John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of
Connecticut, announced that EDWIN DeJESUS, 48, of Hartford, was sentenced today
by U.S. District Judge Vanessa L. Bryant in Hartford to 64 months of
imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for distributing
heroin.
According to court documents and statements made in court,
in 2018, the FBI, Norwich Police Department and other law enforcement agencies
began investigating a drug trafficking organization that was distributing
heroin, cocaine and crack cocaine in southeastern Connecticut. The investigation, which included
court-authorized wiretaps and controlled purchases of narcotics, revealed that
DeJesus supplied heroin to a codefendant who distributed the drug to his own
customer in southeastern Connecticut.
DeJesus has been detained since his arrest on February 20,
2019. On March 5, a grand jury returned
an indictment charging DeJesus and 12 other individuals with narcotics
trafficking offenses. On May 31, DeJesus
pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to distribute heroin.
DeJesus’ criminal history spans 30 years and includes a
federal conviction for conspiracy to assault a federal officer. In March 1995, he was sentenced to 60 months
of imprisonment for that offense.
This investigation is being conducted by the Federal Bureau
of Investigation, Connecticut State Police and Norwich, Town of Groton and
Waterford Police Departments, with the assistance of the FBI’s Baltimore Field
Office, Baltimore Police Department and Delaware State Police. The case is being prosecuted by Assistant
U.S. Attorneys Natasha M. Freismuth and S. Dave Vatti.
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