agents with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms & Explosives have seized approximately $135,000 and over 3,000 cartons of contraband cigarettes.More »
Indictment Against a South Carolina Man on Interstate Travel in aid of Racketeering and Wire-Fraud Conspiracy Charges
April 14, 2011
United States Attorney Richard S. Hartunian announced today the first superseding indictment against a South Carolina man on interstate travel in aid of racketeering and wire-fraud conspiracy charges.More »
Coordinated Law Enforcement Efforts Make Albany Streets Safer
January 8, 2011
Over the course of the last few years, the coordinated efforts of a number of law enforcement agencies have led to the dismantling of two violent organizations in the City of Albany, and sent their members to federal prison. As a result, the City is now a safer place. These organizations or gangs were known as the Original Gangsta Killers (OGK) or Downtown
gang, and the Jungle Junkies, or Uptown
gang. Not only were the members of these two gangs responsible for the distribution of substantial quantities of crack and marijuana in the City, but in order to control and protect their territories, gang members committed armed robberies, assaults, and drive-by shootings, including shootings of rival gang members, and traveled to other states to obtain firearms which they brought back to Albany. More »
Members and Associates of the Pagans Outlaw Motorcycle Gang Arrested in Tri-State Area Sweep
September 15, 2010
Earlier today two indictments were unsealed in federal court in Central Islip and White Plains, New York, charging 17 alleged members and associates of Long Island, up-state New York, and New Jersey chapters of the Pagans outlaw motorcycle gang. Simultaneous with today’s arrests, federal agents executed search warrants at seven locations on Long Island, including the gang’s local chapter headquarters, a tattoo parlor in Rocky Point; two locations in up-state New York; four locations in New Jersey; and seized 34 firearms and one improvised explosive device (IED). More »
United States Charges 78 Members and Associates of Newburgh Bloods and Latin Kings With Narcotics-Trafficking Crimes
May 13, 2010
PREET BHARARA, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, GEORGE VENIZELOS, the Acting Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI”), ERIC A. PAOLILLI, the Chief of Police for the City of Newburgh Police Department, FRANK PHILLIPS, the District Attorney for the Orange County District Attorney’s Office, CARL E. DuBOIS, the Sheriff for the Orange County Sheriff’s Office, RONALD B. TURK, the Special Agent-in-Charge of the New York Field Division of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF), JAMES T. HAYES, JR., the Special Agent-in-Charge of the New York Office of the Department of Homeland Security’s U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (“ICE”), and JOSEPH R. GUCCIONE, the United States Marshal for the Southern District of New York (“USMS”), announced today the unsealing of two Indictments charging 60 members and associates of the Newburgh Bloods gang and 18 members and associates of the Newburgh Latin Kings gang with conspiracies to distribute, and possession with the intent to distribute crack cocaine, powder cocaine, and heroin. More »
ATF Posts 2009 NY State Crime Gun Data
April 29, 2010
Ronald B. Turk, Special Agent in Charge of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives’ (ATF) New York Field Division, announces the release of aggregate trace data for crime guns recovered in New York State and submitted to ATF for tracing for calendar year 2009. More »
Mohawk Manufacturer Comes Into Compliance
April 12, 2010
Ronald B. Turk, Special Agent in Charge of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) New York Field Division today announced that Tarbell Inc., an unlicensed cigarette manufacturer on the New York St. Regis Mohawk Indian Reservation, has agreed to forfeit $1.75 million dollars to ATF for prior violations of the Contraband Cigarette Trafficking Act and additionally has agreed to come into compliance with all Federal cigarette statutes. More »
Four Defendants Found Guilty in Manhattan Federal Court of Racketeering, Murder, Narcotics Trafficking, Robbery, and Firearms Offenses
April 5, 2010
PREET BHARARA, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, RONALD B. TURK, the Special Agent-in-Charge of the New York Field Division of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (“ATF”), JAMES T. HAYES, JR., the Special Agent-in-Charge of the New York Office of the Department of Homeland Security’s U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (“ICE”), and RAYMOND W. KELLY, the Commissioner of the New York City Police Department (“NYPD”), announced that HISAN LEE, a/k/a “Ice”; DELROY LEE, a/k/a “DJ,” a/k/a “Specs”; SELBOURNE WAITE, a/k/a “Silky,” a/k/a “Bling”; and LEVAR GAYLE, a/k/a “Train,” were found guilty today following a six-week jury trial in Manhattan federal court of various racketeering, murder, narcotics conspiracy, robbery conspiracy, robbery, and firearms offenses. More »