Drug Dealer Receives Six-Year Sentence

The following actions were taken in Superior Court in Newport on Thursday, Dec. 16. The following information is based solely on court records:

Fred L. Humphrey, 32, of 71 Enfield St., Hartford, CT, entered a new plea of no contest on two counts of drug trafficking and received a six-year sentence that includes four months to serve at the Adult Correctional Institute (ACI), a 68-month suspended term and 68-month suspended sentence. He was also ordered to undergo an intensive outpatient drug rehabilitation program.

Humphrey had been arrested on Aug. 6, 2009, for allegedly selling cocaine, crack cocaine, marijuana, morphine and other prescription drugs to undercover officers during an investigation that began in June 2009 in which the Newport Police Department, Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) and worked together in pursuit of small to mid-level drug dealers, according to court records. Also Thursday, Humphrey entered a no contest plea to one count of marijuana possession, while two other counts were dismissed. To the marijuana possession charge, Humphrey received a one-year suspended sentence and one-year probation to run concurrently to the aforementioned six-year sentence.

Also Thursday, a pre-trial conference on a bail violation hearing for Humphrey was continued to Jan. 18, 2011, for further review.