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Providence Felon Sentenced to 5 Years for Crack Cocaine, Firearms
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Providence Felon Sentenced to 5 Years for Crack Cocaine, Firearms

Edgar Pagan, 22, of Providence, was sentenced to 60 months in federal prison for possession of crack cocaine with the intent to distribute and being a felon in possession of a firearm.

Pagan was serving a state sentence of home confinement in July 2013 on a previous conviction for drug possession when he was found to be in possession of nearly 2.5 grams of crack cocaine and two firearms, one of them loaded.

The Rhode Island State Police High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area Task Force arrested Pagan after Task Force officers informed him of their ongoing investigation and Pagan agreed to allow officers to search his apartment.

Inside the apartment, officers found eight individually wrapped packages of crack cocaine, Vicodin and Oxycodone pills, and $1,150 in cash. They also discovered a loaded .45 caliber Glock semi-automatic pistol and an unloaded .380 caliber semi-automatic pistol.

Pagan pleaded guilty on February 14, 2014, and at sentencing, U.S. District Court Chief Judge William E. Smith also sentenced Pagan to serve 3 years supervised release upon completion of his prison term.

The case was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Gerard B. Sullivan, with the assistance of Assistant U.S. Attorney Richard W. Rose.

The Rhode Island State Police High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area Task Force is comprised of members of law enforcement from the Rhode Island State Police, ATF, DEA, ICE-HSI, R.I. National Guard, and the Johnston, Pawtucket, Providence, and Smithfield Police Departments.

This case was brought as part of the Rhode Island Urban Violent Crime Initiative, a local, state and federal law enforcement collaboration to proactively identify, investigate and prosecute individuals responsible for crimes of violence in urban neighborhoods.