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| U.S. Department of Justice United States Attorney CONTACT: PRESS RELEASE March 30, 2009 TWO NORWALK CRACK DEALERS SENTENCED TO FEDERAL PRISON |
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Nora R. Dannehy, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that two Norwalk men involved in a Fairfield County narcotics trafficking ring were sentenced today by United States District Judge Mark R. Kravitz in New Haven. JERRYLE SNIDER, also known as “Shitty,” “Leroy” and “Broadway,” 21, was sentenced to 180 months of imprisonment, followed by five years of supervised release, and BRENT MENSKEY, 22, was sentenced to 48 months of imprisonment, followed by five years of supervised release. Each defendant previously pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of cocaine base (“crack cocaine”). On February 14, 2008, a federal grand jury returned a 30-count Indictment charging SNIDER, MENSKEY and 20 other individuals with various federal drug trafficking, firearm and witness tampering offenses related to the distribution of cocaine and crack cocaine in Southwestern Connecticut. According to documents filed with the Court and statements made in court, SNIDER was responsible for obtaining large quantities of narcotics from higher-ranking members of the organization and then redistributing the narcotics to street level dealers in Norwalk and Bridgeport. SNIDER also engaged in “wholesale” transactions of large quantities of crack cocaine at locations throughout Norwalk and Bridgeport. MENSKEY distributed crack cocaine to street-level customers and also permitted members of the conspiracy to utilize his apartment as a location in which to store weapons and narcotics, and from which to sell narcotics. This matter was investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Safe Streets Task Force, which is composed of members of federal and local law enforcement agencies, including the FBI, the Internal Revenue Service – Criminal Investigation Division, and the Norwalk, Bridgeport, Trumbull, Fairfield and Stamford Police Departments. This case is being prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Tracy Lee Dayton of the U.S. Attorney’s Office Organized Crime and Drug Enforcement Task Force.
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