Man Sentenced In Southeast CT Drug Trafficking Case: Feds

NEW LONDON, CT — A New York man has been sentenced to more than six years in prison on cocaine trafficking charges, according to a statement from Leonard C. Boyle, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut. Geoffrey Gordon, 51, of Brooklyn, will also serve four years of supervised release for supplying cocaine to a southeastern Connecticut drug trafficker.

According to the statement, the case is related to a law enforcement investigation of drug dealing and illegal possession of guns in southeastern Connecticut. Anthony Whyte, aka "Jak Mac," of New London, obtained heroin, fentanyl and cocaine from various sources in Connecticut, New York and elsewhere, then sold the drugs to street-level dealers.

Gordon supplied at least five kilograms of cocaine to Whyte for redistribution in Connecticut, according to prosecutors.

Whyte and several other co-conspirators were arrested Feb. 21, 2019. Law enforcement searched Whyte's New London apartment that day and seized more than 1.5 kilograms of cocaine, about 185 grams of heroin, about 100 grams of fentanyl and fentanyl pills, several stolen guns, and about $25,000 in cash.

Investigators later seized more drugs, another gun, and about $200,000 in cash from another member of the conspiracy.

A search warrant executed in Gordon's arrest led to the recovery of almost a kilogram of heroin and fentanyl, a 9 mm handgun, and $29,241 in cash, according to prosecutors.

He pleaded guilty last year to conspiracy to distribute, and possession with intent to distribute, 500 grams or more of cocaine. A grand jury found Whyte guilty of several charges last year, and he awaits sentencing.

Twenty-three others charged as a result of this investigation have been convicted, according to prosecutors.