Trumbull Resident Swept in Gun and Drug Busts

More than 100 guns were bought from a ring of drug and firearms traffickers connected to the Stamford Chapter of the Latin Kings, said law enforcement officials, who arrested 16 area residents Thursday, including one from Trumbull.

The haul of confiscated firearms "has taken many dangerous heavy weapons out of the wrong hands,” Stamford Police Chief Robert Nivakoff said in a statement released by the U.S. Attorney's Office in New Haven. Stamford police were one of seven federal, state or local law-enforcement agencies participating in the joint investigation.

"We’re proud to have been involved in this operation, which now includes the largest seizure of firearms in the history of the Stamford Police Department," Nivakoff said.

The news release also stated:

"The indictment alleges that, on multiple occasions beginning in approximately July 2010, Patrick Uzar of Stamford acquired firearms from relatives, as well as fellow members and associates of the Stamford Chapter of the Latin Kings, sold the firearms to a third party and distributed some of the sale proceeds to members of the conspiracy.  The indictment further alleges that Uzar and others also were involved in the distribution of cocaine and Ecstasy."

Undercover law enforcement agents bought several firearms, including machine guns, according to the statement. The announcement said that on Thursday "in association with the arrest of the defendants, law enforcement officers executed multiple federal search warrants and seized dozens of firearms, ammunition, firearm parts and related material."

The long-term, joint investigation involved seven federal, state and local law enforcement agencies, including the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration and  and Stamford police departments, the U.S. Attorney's Office in New Haven announced.

Special Agent in Charge Guy F. Thomas of the Boston Field Division of the ATF, said in the news release that the arrests "will have a significant impact on reducing violence and improving the quality of life for residents of Stamford and surrounding communities.”

One Norwalk man was arrested following a raid in the city. Another 12 of the defendants are Stamford residents. Two others are in state prisons and one is from Trumbull.

A copy of the 12-page, 20-count indictment is attached to this article. A total of 13 defendants were arrested under the indictment, two others were already in prison and another man was arrested on federal criminal charges.

These individuals were named in a federal indictment and appeared Thursday in U.S. District Court in Bridgeport:

• PatrickUzar, aka “Pistol” and “Pepe,” 24, of Lafayette Street, Stamford;
• Christian Andre "Frost" Aliaga, 29, of Cove Road, Stamford;
• James "Mar" or "Mars" Blackburn, 24, already in state prison;
• Alfred "Viddy" Brown, 27, already in state prison;
• Agustin "Auggie" or "Warlord" Crespo,  34, of Spruce Street, Stamford;
• John "Silk" Davis, 25, of Haig Avenue, Stamford;
• Louis "Cano" Feliciano, 25, of Pepper Ridge Road, Stamford;
• Kevin "Kev" Goulbourne, 38, of Lockwood Avenue, Stamford;
• Analisa "Lisa" Martinez, 28, of Spruce Street, Stamford;
• Willie "Willo" or "Flaco V" Nieves, 47, of West Broad Street, Stamford;
• Jeffrey “J Free” or “Brother Jeff” Nunez, 27, of East Main Street, Stamford;
• Rodolfo "Rudy" Revello, 38 of Unity Road, Trumbull;
• Anthony Uzar Sr., 49, of Lafayette Street, Stamford;
• George Uzar Sr., 47, of Granite Drive, Norwalk;
• Santos "Tos" or "Inca" or "Pres" Zambrana, 24, of Montauk Dr., Stamford.
• Anthony Uzar Jr., 28, of Frederick Street, Stamford, was not part of the indictment but was also arrested Thursday on a federal charge of possession of firearm and ammunition by a previously convicted felon.

Other law enforcement agencies involved in the joint investigation were the U.S. Marshals Service, the Bridgeport Police Department, the state Department of Correction. According to the news release, a "significant part" of the funding for the operation came from the United States Attorney’s Office Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force and the office’s Project Safe Neighborhoods and Anti-Gang programs.