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'Chef' Cooks Up Jail Time After CT Police Uncover Drug Kitchen In His Home: Cops
Police in Connecticut have dismantled an alleged drug operation responsible for producing thousands of street-ready doses of PCP, authorities announced.
Trevor "Chef" Whittingham, 49, of Stamford, is facing serious charges after a months-long investigation that authorities say uncovered $35,000 worth of hallucinogenic drugs and packaging materials at his home and in his vehicles, Stamford police said.
Detectives executed search warrants at Whittingham's home on Ledge Lane, as well as on his 2010 Lexus RX350 and 2007 Lincoln Navigator. During the search, officers seized $2,822 in cash, 56 fl…
CT Man Sentenced For Narcotics Distribution
A Connecticut man has been sentenced to 70 months in prison for distributing narcotics.
Hartford County resident McClendon Jones, age 40, of Bloomfield, was sentenced on Friday, Jan. 8, by U.S. District Judge Kari A. Dooley to the prison time, followed by four years of supervised release, said U.S. Attorney for the District of Connecticut John H. Durham.
According to court documents and statements made in court, on Saturday, Aug. 8, 2019, Jones sped away from investigators who were conducting a traffic stop in Hartford and his car sideswiped a city transit bus.
He eventually lo…