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Dominican National Sentenced For Heroin Trafficking In Connecticut Dominican National Sentenced For Heroin Trafficking In Connecticut
Dominican National Sentenced For Heroin Trafficking In Connecticut A Dominican national who had already been deported twice is heading to prison for trafficking heroin in Connecticut and other immigration offenses. Jorge Taveras-DeJesus, a citizen of the Dominican Republic, who formerly lived in Lawrence, Massachusetts, has been sentenced to 46 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release for distributing heroin and for illegally reentering the country after he was deported. The arrest of the 36-year-old Taveras-DeJesus came following a DEA Hartford Task Force investigation into a heroin trafficking organization operating in Connecticut,…

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by Zak Failla
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Police Response To Woman Screaming For Help Leads To Drug Bust Police Response To Woman Screaming For Help Leads To Drug Bust
Police Response To Woman Screaming For Help Leads To Drug Bust A woman screaming during a domestic dispute led Connecticut State Police to a major drug bust. Connecticut State Police troopers were dispatched to Schofield Road in Willington shortly after 5:30 p.m. on Monday afternoon, where there was a report of a woman shouting for help in the area. Investigation into the incident determined that a domestic dispute had taken place, police said, and Willington resident Jose Velazquez, 58, was detained by troopers for his role in the alleged domestic incident. Police said that while interviewing Velazquez about the domestic disturbance, troopers found h…

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by Zak Failla
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CT Man Gives Up Home, $750K In Money Laundering, Drug Trafficking Case CT Man Gives Up Home, $750K In Money Laundering, Drug Trafficking Case
CT Man Gives Up Home, $750K In Money Laundering, Drug Trafficking Case A Connecticut man is forfeiting his home and more than $750,000 after pleading guilty to his role in a drug trafficking and money laundering scheme with his wife, a former registered nurse in the state. John Durham, the United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that Windsor Locks resident Oscar Montoya, 62, has pleaded guilty in district court for his involvement in a scheme that dated back to 1998.to: One count of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute, and to distribute, heroin, oxymorphone, hydrocodone and alprazolam.  One count of engaging and attemptin…

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Retired CT Nurse Pleads Guilty To Money Laundering, Drug Trafficking Retired CT Nurse Pleads Guilty To Money Laundering, Drug Trafficking
Retired CT Nurse Pleads Guilty To Money Laundering, Drug Trafficking A former nurse from Connecticut is forfeiting her home and more than $750,000 after pleading guilty to drug trafficking and money laundering for more than a decade. John Durham, the United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that Windsor Locks resident Christine Miles, 59, has pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute, and to distribute, heroin, oxymorphone, hydrocodone and alprazolam and and one count of engaging and attempting to engage in a monetary transaction affecting interstate commerce, involving criminally derived property …

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by Zak Failla
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Statewide Narcotics Task Force Seize Large Fentanyl Stash Statewide Narcotics Task Force Seize Large Fentanyl Stash
Statewide Narcotics Task Force Seize Large Fentanyl Stash Connecticut State Police Narcotics Taskforce members, along with officials from the DEA nabbed two people with a large stash of fentanyl during an investigation into their activities.Kayla Murray-Reiser, 27, and Richard Reiser, 30, who are both residents in the Baltic section of Sprague were busted Thursday, May 3, after agents observed the two conducting activity consistent with that of illegal drug sales, the Connecticut State Police said. Task force members approached the two in their parked vehicle at the I-395 Exit 24 commuter lot in Griswold and during a search uncovered 229 individual…

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by Kathy Reakes
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Fairfield County Man Charged With Trafficking Synthetic Opioid Fairfield County Man Charged With Trafficking Synthetic Opioid
Fairfield County Man Charged With Trafficking Synthetic Opioid A 28-year-old Stamford man has been charged with possession with intent to distribute a synthetic opioid, John H. Durham, U.S. Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced on Monday. Gilberto Valentin, also known as “Miguel Perez-Sanchez,” who was arrested on May 4, appeared before U.S. Magistrate Judge William I. Garfinkel in Bridgeport and was ordered detained. As alleged in court documents, law enforcement identified Valenti as a suspected drug supplier of a heroin distributor residing in Albany, New York.  Tthe DEA’s Bridgeport High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area Task Force and…

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by Joe Lombardi
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Largest Carfentanil Lab In Stamford History Busted, Police Say Largest Carfentanil Lab In Stamford History Busted, Police Say
Largest Carfentanil Lab In Stamford History Busted, Police Say Stamford Police, along with help from the DEA, took down the largest carfentanil lab in the city's history during a raid on a quiet city street, according to Stamford police. Agents of the Narcotics and Organized Crime squad found the lab Tuesday on West Hill Circle while serving a search warrant on David Reichard, 29, said Capt. Richard Conklin.  Conklin said the team removed three 200- to 400-pound pill pressing machines, pill dyes and thousands of Percocet pills, which he said were manufactured in the barn of the home. Carfentanil is a synthetic opiate and animal tranquilizer used on li…

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by Kathy Reakes
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Two Face Heroin Drug Dealing Charges After Fairfield County Investigation Two Face Heroin Drug Dealing Charges After Fairfield County Investigation
Two Face Heroin Drug Dealing Charges After Fairfield County Investigation The DEA gave police in Shelton an assist on Friday afternoon, busting up an alleged heroin-selling operation out of a local home following a lengthy investigation by detectives with the Shelton Police Department. Investigators with the Shelton Police Department received a quality of life issue in Shelton on Far Horizons Drive, leading to an investigation into the residence and its occupants. On Friday, a Shelton police spokesperson obtained a search warrant regarding the residence, and executed the search warrant with the assistance of members of the DEA. Inside the residence, police said …

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by Zak Failla
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Man Sentenced For Trafficking Cocaine In Fairfield County Man Sentenced For Trafficking Cocaine In Fairfield County
Man Sentenced For Trafficking Cocaine In Fairfield County A Hudson Valley man has been sentenced to five years in federal prison for trafficking cocaine out of a Fairfield County hotel. John Durham, the United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that Stony Point resident Dominick Pacifico, 34, has been sentenced in federal court to 60 months in prison, followed by four years of supervised release after pleading guilty to individual counts of possession of a controlled substance with intent to distribute and distribution of more than 500 grams of cocaine. Durham said that in May last year, DEA officers from the Bridgeport Hig…

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Bridgeport Heroin Trafficker Pleads Guilty Bridgeport Heroin Trafficker Pleads Guilty
Bridgeport Heroin Trafficker Pleads Guilty A 31-year-old Bridgeport man pleaded guilty on Wednesday, Feb. 28, in Hartford federal court to one count of conspiracy to distribute and to possess with intent to distribute one kilogram or more of heroin, according to John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut. According to court documents and statements made in court, Green was a member of a Bridgeport-based heroin trafficking organization that, between approximately April 2015 and March 2017, received at least 30 kilograms of heroin that had been transported from Mexico, and then distributed the drug in the Br…

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by Jon Craig
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El Salvadorian Who Last Lived In Fairfield County Sentenced For Trafficking El Salvadorian Who Last Lived In Fairfield County Sentenced For Trafficking
El Salvadorian Who Last Lived In Fairfield County Sentenced For Trafficking An El Salvadorian national living in Bridgeport is facing deportation and has been sentenced to more than three years in prison for his role in a cocaine trafficking ring. John Durham, the United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut announced that 47-year-old Miguel Lara has been sentenced in federal court to 42 months after pleading guilty last November to possession with intent to distribute and the distribution of more than 500 grams of cocaine. According to court documents, the DEA’s High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area Task Force in Bridgeport launched an investigation into …

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by Zak Failla