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Seven-Time Fairfield County Felon Nabbed With Fentanyl Hours After Leaving Jail, Police Say Seven-Time Fairfield County Felon Nabbed With Fentanyl Hours After Leaving Jail, Police Say
Seven-Time Fairfield County Felon Nabbed With Fentanyl Hours After Leaving Jail, Police Say A Fairfield County man wanted by several police departments for a number of crimes including taking police on a high-speed pursuit was allegedly busted with 58 bags of pure fentanyl. Sylvester Edward, aka "GUMZY," age 31, of Norwalk, was arrested on Thursday, April 1, by Norwalk Police after taking officers on a high-speed pursuit and just hours after bonding out of jail on drug charges, said Norwalk Police Sgt. Sofia Gulino. Edward was first arrested on March 30, when he found to be in possession of 58 bags of pure fentanyl, several bags of crack cocaine, and marijuana, Gulino sa…

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by Kathy Reakes
News
Waterbury Man Sentenced For Role In Heroin, Fentanyl Trafficking Waterbury Man Sentenced For Role In Heroin, Fentanyl Trafficking
Waterbury Man Sentenced For Role In Heroin, Fentanyl Trafficking A 24-year-old man was sentenced to 87 months in prison and five years of post-release supervision for his role in a heroin trafficking ring. Roney Sosa of Waterbury reportedly processed and packaged kilograms of narcotics from suppliers in Connecticut and New York at a Bishop Street apartment per the orders of Nestor Sosa-Ortiz, according to the office of U.S. Attorney John H. Durham. Sosa-Ortiz was reportedly arrested in New York City on Monday, May 18 after law enforcement seized about 2 kilograms of fentanyl and 2 kilograms of heroin in a sting operation. While Sosa was involved in this …

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by Christina Coulter
Police & Fire
Hartford Police Sweep Streets - Seize Guns, Drugs; 7 Arrested Hartford Police Sweep Streets - Seize Guns, Drugs; 7 Arrested
Hartford Police Sweep Streets - Seize Guns, Drugs; 7 Arrested Hartford Police were busy Wednesday night making seven arrests, getting a ghost gun off the streets, and seizing bags upon bags of heroin and ecstasy - to name a few activities. On Wednesday, Sept. 9, Hartford Police said the vice, intelligence, and narcotics divisions conducted a citywide street-level violence intervention. Police seized: - 1 stolen gun - 1 “ghost gun” (untraceable) - 1 stolen Honda - 28 grams of crack - 122 bags of fentanyl and - 195 bags of heroin and ecstasy. Police also made seven arrests, officers said. The names of the people arrested and the charges against t…

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by Kristin Palpini