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CT Man Sentenced For Distributing Heroin, Crack CT Man Sentenced For Distributing Heroin, Crack
CT Man Sentenced For Distributing Heroin, Crack A 24-year-old Connecticut man has been sentenced for distributing heroin and crack cocaine. Hector Diaz, of Waterbury, was sentenced to 24 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release, according to Leonard Boyle, United States attorney for the District of Connecticut. In May 2020, the Drug Enforcement Administration New Haven Task Force and Waterbury Police Department began to investigate a drug trafficking organization that was distributing heroin, cocaine and crack cocaine in the Waterbury area, the US Attorney's Office reported. Authorities wiretapped phones …
Multi-Agency Raid Aimed At Gang Violence At Bridgeport  Housing Complex Nets Five Arrests Multi-Agency Raid Aimed At Gang Violence At Bridgeport  Housing Complex Nets Five Arrests
Multi-Agency Raid Aimed At Gang Violence At Bridgeport Housing Complex Nets Five Arrests In a response to ongoing gang violence surrounding a Fairfield County housing complex, dozens of law enforcement officers conducted a large raid during the early morning hours.  The effort on Friday, March 13, in and around the Charles F. Greene Homes Housing Complex in the city of Bridgeport, was conducted by the Connecticut State Police-Statewide Urban Violence Cooperative Crime Control Task Force, a collaborative unit comprised of detectives from the state police and the Bridgeport Police Department. The raid followed an in-depth investigation focusing on individuals associated with the…
Fairfield County Man Among 19 Charged In FBI Drug, Weapons Bust Fairfield County Man Among 19 Charged In FBI Drug, Weapons Bust
Fairfield County Man Among 19 Charged In FBI Drug, Weapons Bust Nineteen people, including a Fairfield County man, have been arrested as a result of an FBI New Haven Task Force Investigation into crack cocaine and Oxycodone.  Seven firearms were seized during the investigation. John H. Durham, U.S. Attorney for the District of Connecticut, Patricia M. Ferrick, Special Agent in Charge of the New Haven Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and New Haven Police Chief Anthony Campbell announced that a grand jury in New Haven returned a 30-count indictment charging 19 individuals with federal narcotics offenses related to the distribution of crack …