WEST HARTFORD MAN SENTENCED ON FEDERAL NARCOTICS CONVICTION
Kevin J. O’Connor, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that MARCUS ROLDAN, 24, of Saint Charles Street, West Hartford, Connecticut, was sentenced yesterday, February 20, by United States District Judge Janet Bond Arterton in New Haven based on his conviction for possession of cocaine base to three years of probation, the first three months of which must be spent at a halfway house. He also must perform 150 hours of community service. On October 1, 2007, ROLDAN pleaded guilty to one count of possession of cocaine base.
This matter stems from a long-term investigation conducted by the Hartford Safe Streets Task Force, which included numerous controlled purchases of crack cocaine from a co-defendant, Luis Ciuro, and others. On October 13, 2006, while the investigation was ongoing, but unrelated to any law enforcement activity, Ciuro and ROLDAN were shot while in a rented car near the intersection of Chadwick Street and Park Street in Hartford. Ciuro was shot five times and was rushed to the hospital in critical condition. After multiple surgeries, Ciuro has recovered from his injuries. ROLDAN was shot once in the abdomen, suffered serious injury, but eventually recovered. The investigation into the shooting ultimately led to the arrest of Stephen Campbell of East Hartford. Campbell was charged by state authorities with attempted murder.
According to statements made in court, the charge against ROLDAN arose from the seizure of approximately 2.67 grams of cocaine base from his clothing when it was removed during treatment at the hospital on the night of the shooting.
U.S. Attorney O’Connor commended the investigation of this matter that was conducted by the Safe Streets Task Force, which is headed by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and composed of officers of the Hartford Police Department, the State Police and other local law enforcement authorities. This case is being prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Robert M. Spector. |
