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Feds: Pa. man traveling from Hartford caught with 2 kilos of fentanyl
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Federal authorities have indicted a 38-year-old Allentown, Pa., man on drug possession charges, after they say he was stopped on his way from Hartford with two kilos of “suspected fentanyl.”
Regino Morillo-Espinal was charged Tuesday with possession with intent to distribute 400 grams or more of fentanyl, the U.S. attorney’s office for the District of Connecticut said.
On March 26, law enforcement stopped Morillo-Espinal’s vehicle on Interstate 91 south, after the DEA’s Hartford Task Force identified him “as a trafficker of wholesale quantities of fentanyl,” a press release said.
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NORTH CENTRAL, CT An indictment has been reached in a regional federal fentanyl case.
Leonard Boyle, acting United States Attorney for the district of Connecticut, and Brian Boyle, special agent in charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England, announced that a federal grand jury in Hartford returned an indictment Tuesday charging Regino Morillo-Espinal, 38, of Allentown, PA, with possession with intent to distribute 400 grams or more of fentanyl.
According to court documents, members of the DEA s Hartford Task Force identified Morillo-Espinal as a trafficker of wholesale quantities of fentanyl. On March 26, investigators stopped Morillo-Espinal s vehicle on I-91 South after he had traveled from Allentown to multiple locations in Hartford.
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A Connecticut man has been sentenced to 27 months in prison for his role in a cocaine trafficking ring.
Alex Negron, age 37, of Hartford, was sentenced on Wednesday, Feb. 10, to prison, followed by three years of supervised release, said John H. Durham, U.S. Attorney for the District of Connecticut.
According to court documents and statements made in court, this matter stems from an investigation conducted by the DEA s Hartford Task Force and the U.S. Postal Inspection Service into a drug trafficking organization that was receiving shipments of cocaine from Puerto Rico and California and distributing the drug in and around Hartford.
A .40 caliber Glock 22 handgun with a loaded high-capacity magazine;
Separate large-capacity magazines loaded with 9mm ammunition;
A bulletproof vest.
Durham noted that Alamo’s criminal history includes felony convictions for narcotics, weapon, and larceny offenses, and that it is illegal for a convicted felon to possess a weapon or ammunition.
Specifically, Alamo, 33, was charged with:
Possession with intent to distribute 500 grams or more of cocaine and 40 grams or more of fentanyl;
Possession of a firearm by a convicted felon;
Possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime.
If convicted, Alamo faces a mandatory minimum prison term of five years and a maximum of 40 years in prison on the top charge.