DOWNTOWN — JOSEPH NOCELLA, JR. on Tuesday was formally appointed as the U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of New York, the New York Times reported. Nocella has been serving in that interim capacity in Downtown Brooklyn since May.
In a statement in May, Nocella said it was gratifying to return to the district where he began his prosecutorial career. “Together with the exemplary staff that has made the Eastern District [renowned] for its excellence, and the dedicated law enforcement agencies that work with the District, I look forward to prosecuting zealously the narcotics-traffickers, gang members, terrorists, human-traffickers and other criminals who have plagued the people of Nassau, Suffolk, Kings, Queens and Richmond Counties,” Nocella said…