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March 13, 2008
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WATERBURY COCAINE TRAFFICKER SENTENCED TO MORE
THAN 12 YEARS IN FEDERAL PRISON
Kevin J. O’Connor,
United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced
that SAMMY MEDINA, 29, of Waterbury, was sentenced today by United
States District Judge Mark R. Kravitz in New Haven to 151 months
of imprisonment, followed by five years of supervised release,
for conspiring to possess with the intent to distribute, and to
distribute, five kilograms or more of cocaine. MEDINA pleaded
guilty to the charge on December 12, 2007 .
On October 4, 2006 , a federal grand
jury returned an Indictment charging MEDINA and several other individuals with
various narcotics offenses involving the distribution of cocaine, crack cocaine
and heroin in central Connecticut . During the course of a 10-month investigation
from late 2005 to the summer of 2006, law enforcement officers intercepted telephone
calls between MEDINA and co-defendant Eluid Rivera, also known as “Smokey,” during
which they negotiated several kilogram-quantity cocaine deals.
On January 23, 2008 , Judge Kravitz
sentenced Rivera to 135 months of imprisonment for his involvement in this narcotics
trafficking ring.
This investigation was a collaborative
effort of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Drug Enforcement Administration,
the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, the Waterbury Police Department
and the Meriden Police Department. This matter is being prosecuted by Assistant
United States Attorneys Robert M. Spector and S. Dave Vatti.
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