LUIS GONZALEZ, Heroin Trafficking, Connecticut 2023

LUIS GONZALEZ, 48, Sentenced to 27 Months in Prison for Heroin Trafficking Role

LUIS GONZALEZ, 48, of New London, Connecticut, has been sentenced to 27 months in federal prison for his role in a southeastern Connecticut heroin trafficking ring.

According to court documents and statements made in court, this matter stems from an investigation that began after several heroin overdoses in southeastern Connecticut, including two overdose deaths involving a heroin and fentanyl mix that occurred in January 2016.

The investigation, which included court-authorized wiretaps and controlled purchases of narcotics, revealed that Michael Luciano operated a drug trafficking organization that distributed heroin to numerous street-level dealers, including GONZALEZ, in southeastern Connecticut.

On December 12, 2017, a grand jury in Hartford returned a 25-count superseding indictment charging GONZALEZ, Luciano and 19 other individuals with various heroin trafficking offenses.

GONZALEZ was arrested on December 14, 2017, and has been detained since his arrest. On June 5, 2018, he pleaded guilty to one count of use of a telephone to facilitate the commission of a drug trafficking felony.

The case is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorneys S. Dave Vatti and Jocelyn Courtney Kaoutzanis. This matter is being investigated by the Drug Enforcement Administration, U.S. Marshals Service, Internal Revenue Service – Criminal Investigation Division, Homeland Security Investigations, Connecticut State Police Statewide Narcotics Task Force East and the New London, Norwich, Waterford, Attleboro (Mass.) and Freetown (Mass.) Police Departments.

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