N.Y. MAN SENTENCED FOR ROLE IN SOUTHEASTERN CONN. DRUG RING
Bridgeport — A New York Man was sentenced to five years in prison Friday for his role in distributing narcotics in southeastern Connecticut.
According to a release from the U.S. Attorney District of Connecticut, Quadon Chambers, 30, of Queens, N.Y., had been arrested in Norwich in April 2015, when officers participating in an investigation headed by the state police Narcotics Task Force East and the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration found him packaging narcotics for distribution. He has been detained since his arrest.
Chambers had been working with Sydney Jackson and John King to store, process and package crack cocaine for street sale through a network of dealers in the greater New London area. At the time of his arrest, officers seized about 150 grams of crack cocaine and 80 grams of heroin from the apartment, $4,000 from Chambers himself, and a kilogram of cocaine from a car outside that was registered to King.
In November 2015, a federal grand jury returned a 35-count indictment charging Chambers, Jackson, King and 10 other defendants with various narcotics trafficking and firearm offenses. About 20 people were prosecuted on related state charges.
In November 2016, Chambers pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to distribute and to possess with intent to distribute 28 grams or more of cocaine base. Jackson was sentenced to 10 years of imprisonment in February, and King has pleaded guilty to similar charges and awaits sentencing.
The investigation was conducted by the Connecticut State Police Statewide Narcotics Task Force East, the U.S. DEA, Homeland Security Investigations, U.S. Marshals Service, the Connecticut Department of Correction, and the police departments of Groton City, Groton Town, New London, Norwich and Waterford. The case was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorneys Dave Vatti and Joseph Vizcarrondo, with assistance from Senior Assistant State Attorneys Paul Narducci and David Smith from the Judicial District of New London.