MERIDEN, CT — A 27-year-old Meriden man pleaded guilty Monday, Oct. 26, in federal court in New Haven to a fentanyl trafficking offense that carries up to 40 years in prison, U.S. Attorney for Connecticut David X. Sullivan announced.
He entered the plea before U.S. District Judge Sarah F. Russell, admitting to possessing 40 grams or more of fentanyl with intent to distribute it and to distributing 40 grams or more, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office and Patch. Patch identified him as a Meriden resident; FOX61 reported that he previously lived in New Haven.
Two Controlled Buys in 2025
The case came from the FBI's Safe Streets Gang Task Force, whose members gathered evidence that he was selling fentanyl in the New Haven area, prosecutors said. Investigators bought fentanyl from him twice in June 2025, Patch reported. He was arrested Sept. 9, 2025, after investigators set up a third buy, about 84 grams of fentanyl in Hamden, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office.
The New Haven Police Department and the Connecticut State Police took part in the investigation, the U.S. Attorney's Office said. Prosecutors Nathan Guevremont and Christopher Lembo, both assistant U.S. attorneys, are handling the case.