A Brooklyn, New York man was sentenced on Friday to 16 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for distributing heroin.
The sentencing was announced on Friday by Deirdre Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut.
Isaiah Hart, 22, was also ordered to perform 96 hours of community service while he is on supervised release.
This matter stems from an ongoing statewide initiative targeting narcotics dealers who distribute heroin, fentanyl or opioids that cause death or serious injury to users.
According to court documents and statements made in court, in the early morning of December 8, 2015, Greenwich Police and emergency medical personnel responded to a Greenwich residence on the report of an unresponsive man.
The man, who was 26, was pronounced dead. Within the residence, officers located and found opened and unopened wax folds (“bags”) with a green colored label “Emerald City” stamped on them.
The Connecticut Dept of Emergency Services and Public Protection’s Division of Scientific Services later analyzed the unopened bags and determined the powder contained heroin, and according to the CT Chief Medical Examiner’s Office, the victim’s death was caused by acute heroin toxicity.
Investigators determined that, shortly before his death, the victim had contacted “Tony” to order heroin in response to a Craig’s List advertisement for “dog food.”
The victim then drove from Greenwich to Brooklyn and purchased two bundles (20 bags) of heroin from Hart for $185.
Hart was arrested on a federal criminal complaint on April 14, 2016. On February 22, 2017, he pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute, and to distribute, heroin.
Hart has related drug charges pending in Brooklyn stemming from his selling heroin, in bags stamped “Emerald City,” to an undercover law enforcement officer on December 8, 2015.
He is scheduled to be sentenced on June 5 in King’s Country Supreme Court in Brooklyn and is expected to receive a two-year sentence.
Hart, who had been released on bond, was remanded at the conclusion of today’s court proceeding.
This matter was investigated by the DEA’s New Haven Task Force and the Greenwich Police Department. The Task Force includes DEA agents and task force officers from the North Haven, East Haven, West Haven, New Haven, Hamden, Branford, Ansonia, Derby and Meriden Police Departments. U.S. Attorney Daly also acknowledged the significant assistance of the New York Police Department in this investigation.
This case was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Peter S. Jongbloed.
See also:
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