John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of
Connecticut, announced that RONALD PEREZ, 30, of East Hartford, was sentenced
today by U.S. District Judge Alvin W. Thompson in Hartford to 72 months of
imprisonment, followed by four years of supervised release, for trafficking
heroin. Judge Thompson also ordered
PEREZ to perform 100 hours of community service while on supervised release.
According to court documents and statements made in court,
in 2016, the East Hartford Police Department received information that
individuals were packaging and selling heroin from an apartment at 50 Forest
Street in Hartford, and that there were guns in the apartment. The apartment is directly across the street
from Hartford Public High School. A law
enforcement investigation in August and September 2016 confirmed drug activity
at the location.
On September 13, 2016, members of the Hartford Police
Department, East Hartford Police Department and the FBI’s Northern Connecticut
Violent Crimes Task Force executed a search warrant at the apartment and
encountered PEREZ, Marcus Tyson and Byron Rivera inside. A search of the apartment revealed more than
33,000 bags of heroin, approximately 283 grams of unpackaged heroin, three
fentanyl patches, scales and other items used in the processing and packaging
of heroin, two handguns and numerous rounds of ammunition. PEREZ, Tyson and Rivera were arrested at that
time.
On October 3, 2017, PEREZ pleaded guilty to one count of
conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute, and to distribute, 100 grams
or more of heroin. Tyson and Perez also
previously pleaded guilty and were sentenced to 60-month prison terms.
The FBI Task Force includes members of the U.S. Marshals
Service, Hartford Police Department, East Hartford Police Department,
Connecticut State Police and Connecticut Department of Correction. This case was prosecuted by Assistant U.S.
Attorney Brian P. Leaming.
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