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CT Drug Dealer Busted With 250 Bags Of Heroin, Fentanyl Sentenced CT Drug Dealer Busted With 250 Bags Of Heroin, Fentanyl Sentenced
CT Drug Dealer Busted With 250 Bags Of Heroin, Fentanyl Sentenced A Connecticut man will spend more than two years in prison after pleading guilty to fentanyl distribution and firearm possession charges. Hartford resident Maico Turell, age 49, was sentenced to 30 months, or 2.5 years, behind bars Tuesday, May 24, in federal court in Hartford. Undercover police busted Turell in December 2020 when he sold them “distribution quantities” of heroin and fentanyl on two seperate occasions at his Franklin Avenue home, according to the US Attorney’s Office in Connecticut. A court-authorized search of his home turned up a loaded 9mm semiautomatic firearm, a 9mm ma…

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CT Felon Caught With '.38 Special,' Feds Say CT Felon Caught With '.38 Special,' Feds Say
CT Felon Caught With '.38 Special,' Feds Say A Connecticut man pleaded guilty to the unlawful possession of a firearm and ammunition by a felon. Allen Evans, age 35, of Hartford, made the plea on Tuesday, Sept. 21, in New Haven, said Leonard C Boyle, Acting US Attorney for the District of Connecticut. According to court documents and statements made in court, in October 2020, Hartford Police stopped a car in which Evans was a passenger. Evans was arrested after a search of his person revealed a loaded Taurus Model 85 “.38 Special” handgun, and a search of the vehicle revealed additional ammunition. At the time of his arrest, Evans w…

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by Kathy Reakes