Federal Law Enforcement Foundation Investigators of the Year
Law Enforcement Investigator/Prosecutor of the Year awards honor representatives from each Law Enforcement Investigative Agency and offices of the United State Attorney(s) for the Eastern and Southern Districts of New York. These awards are designed to recognize excellence in service during the preceding year. The personnel selected for these awards are recommended by the head of each agency and approved by the Board of Directors of the Federal law Enforcement Foundation (FLEF).
The Investigators and Prosecutors selected to receive the annual FLEF Investigator/Prosecutor of the Year award represent the finest in Law Enforcement. It is important to note in many cases numerous investigative personnel contributed to the cases in which the recipients have been nominated. The selected recipients represent all those who have contributed to the cited highly successful investigations.
- Louis Alessi, Special Agent (Retired), US Department of Labor/OIG/OLRFI
- James R. Antonino, Postal Inspector, U.S. Postal Service
- Charles Argento, Special Agent, US Department of Labor/OIG/OLRFI
- Kendall Beels, Special Agent, U.S. Department of State, Diplomatic Service, New York Field Office
- William D. Cannon, Criminal Investigator, U.S. Department of Justice United States Marshals Services-District of New Jersey
- Alex Castillo, Deputy Director, New York City Department of Correction-Investigation Division
- Russell Castrogiovanni, Special Agent, FBI
- Suruchi Chen, Intelligence Analyst, FBI- Office of Intelligence
- Angelo D’Addario, Supervisory Deputy, U.S. Marshal-Protective Investigations Unit
- Thomas DeVirgiliis, Detective II, New Jersey State Police
- John Drago, Judicial Security Inspector, U.S. Department of Justice United States Marshals Service-Eastern District of New York
- Richard Dunn, Senior Special Agent , U.S. Department of Homeland Security Immigration and Customs Enforcement Office of Investigations
- Dan Dyer, Special Agent, OCDESF
- Andre Esannason, Postal Inspector, United States Postal Inspector Service-New York Division
- Jeffrey A. Farrar, Special Agent, Federal Bureau of Investigation-Newark Field Office
- Dennis W. Farrell, Detective Lt. Comm. Officer, Nassau County Police Department
- Timothy F.Gaffigan, Criminal Investigator, U.S. Department of Justice United States Marshals District-District of New Jersey
- Patrick Glynn, Senior Special Agent , U.S. Department of Homeland Security, ICE
- Robert Goldrick, Detective, Orangetown Police Department
- Brett Harvey, AUSA,US Department of Labor-Western District of NY
- Thomas G. Hauck, Special Agent , FBI-Newark Field Office
- William Hochul, AUSA U.S. Department of Labor-Western District of NY
- Terence Hutmacher, Lieutenant, Orangetown Police Department
- Eric Jenkins, Detective Lt. Comm. Officer, Nassau County Police Department
- Patrick Kane, Special Agent, United States Secret Service
- Thomas King, Special Agent, FBI-White Plains Agency
- Michael Kirkpatrick, Investigator (Retired), New York State Police/SIU
- Steve Korinko, Postal Inspector, United States Postal Inspector Service-New York Division
- Kenneth P. Kovac, Special Agent, United States Secret Service-Newark Field Office Counterfeit Squad
- Andrew Leithead, Special Agent, FBI-White Plains Agency
- Matthew J. Mariglia, Special Agent, FBI
- John McAndrew, Detective Lt, Orangetown Police Department
- James McCausland, Special Agent, Pennylvania Attorney General’s Office
- Michael Messina, Investigator, Niagara County Sherriff’s Department
- James Mihalik, Detective, County of Suffolk Police Department
- Richard Moczydlowski, Special Agent, United States Secret Service-Newark Field Office Fraud Squad
- Jason Molina, Senior Special Agent, U.S. Department of Homeland Security Immigration and Customs Enforcement Office of Investigations
- Joseph Penninsi, Chief Investigator, NY County District Attorney’s Office
- William Ryan Plukett, Special Agent, FBI-International Terrorism Branch
- Todd Renner, Special Agent, FBI-Domestic Terrorism Branch
- Maria L.Ricci, Special Agent, FBI
- Frank Runles, Special Agent, FBI
- George Solano, Detective, The Waterfront Commission of New York Harbor
- Jack Stubing, Supervisory Special Agent, FBI-White Plains Agency
- William Thomson, Detective, Niagara County Sherriff’s Department
- Stephen Toth, Detective, Orangetown Police Department
- Ralph H. Tucker, Jr., Coordinating Supervisory Special Agent, FBI
- Donovan Williams, Special Agent , U.S. Department of State, Diplomatic Service