Drug Trafficker Who Supplied SE CT With Heroin Gets 5 Years

HARTFORD, CT—A drug trafficker who supplied southeastern Connecticut towns including Norwich, Waterford and Groton with heroin was sentenced to serve a little more than five years in federal prison, according to prosecutors.

Edwin DeJesus, 48, of Hartford, was handed a 64 month prison bid by a U.S. District judge Thursday for distributing heroin.

According to court documents and statements made in court, in 2018, the FBI, Norwich Police Department and other law enforcement agencies began investigating a drug trafficking organization that was distributing heroin, cocaine and crack cocaine in southeastern Connecticut.

The investigation, which included court-authorized wiretaps and controlled purchases of narcotics, revealed that DeJesus supplied heroin to a co-defendant who distributed the drug to his own customer in southeastern Connecticut.

DeJesus has been locked up since his arrest in February. On March 5, a grand jury returned an indictment charging DeJesus and 12 others with narcotics trafficking offenses. On May 31, DeJesus pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to distribute heroin.

DeJesus’ criminal history spans 30 years and includes a federal conviction for conspiracy to assault a federal officer. In March 1995, he was sentenced to 60 months of imprisonment for that offense.

This investigation was conducted by the FBI, Connecticut State Police and Norwich, Groton and Waterford town police departments, with the assistance of the FBI’s Baltimore Field Office, Baltimore Police Department and Delaware State Police.