John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of
Connecticut, announced that TYEVHON KING, also known as “Twin,” 31, of
Bridgeport, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Vanessa L. Bryant in
Hartford to 121 months of imprisonment, followed by 10 years of supervised
release, for trafficking heroin.
According to court documents and statements made in court,
KING 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
KING, revealed that KING received and distributed at least three kilograms of
heroin.
During the investigation, investigators seized vehicles
owned by KING that contained “traps,” typically used to conceal narcotics and
other contraband.
On March 16, 2017, a grand jury in Hartford returned an
indictment charging KING and six other individuals with heroin trafficking and
related offenses.
KING has been detained since his arrest on March 24, 2017. On February 13, 2018, he pleaded guilty to
one count of conspiracy to distribute and to possess with intent to distribute
one kilogram or more of heroin.
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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