Hamden Man Sentenced to Five Years in Prison for Trafficking Cocaine

Hamden’s Daniel L. “Boone” Mills, 35, was sentenced yesterday to 63 months in prison, followed by four years of supervised release, for trafficking cocaine.

According to court documents and statements made in court, on Nov. 28, 2011, a Connecticut State Police trooper traveling on I-95 South attempted to stop a vehicle Mills was driving for a motor vehicle violation. Mills accelerated at a high rate of speed and exited the highway at Exit 33 in Stratford. Mills then pulled into a service station and ran from his car.

Stratford Police officers later found Mills crawling in the marsh behind Savin Rock on Ferry Boulevard. A Stratford Police K-9 unit also located a black backpack containing approximately three kilograms of cocaine that Mills had discarded during the pursuit.

MILLS has been detained since his arrest on Nov. 28, 2011. On Dec. 10, 2013, he pleaded guilty to one count of possession with intent to distribute 500 grams or more of cocaine.