5 Conn. residents charged with federal narcotics trafficking

Five Connecticut residents and one Massachusetts resident face federal narcotics trafficking offenses after they were indicted earlier this month, authorities said.

The six individuals were charged on two indictments, which were unsealed Friday.

On Aug. 12, a federal grand jury in New Haven returned a seven-count superseding indictment that charged five men with conspiracy to distribute fentanyl, heroin and crack cocaine.

Charged on that indictment were Tyson “Ty” Quinones, 34, of Waterbury; Deeshawn “Low” Pittman, 30, of New Haven; Quentine Davis, 29, of New Haven; Glen Redmond, 55, of Springfield, Mass.; and 49-year-old Wilton Renoso, also known as Manuel Jose Echevarria-Lugo, a citizen of the Domician Republic last living in Waterbury.

The charges against the five stemmed from an investigation that started in late 2019 into heroin and fentanyl sales in New Haven. It was led by the DEA New Haven Task Force.

During the investigation, thousands of communications were intercepted over court-authorized wiretaps, according to a news release from the office of U.S. Attorney for Connecticut John Durham.

Those wiretaps helped reveal that Pittman, Davis and others were allegedly distributing fentanyl, heroin and crack cocaine to a “large customer base in New Haven County,” authorities said. Quinones allegedly supplied Pittman with fentanyl and heroin. Quinones was accused of

Each defendant was charged with one count of conspiracy to distribute, and to possess with intent to distribute, fentanyl, heroin and cocaine base — crack.

also selling narcotics to his own customers in and around Waterbury.

Authorities said Quinones and Redmond were supplied fentanyl and heroin by Reynoso, who got large amounts of fentanyl and heroin from a source in New York.

Pittman, Quinones and Pittman were initially charged by an indictment on June 17. Davis and Reymond were arrested earlier this week after the superseding indictment was returned.

Each defendant was charged with one count of conspiracy to distribute, and to possess with intent to distribute, fentanyl, heroin and cocaine base — crack.

Reynoso and Pittman are also charged with additional fentanyl distribution charges by the superseding indictment.

Reynoso was also charged with possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, authorities said.

Reynoso, Quinones and Davis are detained. Pittman and Redmond are released on bond.

On Aug. 12, the grand jury also returned a threecount indictment charging Quinones and Norman Alexis Gallardo, 36, of Meriden, with conspiring to distribute cocaine between February and June.

They are each charged with one count of conspiracy to distribute, and to possess with intent to distribute, 500 grams or more of cocaine, and two counts of attempt to possess with intent to distribute 500 grams or more of cocaine.

Gallardo was arrested out of state and is in custody awaiting transport to Connecticut.