New Haven Man Pleads Guilty To Trafficking Pills Containing Meth: Feds

NEW HAVEN, CT — Gregory Grant, 34, of New Haven pleaded guilty to a methamphetamine trafficking charge, according to Acting U.S. Attorney for CT and the U.S. Postal Inspection Service.

Marc H. Silverman said that according to court documents and statements made in court, between approximately January 2022 and March 2024, Grant’s alleged co-conspirator, Tyrone Brown, mailed parcels containing methamphetamine pills from Georgia to addresses in New Haven associated with Grant.

Investigators identified approximately 79 suspicious parcels shipped from Brown to Grant during that time, per a news release from Silverman.

In January 2023, investigators conducted a court-authorized search of an intercepted parcel and found 16 ziplock sandwich bags containing a total of more than four kilograms of multicolored pills containing methamphetamine, the U.S. Attorney said. He added that the "investigation also revealed that Grant made multiple payments to Brown during the conspiracy."

Grant pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute and to possess with intent to distribute 500 grams or more of methamphetamine, Silverman said.

Grant, who has been detained since his arrest in March 2024, will be sentenced June 11 and faces a minimum 10 years and a maximum of life.

Brown, 33, of Lithonia, Georgia, has been charged by indictment and is currently being sought by law enforcement, Silverman said, adding an indictment is not evidence of guilt and charges are only allegations.

This investigation is being conducted by the U.S. Postal Inspection Service and the Narcotics and Bulk Cash Trafficking Task Force, which includes members from the U.S. Postal Inspection Service, the U.S. Postal Service – Office of the Inspector General, and the Hartford, Plainville, and Meriden police departments. The case is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorneys Nathaniel J. Gentile and Jocelyn Courtney Kaoutzanis.