Hartford Man Sentenced In Cocaine Trafficking Case: Feds

HARTFORD, CT — A Hartford man has been sentenced to 3 years, 10 months in prison for trafficking cocaine, according to a statement from federal prosecutors. Brandon Gineyard, 38, will also serve three years of supervised release.

According to prosecutors, the Drug Enforcement Administration’s Hartford Task Force and the U.S. Postal Inspection Service led an investigation into a drug trafficking organization that was receiving shipments of cocaine from Puerto Rico and California, and distributing the drug in and around Hartford.

The investigation revealed that a U.S. Postal Service letter carrier was facilitating the shipment of parcels containing kilograms of cocaine through the USPS to addresses that were on his delivery route in Hartford. The letter carrier distributed cocaine to his own drug customers, and also delivered parcels to other large-scale cocaine traffickers in the Hartford area.

Gineyard regularly purchased ounce-quantities from another member of the organization and sold the drug in smaller quantities to his own customers.

Gineyard was arrested in May 2019, and a grand jury in Hartford returned an indictment charging Gineyard and 18 co-defendants with conspiracy to distribute cocaine and related offenses.

In November 2019, he pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to distribute and to possess with intent to distribute cocaine.