Eddie Limas, Fentanyl Trafficking, Connecticut 2022

Eddie Limas, a 35-year-old New Britain man, has been sentenced to 144 months of imprisonment for trafficking fentanyl. The sentencing took place on February 2025 before U.S. District Judge Sarala V. Nagala in Hartford.

Limas was found guilty of conspiracy to distribute, and to possess with intent to distribute, 400 grams or more of fentanyl. According to court documents, in 2022, the FBI’s Northern Connecticut Gang Task Force received information that Limas and others were receiving kilogram quantities of fentanyl from sources in the Dominican Republic.

Between January and April 2022, investigators made five controlled purchases of distribution quantities of fentanyl from Limas. On May 13, 2022, Connecticut State Police stopped a vehicle driven by Limas’ uncle, Hector Limas, on I-84 in Danbury after investigators suspected that he had delivered narcotics to Eddie Limas’ residence on Chapman Street in New Britain.

A search of the vehicle revealed approximately 700 grams of fentanyl and approximately $19,000 in cash. Also on May 13, 2022, law enforcement attempted to arrest Eddie Limas in Hartford, but he crashed his vehicle into a Hartford police cruiser and fled at a high rate of speed.

Limas eluded capture until May 9, 2023, when he was arrested in New Britain after conducting additional drug sales. He has been detained since his arrest. On September 18, 2024, he pleaded guilty to the charges.

Hector Limas, 59, of the Bronx, and Carmen Hernandez, 61, of Hartford, also pleaded guilty to related charges. On November 8, 2023, Hector Limas was sentenced to 90 months of imprisonment, and on January 14, 2025, Hernandez was sentenced to 24 months of imprisonment.

This matter was investigated by the FBI’s Northern Connecticut Gang Task Force, the Hartford Police Department, the East Hartford Police Department, the New Britain Police Department, and the Connecticut State Police. The case was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney A. Reed Durham.

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