BRIDGEPORT, Conn. — A man from Bergenfield, N.J. was sentenced in Bridgeport Federal Court to four years and nine months in prison on Friday for trafficking heroin, according to a release from the U.S. Attorney for the District of Connecticut.
Jose Martin Chavez-Valencia, 37, will serve his 57-month sentence, followed by three years of supervised release.
Court documents and statements made in court note that the Drug Enforcement Administration New Haven Task Force arranged a purchase of three kilograms of a mixture of heroin and fentanyl from Chavez-Valencia’s associates.
According to prosecutors, on Sept. 26, 2022, Chevez-Valencia drove to a West Haven parking lot to complete the transaction. He was then taken into custody, and his vehicle was searched. The search revealed approximately three kilograms of heroin.
Prosecutors added that investigators later located and seized nearly two kilograms of heroin that Chavez-Valencia also had possessed.
Chavez-Valencia pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute and to possess with intent to distribute 100 grams or more of heroin on March 4.
The investigation is being led by the DEA New Haven Task Force, including personnel from the DEA, U.S. Marshals Service, Internal Revenue Service – Criminal Investigation Division, Connecticut State Police and the New Haven, Waterbury, East Haven, Branford, West Haven, Ansonia, Meriden, Naugatuck and Shelton Police Departments.
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