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2 Bridgeport Men Get Prison Time For Selling Heroin At Trumbull Gardens

BRIDGEPORT, Conn. -- Two Bridgeport men were sentenced to prison terms for trafficking heroin in and around the Trumbull Gardens housing complex in Bridgeport. 

Two Bridgeport men were sentenced to prison for trafficking heroin.

Two Bridgeport men were sentenced to prison for trafficking heroin.

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Rashad “Shotty” Heard, 25, was sentenced  to 60 months in prison followed by five years of supervised release. Tysheem Wright, 28, was sentenced to 15 months in prison, time already served, and five years of supervised release, said Deirdre M. Daly, U.S. attorney for Connecticut.

According to court documents and statements made in court, in January 2012, the FBI Bridgeport Safe Streets Task Force, Bridgeport Police Department and Connecticut State Police Statewide Narcotics Task Force began an investigation into narcotics trafficking and violent criminal activity at the housing complex.

The investigation found that Ronell Hanks, also known as “Biz” and “Ace,” headed an organization that sold heroin, cocaine and crack cocaine.

Heard and Wright received heroin from Hanks and sold it to their own customers.

During the investigation, investigators seized one kilogram of heroin, a half kilogram of crack cocaine, $100,000 in cash, three vehicles, jewelry, nine firearms, and more than 200 rounds of ammunition, Daly said.

On Dec. 18, 2013, a grand jury in Bridgeport returned an indictment charging Heard, Wright, Hanks and 11 other individuals with narcotics- and firearms-trafficking offenses.

Both had previously pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to distribute and to possess with intent to distribute 100 grams or more of heroin.

Heard’s criminal history includes a conviction in December 2007 for first-degree robbery and attempted murder. He served seven years in prison for those offenses.

Hanks pleaded guilty and, on Feb. 26, was sentenced to 17 years in prison.

 

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