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Puerto Rico Man Sentenced to 5 Years in Federal Prison for Trafficking Cocaine to Connecticut

August 11, 2022
NEW HAVEN, Conn. - Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that JOSE ANGEL SUAREZ, 39, of Veja Baja, Puerto Rico, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Jeffrey A. Meyer in New Haven to 60 months of imprisonment, followed by four years of supervised...

Brighton Man Pleads Guilty to Cocaine Trafficking Conspiracy

August 11, 2022
BOSTON – A drug distributor within a Boston-area drug trafficking organization (DTO) has pleaded guilty to a drug trafficking conspiracy involving cocaine and cocaine base. Phillip Williams, 38, of Brighton, pleaded guilty on Aug. 8, 2022 to conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute cocaine. U.S. District Court...

Boston Area Drug Trafficker Sentenced To Six Years In Prison For Cocaine Trafficking And Firearms Offense

August 04, 2022
BOSTON – A Boston area drug trafficker was sentenced on July 28, 2022 in federal court in Boston for his role in a cocaine trafficking conspiracy. Hassan Monroe, 38, of Quincy, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Richard G. Stearns to six years in prison and four years of...

Portsmouth Man Pleads Guilty To Unlawful Possession With The Intent To Distribute Large Quantities Of “Ice” Methamphetamine And Fentanyl

August 04, 2022
CONCORD, N.H. - Robert Corson, 33, formerly of Portsmouth, pleaded guilty in federal court to one count of unlawful possession with intent to distribute 40 grams and more of fentanyl and 5 grams and more of “ice” methamphetamine, United States Attorney Jane E. Young announced today. According to court documents...

Waterbury Man Sentenced To 42 Months In Federal Prison For Distributing Heroin And Crack

July 29, 2022
WATERBURY, Conn. - Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that LAWRENCE JACKSON, 26, of Waterbury, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Vanessa L. Bryant in Hartford to 42 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for his role in a...

New Haven Jury Finds Two Drug Traffickers Guilty

July 27, 2022
NORWALK, Conn. - Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that a federal jury in New Haven has found TAJH WILEY, also known as “Yung,” 26, of Norwalk, and JEVAUGHN WATSON, also known as “Russ,” 28, of Ansonia, guilty of drug trafficking offenses. The...

Waterbury Drug Trafficker Sentenced To 5 Years In Federal Prison

July 25, 2022
WATERBURY, Conn. - Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that MICHAEL MUNN, 55, of Waterbury, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Alvin W. Thompson in Hartford to 60 months of imprisonment, followed by five years of supervised release, for participating in a narcotics...

Pilot Charged In Cocaine Trafficking Scheme Extradited From Paraguay

July 25, 2022
NEW HAVEN, Conn. – Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, and Brian D. Boyle, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England, today announced that RONIER SANCHEZ ALONSO, 46, a citizen of Mexico who is charged in a cocaine trafficking conspiracy...

Naugatuck Man Sentenced To 25 Years In Federal Prison Trafficking Heroin And Crack In Bridgeport

July 19, 2022
NAUGATUCK, Conn. - Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that ANTONIO SMALL, also known as “Tone” and “Bert,” 30, formerly of Naugatuck, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Alvin W. Thompson in Hartford to 300 months of imprisonment, followed by five years of...

Seymour Man Sentenced To More Than 5 Years In Federal Prison For Drug And Firearm Offenses

July 15, 2022
SEYMOUR, Conn. - Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that LOUIE McDOWELL, 49, of Seymour, was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge Alvin W. Thompson in Hartford to 66 months of imprisonment, followed by five years of supervised release, for narcotics distribution and...
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