Waterbury Man Sentenced In Gun, Drug Case: Feds

WATERBURY, CT — An armed Waterbury drug dealer was sentenced to more than six years in federal prison, according to a statement from prosecutors. Dartre Booker, 28, will also serve three years of supervised release on the gun possession and drug-dealing charges.

The Waterbury Police Department’s Gang Task Force made two controlled purchases of fentanyl from Booker in February, according to prosecutors. Booker was arrested at his Winchester Street home the same month.

Law enforcement searched his home and found a 9mm pistol with 15 cartridges and a 30-round magazine, a 9mm pistol with 14 cartridges, an empty 9mm drum magazine, 335 baggies of heroin/fentanyl, marijuana, narcotics paraphernalia, and $1,115 in cash.

Booker’s criminal history includes two state convictions for felony firearm crimes. It is a violation of federal law for a person previously convicted of a felony to possess a firearm or ammunition that has moved in interstate or foreign commerce.

He pleaded guilty in August to unlawful possession of a firearm by a felon and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking offense, according to prosecutors.