Gavin Hammett, Drug Trafficking, Connecticut 2025

Bridgeport, Connecticut, resident Gavin Hammett, 60, also known as “G” and “Silk,” was sentenced to 120 months of imprisonment for drug trafficking and firearm possession offenses.

Hammett was identified by the Drug Enforcement Administration’s Bridgeport High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA) Task Force and the Stamford Police Department as a member of a drug trafficking network that distributed cocaine and fentanyl in the Bridgeport area.

Between February and April 2024, investigators made controlled purchases of fentanyl from Hammett. He was arrested on May 14, 2024, and a court-authorized search of his residence revealed approximately two kilograms of cocaine, approximately 39 grams of fentanyl, two handguns, two loaded gun magazines, and an empty gun magazine.

Hammett pleaded guilty on February 21, 2025, to possession with intent to distribute cocaine and fentanyl, and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime. This is Hammett’s third federal conviction.

In July 1997, Hammett was sentenced in the District of South Carolina to 105 months of imprisonment for distributing cocaine. In October 2011, he was sentenced in the District of Connecticut to 240 months of imprisonment for distributing cocaine and crack. In October 2020, his pandemic-related motion for compassionate release was granted by a federal judge, and his sentence was reduced to time served.

The investigation was conducted by the Drug Enforcement Administration’s Bridgeport High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA) Task Force, the Stamford Police Department, the Bridgeport Police Department, and the U.S. Marshals Service, with the assistance of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Connecticut State Police, and the Norwalk, Danbury, and Darien Police Departments.

The case was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorneys Patricia Stolfi Collins through the Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Forces (OCDETF) Program.

Mandatory Facts: Defendant Name: Gavin Hammett. Criminal Charges: possession with intent to distribute cocaine and fentanyl, and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime. City and State: Bridgeport, Connecticut. Date of Arrest: May 14, 2024. Sentence or Outcome: 120 months of imprisonment. Dollar Amounts: approximately two kilograms of cocaine, approximately 39 grams of fentanyl.