Hartford Drug Dealer Sentenced To Prison: Feds

HARTFORD, CT — A Hartford drug dealer was sent to federal prison Wednesday for trafficking fentanyl, authorities said.

Vanessa Roberts Avery, U.S. attorney for Connecticut, said Issachamil Torres,also known as “Chamil,” 38, of Hartford, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Sarala V. Nagala in Hartford to 5.5 years of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release.

According to court documents and statements made in court, an investigation revealed Torres was trafficking fentanyl from his residence on Crown Street in Hartford.

Avery said he was using an apartment on Nutmeg Lane in East Hartford to store, process, and package narcotics for street sale.

On Jan. 25, 2023, investigators conducted a court-authorized search of the East Hartford apartment and seized approximately 5,400 dose bags of fentanyl, approximately one kilogram of unpackaged fentanyl, and items used to process and package narcotics, officials said.

Torres, Efrain Cheverez, and Enrique Rodriguez Rivera, who were present in the apartment, were arrested at that time.

That same day, a search of Torres’s Hartford residence revealed distribution quantities of fentanyl and crack cocaine, and approximately $30,000 in cash, according to investigators.

On May 7, Torres pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute and to possess with intent to distribute, 40 grams or more of fentanyl.

Torres, who is released on a $100,000 bond, is required to report to prison Sept. 30.

Cheverez and Rodriguez pleaded guilty to related charges. On Dec. 19, 2023, Rodriguez was sentenced to 12 months and one day of imprisonment, and on May 13, Cheverez was sentenced to 28 months of imprisonment.

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