Feds: Hartford man sentenced for fentanyl distribution while on parole
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HARTFORD A city man will spend more than six years in federal prison for distributing fentanyl while he was on parole for a prior felony drug conviction, federal prosecutors announced Thursday.
Judge Michael P. Shea sentenced 44-year-old Tylon Hicks to 77 months in prison, followed by four years of supervised release.
Hicks pleaded guilty on Oct. 9, 2020 to one count of possession with intent to distribute 40 grams or more of fentanyl.
Law enforcement learned in August 2019 that his brother, Troy Hicks, was linked to distribution of heroin, fentanyl and cocaine, authorities said. On Aug. 14, 2019, investigators used a source to set up a purchase from Troy Hicks, authorities said. Troy Hicks told the source to meet him at an East Hartford resident, authorities said.
Jan. 11, 1897: The Chattanooga Daily Times reported on the frightening, sudden blindness of a Johnson City resident. With a dateline from Johnson City, readers learned, âMrs. Thos. J. Cox, wife of the proprietor of the Greenwood hotel (sic), was stricken blind in her left eye in a very mysterious manner about 7 oâclock last night. She was sitting in a parlor of the hotel talking to a lady friend when she felt a dizziness about the head and a blurring of the sight. She applied camphor and other convenient restoratives, and was soon as well as ever, except that she was unable to see the most powerful light with the left eye. The physicians have examined the eye and can see nothing unusual about it.â
PUTNAM – Two new Putnam Police Department officers began their state Police Academy training on Friday, but in a very different environment experienced by past recruits.
Officers Nicholas Ustin and Roy Hicks were set to start the academic portion of their 24-week academy training regime inside the department’s Church Street headquarters, instead of at the Meridan site where previous classes of new recruits started their law enforcement careers.
The site modification was prompted by COVID-19 concerns that led state officials last year to allow portions of the months-long training to be done remotely. Chief Chris Ferace said he plans to make sure the in-house training is as rigorous as possible.
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