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Glastonbury Man Sentenced for Distributing Heroin to Minor
Ryan Poulin, 25, formerly of Glastonbury, was sentenced to 36 months of imprisonment, followed by six years of supervised release, for distributing heroin to a minor.
According to court documents, Poulin was involved in a relationship with a 16-year-old girl from East Windsor. On February 12, 2014, Poulin drove his minor girlfriend to Hartford to purchase heroin. Poulin and his minor girlfriend thereafter used the heroin together.
The investigation revealed that on February 14, 2014, Poulin and an acquaintance traveled to a heroin dealer in the Hartford area where Poulin’s acquaintance brokered a deal for two bundles (20 dose bags) of heroin for $80. The heroin was stamped ‘New World.’
Poulin and his acquaintance then traveled to Portland, Connecticut, where the acquaintance injected himself with three bags of the ‘New World’ heroin and passed out. Poulin immediately left. Later that afternoon, Poulin arrived at his 16-year-old girlfriend’s house and injected a quantity of the ‘New World’ heroin before he and his girlfriend went out to dinner for Valentine’s Day.
When they returned from dinner, Poulin injected more of the ‘New World’ heroin. The next thing Poulin remembered from that evening is that someone put him in the shower to revive him. Poulin’s girlfriend later traded the heroin to her 14-year-old friend in exchange for a different bag of heroin.
On the morning of February 15, 2014, Poulin’s girlfriend and her 14-year-old friend injected heroin. The 14-year-old showered and went to sleep. She never woke up. Poulin was arrested on a federal criminal complaint on July 31, 2014, and was released into a substance abuse and counseling program.
He has been detained since September 26, 2014, when his bond was revoked for violating the conditions of his release. On September 21, 2015, he pleaded guilty to one count of distributing a controlled substance to a minor.
This matter was investigated by the DEA Hartford Task Force and the East Windsor Police Department. ‘This is truly a tragic story and one that is playing out in our state at an alarming rate,’ said U.S. Attorney Deirdre M. Daly. ‘There were nearly 400 heroin-related overdose deaths in Connecticut in 2015, which is an increase of approximately 50 percent since 2013.’
‘This epidemic is deeply disturbing and must be addressed from a number of perspectives,’ Daly added. ‘From the law enforcement perspective, together with the DEA and local police departments, we will continue to prioritize investigations of heroin overdoses and prosecutions of traffickers responsible for overdoses.’
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Key Facts
- State: Connecticut
- Category: Drug Trafficking
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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