Sherman Peters, Narcotics Distribution, Connecticut 2022

Waterbury, Connecticut - A local man has been sentenced to 41 months in federal prison for his role in a narcotics distribution conspiracy, authorities announced today.

Sherman Peters, also known as 'Red,' 37, of Waterbury, was sentenced to 41 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for his role in the conspiracy, according to Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut.

The investigation into the narcotics distribution conspiracy began in May 2020, when the DEA New Haven Task Force and Waterbury Police Department started investigating a drug trafficking organization that was distributing large amounts of heroin, cocaine, and crack in the Waterbury area.

According to court documents and statements made in court, Peters was intercepted multiple times on a wiretap ordering heroin, cocaine, and crack from Zachary Lee Foster, who worked closely with Jason Metz and James Grant.

Peters then sold the drugs to his own customers, authorities said. On March 3, 2021, in association with the arrests of several members of this conspiracy, law enforcement executed seven search warrants and seized approximately 40,000 bags of suspected heroin, 350 grams of cocaine, and 50 grams of crack cocaine, and nine firearms.

Peters has been detained since his arrest on March 9, 2021. On March 31, 2022, he pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to distribute controlled substances. Foster, Metz, and Grant also pleaded guilty and have been sentenced to various lengths of imprisonment.

The investigation has been conducted by the Drug Enforcement Administration New Haven Task Force and the Waterbury Police Department. The case is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorneys Patrick F. Caruso and Brendan Keefe through the Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Forces (OCDETF) Program.

U.S. Attorney Avery thanked the State’s Attorney’s Office for the Judicial District of Waterbury for its close cooperation in investigating and prosecuting this matter.

Source: https://www.justice.gov/usao-ct/pr/waterbury-drug-distributor-sentenced-41-months-federal-prison