David B. Fein, United States Attorney
for the District of Connecticut, announced that two men involved in a New Haven
drug trafficking organization were sentenced today by Senior United States
District Judge Ellen Bree Burns in New Haven.
This matter stems from a joint law
enforcement investigation conducted by the FBI New Haven Safe Streets Task
Force, the DEA New Haven Task Force, the New Haven Police Department, and the
Hamden Police Department. Through the use of court-authorized wiretaps,
investigating officers identified and dismantled a large drug trafficking
organization that was centered in the Newhallville section of New Haven and
Hamden and was responsible for the distribution of crack cocaine and cocaine
throughout the Greater New Haven area.
Gemini Napoleon, also known as “G.I.,”
“Poe,” and “Gemi,” 32, of New Haven, was sentenced to 140 months of
imprisonment, followed by five years of supervised release. On May 1, 2012,
Napoleon pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to possess with intent to
distribute more than 280 grams of cocaine base (“crack cocaine”). According to
court documents and statements made in court, in early 2010, law enforcement
officers conducted three controlled purchases of crack from Napoleon. Later in
2010, Napoleon was intercepted multiple times over a wiretap ordering
distribution quantities of crack.
Napoleon’s criminal history includes
felony convictions for sale of narcotics, sale of a controlled substance,
possession of narcotics, and assault in the second degree.
Marc Hobson, also known as “Unc” and
“Bean,” 37, of New Haven, was sentenced to 72 months of imprisonment, followed
by three years of supervised release. On March 8, 2012, Hobson pleaded guilty
to one count of conspiracy to distribute cocaine base. According to court
documents and statements made in court, between June and October 2010, Hobson
was intercepted numerous times over a wiretap ordering eighth-ounce quantities
of crack cocaine from another member of the conspiracy. He then sold the crack
in smaller quantities to his own customer base.
Hobson’s criminal history includes three
convictions for sale of narcotics and one conviction for sale of a controlled
substance.
Forty-seven individuals have been
charged in federal court with various narcotics offenses as a result of this
investigation.
U.S. Attorney Fein noted that federal
prisoners are required to serve at least 85 percent of their sentenced term of
imprisonment and are not eligible for parole.
This matter was investigated by the FBI
New Haven Safe Streets Task Force (composed of members of members of the New
Haven, Milford, and Hamden Police Departments and the Connecticut Department of
Correction), the Drug Enforcement Administration’s New Haven Task Force
(composed of members of the New Haven, West Haven, Meriden, Ansonia, Hamden,
and Branford Police Departments), along with substantial participation by
members of the New Haven and Hamden Police Departments. The United States
Marshals Service also has assisted the investigation.
The investigation was funded in
significant part by the United States Attorney’s Office Organized Crime Drug
Enforcement Task Force and supported by the Office’s Project Safe Neighborhoods
and Anti-Gang programs.
This matter is being prosecuted by
Assistant United States Attorneys Christopher M. Mattei and Robert M. Spector.
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