Prison Sentence Doled Out In Enfield Overdose Death

ENFIELD, CT — An Enfield resident was sentenced Wednesday to 24 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for selling heroin and fentanyl to an Enfield overdose victim.

Christopher Feliciano, 29, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Stefan R. Underhill in Bridgeport , according to John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut.

According to court documents and statements made in court, at approximately 8:55 a.m. on Oct. 8, 2017, Enfield police and emergency medical personnel responded to a residence in town and found an unresponsive 24-year-old male in the home, who was pronounced deceased. Officers searched the immediate area and located narcotics paraphernalia. Officers also seized the victim’s phone, Durham said.

An analysis of Facebook messages and telephone contacts revealed that the victim had purchased heroin/fentanyl from Feliciano beginning in at least Feb. 2017, and the victim ordered heroin/fentanyl from Feliciano a few hours before the victim was found deceased, Durham said.

On Feb. 19, 2019, Feliciano pleaded guilty to one count of possession with intent to distribute, and distribution, of heroin and fentanyl, Durham said.