John
H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut,
announced that NORBERTO RODRIGUEZ, also known as “Primo,” 44, formerly
of Hartford, pleaded guilty today in New Haven federal court to one
count of distribution of heroin.
According
to court documents and statements made in court, law enforcement
received information that RODRIGUEZ was selling heroin and crack cocaine
in the area of Madison Street in Hartford. On June 9, 2016,
investigators made a controlled purchase of 51 wax folds of heroin from
RODRIGUEZ at a location on Franklin Avenue in Hartford. Laboratory
analysis of the purchased substance revealed the presence of heroin,
acetylfentanyl and furanyl fentanyl.
RODRIGUEZ
was arrested on a federal criminal complaint on June 5, 2017. He is
scheduled to be sentenced by U.S. District Judge Alvin W. Thompson in
Hartford on April 20, 2018, at which time he faces a maximum term of
imprisonment of 20 years.
RODRIGUEZ, who currently resides in Waterbury, is released on a $50,000 bond pending sentencing.
This
investigation has been conducted by the Federal Bureau of
Investigation’s Northern Connecticut Violent Crimes Task Force, which
includes members of the U.S. Marshals Service, Hartford Police
Department, East Hartford Police Department, Connecticut State Police
and Connecticut Department of Correction. The case is being prosecuted
by Assistant U.S. Attorney Brian P. Leaming.
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