Hartford Dealer Pleads Guilty To Peddling Cocaine, Fentanyl: Feds

HARTFORD, CT — A 25-year-old Hartford man pleaded guilty in federal court Monday to trafficking narcotics, with a judge set to sentence him at a yet-to-be-scheduled date.

Vanessa Roberts Avery, U.S. attorney for Connecticut, said Dejavahn, 25, of Hartford, pleaded guilty Monday in U.S. District Court in New Haven to a narcotics trafficking charge.

According to court documents and statements made in court, on Oct. 1, 2024, the federal Drug Enforcement Administration’s Hartford Task Force executed a court-authorized search warrant at Watkin’s apartment on Broad Street in Hartford.

Avery said the search revealed approximately 38 grams of loose fentanyl, approximately 1,800 wax folds of fentanyl, quantities of cocaine and crack cocaine, items used to process and package narcotics, a loaded Glock .22 caliber handgun, and $18,362 in cash.

Watkin was taken into custody at that time, she said.

According to federal officials, investigators subsequently recovered a loaded Stag Arms Stag-15 rifle they determined Watkin had thrown from a window as they were about to enter his apartment.

Watkin pleaded guilty to possession with intent to distribute 40 grams or more of fentanyl and a quantity of cocaine, Avery said.

That, she said, carries a mandatory minimum term of imprisonment of five years and a maximum term of imprisonment of 40 years.

A sentencing date is not scheduled and Watkin has been detained since his arrest.

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