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CT Residents Charged With Fabricating, Selling Numerous Ghost Guns
Two Connecticut men have been charged with federal firearms offenses related to the alleged illegal fabrication and sale of ghost guns.
John Lee Ortiz, age 28, and Audley Reeves, age 30, both of East Hartford, were charged on Wednesday, Jan. 5, said Leonard C Boyle, US Attorney for the District of Connecticut.
As alleged in court documents and statements made in court, in late 2021, the FBI’s Northern Connecticut Gang Task Force learned that Ortiz and others were selling “ghost guns,” which are homemade firearms that do not contain serial numbers and can't be traced.
In December 2021,…
CT Fentanyl Trafficker Sentenced To Federal Prison
A Connecticut fentanyl dealer has been sentenced to five years in prison for distributing the drug.
Johnny Ortega, also known as "Clatcho," age 39, of Hartford was sentenced on Tuesday, Dec. 28, according to Leonard C Boyle, US Attorney for the District of Connecticut.
According to court documents and statements made in court, in 2018, the FBI’s Northern Connecticut Gang Task Force began investigating Ricardo Reyes, also known as “Rick the Ruler,” a member of the Los Solidos street gang who was distributing fentanyl, heroin, cocaine and crack in the area of Park Street and Hungerford Street…
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 Gang Member Known As 'Rick the Ruler' Sentenced For Drug, Firearm Offenses
A Connecticut man has been sentenced to 18 years in prison for trafficking narcotics and firearms.
Ricardo Reyes, also known as “Rick the Ruler,” age 41, of Hartford, was sentenced to prison on Thursday, Feb. 11, to be followed by five years of supervised release, said John Durham, U.S. States Attorney for the District of Connecticut.
According to court documents and statements made in court, in 2018, the FBI’s Northern Connecticut Gang Task Force began investigating Reyes, a member of the Los Solidos street gang, who was distributing fentanyl, heroin, cocaine, and crack in the area of Park…
CT Man Sentenced For Fentanyl, Crack Distribution Offenses
A Connecticut man has been sentenced to 36 months in prison for the distribution of fentanyl and crack cocaine.
Nathaniel DeJesus, age 21, of Hartford, was sentenced to the prison term followed by four years of supervised release on Monday, Jan. 25, said John H. Durham, U.S. Attorney for the District of Connecticut.
According to court documents and statements made in court, in July 2019, after a spate of gun violence in Hartford, the FBI’s Northern Connecticut Gang Task Force, DEA, Hartford Police Department, and other law enforcement agencies initiated an investigation targeting gang-…
CT Man Sentenced For Dealing Fentanyl
A Connecticut man has been sentenced to 77 months in prison followed by four years of supervised release for distributing fentanyl.
Tylon Hicks, age 44, of Hartford, was sentenced Wednesday, Jan. 20, by U.S. District Michael P. Shea, said John H. Durham, U.S. States Attorney for the District of Connecticut.
According to court documents and statements made in court, in August 2019, the FBI’s Northern Connecticut Gang Task Force received information that Tylon Hicks’ brother, Troy Hicks, was involved in the distribution of heroin, fentanyl, and cocaine.
On Wednesday, August 14, 2…
CT Dealer Sentenced For Trafficking Fentanyl, Other Drugs, Possessing Shotgun
A 28-year-old man will spend more than a decade in prison for drug trafficking and possessing an illegal short-barrel shotgun, federal prosecutors announced.
Hartford resident Danny Castillo, 28, has been sentenced to 128 months in prison followed by five years of supervised release for trafficking fentanyl, other drugs, and possessing a short-barrel shotgun.
In August 2018, the FBI’s Northern Connecticut Gang Task Force and the Hartford Police Department received a tip that Castillo and his associate, Pascual Ivan Medina, were distributing fentanyl in and around the city.
The investigatio…
