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DAVON THOMAS, 29, Sentenced to 5 Years for Armed Drug Trafficking in Hartford
A 29-year-old man from Hartford has been sentenced to five years in federal prison for armed drug trafficking.
Davon Thomas, 29, of Hartford, was sentenced to 60 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, by U.S. District Judge Stefan R. Underhill in Bridgeport.
According to court documents and statements made in court, on July 26, 2020, Hartford Police stopped a car Thomas was operating for motor vehicle violations. A search of the car revealed a loaded 9mm handgun and approximately 18 grams of crack cocaine packaged for distribution.
Thomas was arrested on state charges at that time. Prior to July 2020, Thomas was convicted in Connecticut and Georgia state courts of robbery offenses.
In December 2020, while he was released on bond in his state case, Thomas was arrested in Massachusetts for possessing with intent to distribute narcotics. He was subsequently convicted and sentenced for that offense.
Thomas has been detained since his federal arrest on June 9, 2021. On September 14, 2022, he pleaded guilty to possession with intent to distribute cocaine base (‘crack’).
This investigation was conducted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Violent Crimes Task Force and the Hartford Police Department. The case was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Margaret M. Donovan through the Justice’s Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN) program.
Project Safe Neighborhoods is a program aimed at reducing violent crime by focusing enforcement efforts on the most violent offenders and partnering with locally based prevention and reentry programs.
Key Facts
- State: Connecticut
- Category: Drug Trafficking
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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