Jonathan Fisher, Heroin Trafficking, Connecticut 2016

A statewide initiative targeting narcotics dealers has led to the arrest of six men in Connecticut, including Jonathan Fisher, 35, of Norwich, who has been charged with heroin trafficking in connection with multiple overdose deaths.

According to a criminal complaint charging Fisher, on April 9, 2016, Norwich Police responded to a medical emergency at Fisher’s residence. The emergency involved an 18-year-old male who had died from an apparent heroin overdose. A search of the victim’s wallet revealed one used glassine baggy and 10 unopened baggies marked with a particular brand stamp. A field test of the substance in the baggies yielded a positive presence for both heroin and fentanyl.

Approximately one month prior to the overdose death, Fisher was arrested by Norwich Police after he was found in possession of numerous baggies of heroin that were marked with the same stamp.

On April 12, 2016, Norwich Police arrested Fisher at a Norwich hotel. A search of Fisher’s wallet contained two glassine baggies containing suspected heroin and marked with the same brand stamp. A search of the hotel room where Fisher had been staying revealed more than 300 bags of heroin, prescription narcotics, more than one pound of marijuana, a digital scale and hundreds of empty glassine bags marked with the same stamp.

Fisher was charged by federal complaint on April 20 and is detained.

In addition to Fisher, five other men have been charged in connection with the overdose deaths. Jorge Morales, 29, of Shelton, was charged with heroin trafficking in connection with the death of a 21-year-old female who died from a heroin overdose at her Bridgeport residence. Morales was arrested on April 15, 2016, and is detained.

Timothy Paprocki, 33, of Ledyard, and Rudy Hernandez, 43, of New London, were charged with heroin trafficking in connection with the death of a 25-year-old male who died from a heroin overdose in Groton. Paprocki and Hernandez were arrested on April 12, 2016, and are detained.

Daniel Gamer, 23, of Hartford, and Charlie Tacuri, 19, of Hartford, were charged with heroin trafficking in connection with the death of two individuals who overdosed on heroin marked with a particular brand stamp. Gamer and Tacuri were arrested in April 2016 and are detained.

The charges against the six men stem from an ongoing statewide initiative targeting narcotics dealers who distribute heroin, fentanyl or opioids that cause death or serious injury to users.

According to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Connecticut, the charges carry a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison.

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