John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of
Connecticut, today announced that ERIC GREEN, 31, of Bridgeport, pleaded guilty
yesterday 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 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 Bridgeport area. The
investigation, which included multiple controlled purchases of heroin from
GREEN, revealed that GREEN distributed more than three kilograms of heroin to
his own customers.
On March 16, 2017, a grand jury in Hartford returned an
indictment charging GREEN and six other individuals with heroin trafficking and
related offenses. GREEN was arrested on
March 24, 2017.
GREEN is scheduled to be sentenced by U.S. District Judge
Vanessa L. Bryant on June 20, at which time he faces a maximum term of imprisonment
of life.
This matter is being investigated by the FBI’s Bridgeport
Safe Streets Task Force, DEA’s Bridgeport High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area
Task Force, and Bridgeport Police Department.
The case is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorneys Joseph
Vizcarrondo and Alina Reynolds.
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