Man Who Dragged West Haven Cop While Trying To Escape, Sentenced On Gun, Drug Charges: Feds

NEW HAVEN, CT — Ezequiel Garro, 24 of New Haven, was sentenced to 7.5 years in federal prison for firearm and drug trafficking offenses, according to David X. Sullivan, U.S. Attorney for the District of Connecticut. Garro was also ordered to three years of supervised release following his prison term.

Sullivan said that according to court documents and statements made in court, on Feb. 18, 2023, West Haven Police arrested Garro after he was found sleeping in a parked vehicle that had a 9mm handgun with an extended magazine containing 34 rounds of ammunition on the passenger seat.

Sullivan said that during the arrest, "Garro attempted to flee from officers in his vehicle and dragged one officer several feet."

Once Garro was in custody, Sullivan said, officers "retrieved the firearm, and a search of the car also revealed distribution quantities of fentanyl, cocaine, and marijuana; drug packaging materials and scales; and approximately $1,300 in cash."

A follow-up investigation found that, in December 2022 and January 2023, "at Garro’s direction, an individual had purchased the seized handgun, and at least four other semi-automatic handguns, and provided them to Garro in exchange for narcotics," the U.S. Attorney said.

Garro, held since October 2024, pleaded guilty in August 2025 to four counts of firearm trafficking and two counts of possession with intent to distribute, and distribution of, controlled substances, Sullivan said.

The ATF and the West Haven Police Department investigated the case., prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney John T. Pierpont, Jr.