Sentence Handed Down In 2017 Old Lyme Narcotics Case: Feds

OLD LYME, CT — A 29-year-old Providence, RI man, who state police pulled over in Old Lyme in 2017 and found narcotics in the vehicle, was sentenced to 30 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release for fentanyl trafficking, announced United States Attorney John H. Durham.

Alcides Alba-Gomez was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Victor A. Bolden in Bridgeport on Thursday. An accomplice, Gabri Javier Delapaz, 27, also of Providence, pleaded guilty to the same offense earlier this year and awaits sentencing.

According to prosecutors and court documents, in September, 2017, the two traveled from Rhode Island to New York to pick up narcotics from a supplier, and as they were returning to Rhode Island, Connecticut State Police troopers stopped their car on I-95 in Old Lyme.

A search of the car revealed a package containing approximately one kilogram of fentanyl that was hidden beneath a rear seat cushion, and both men were arrested.

In January of this year, Alba-Gomez, who has been detained since the incident, pleaded guilty to one count of possession with intent to distribute 40 grams or more of fentanyl.

This matter has been investigated by the Drug Enforcement Administration, Connecticut State Police Statewide Narcotics Task Force East, and New London Police Department.

The case is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney S. Dave Vatti.