East Hartford Drug Dealer Sentenced To Prison: Feds

EAST HARTFORD/HARTFORD, CT — A drug dealer with gang ties from East Hartford will spend the next 11 years behind bars following his sentencing in federal court this week.

Vanessa Roberts Avery, U.S. Attorney for Connecticut, said Wednesday that Luis Feliciano, also known as “Louminaty,” 39, of East Hartford, was sentenced Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Hartford to 132 months of imprisonment, followed by four years of supervised release, for trafficking fentanyl and other narcotics.

According to court documents and statements made in court, this matter stems from an investigation into gang-related drug trafficking and firearm possession by members of Los Solidos.

Avery said the investigation, which included court-authorized wiretaps, revealed Feliciano distributed fentanyl and heroin, often with a xylazine additive, as well as cocaine and crack, to his Los Solidos associates, other customers, and distributors in the Hartford area.

In addition, he sold to individuals in Schenectady, N.Y., and Bangor, Maine, she said.

Feliciano was arrested April 13, 2022, after searches of his East Hartford residence and a Hartford apartment he used to store and process drugs.

Avery said those searches revealed more than 2 kilograms of fentanyl, more than a kilogram of heroin, quantities of crack and powder cocaine, vials of xylazine, drug processing and packaging items, and 40 rounds of ammunition.

On June 8, 2022, a federal grand jury returned an indictment charging Feliciano and 15 others with various narcotics distribution and firearm possession offenses.

Feliciano has been detained since his arrest.

On Feb. 17, 2023, he pleaded guilty to conspiracy to possess to distribute and to possess with intent to distribute 40 grams or more of fentanyl and 100 grams or more of heroin.

Feliciano’s criminal history includes felony convictions for drug distribution, firearm possession, and assault offenses, and he was on state probation at the time of his federal arrest in April 2022.

The investigation was conducted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Northern Connecticut Gang Task Force and the Hartford Police Department.

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