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CT Man Sentenced For Fentanyl Distribution CT Man Sentenced For Fentanyl Distribution
CT Man Sentenced For Fentanyl Distribution A Connecticut man has been sentenced to 47 months in prison for distributing fentanyl, federal officials said. Kyle Pitts, aka "Bark," age 37, of West Hartford, was sentenced on Monday, Nov. 1, to prison time followed by three years of supervised release, said Leonard C Boyle, acting US Attorney for the District of Connecticut. According to court documents and statements made in court, in the summer of 2020, Hartford Police learned that Pitts and others were selling fentanyl and that Pitts was using his apartment on Farmington Avenue in West Hartford to store the drug.  Between A…
CT Felon Had Loaded Rifle With Obliterated Serial Number, Feds Say CT Felon Had Loaded Rifle With Obliterated Serial Number, Feds Say
CT Felon Had Loaded Rifle With Obliterated Serial Number, Feds Say A convicted felon from Fairfield County is facing prison time after being caught in possession with a loaded rifle that had an obliterated serial number. Norwalk resident Tyrome Sawyer - also known as “Tyrone Sawyer,” and “Crack” - was charged in New Haven federal court with unlawful possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. It is alleged that on April 19 last year, Sawyer, 30, possessed a loaded Hi-Point model 995, 9mm rifle with an obliterated serial number, in Norwalk. Prior to that bust, Sawyer had been previously convicted in state court of felony firearm, drug and escape offe…