Tag: Hartford
Kijuan Terrell, Fentanyl Distribution and Gun Possession, Connecticut 2026
⏱ 2 min read Kijuan Terrell, a 40-year-old Hartford resident, has been charged with possession of a firearm and fentanyl distribution offenses. On March 11, 2026, Terrell allegedly possessed a Smith & Wesson .38 Special revolver with an obliterated serial number and fentanyl that he intended to distribute. Terrell’s criminal history includes state felony convictions…
Jony Galeano Lopez-Garcia, Unlawful Reentry, Connecticut 2025
⏱ 2 min read Jony Galeano Lopez-Garcia, a 27-year-old Guatemalan national, has admitted to unlawfully reentering the US in Connecticut, despite being deported twice before. Lopez-Garcia, who was living in Hartford, pleaded guilty to the crime before US District Judge Kari A. Dooley in Bridgeport. The incident occurred after Lopez-Garcia was initially deported in December…
Edgar Castro Perez, Cocaine Trafficking, Connecticut 2025
⏱ 2 min read A brazen Puerto Rico-based cocaine ring has been dismantled by federal authorities in Connecticut, with five individuals charged for trafficking multiple kilograms of the deadly drug through the U.S. Mail. According to court documents, the cocaine shipments arrived in parcels from post offices in Puerto Rico, with Roselyn Osorio-Soto and Edgardo…
Morris Carter III, Unlawful Possession of a Firearm by a Felon, Connecticut 2025
⏱ 2 min read A convenience store in Hartford’s south end turned into a war zone when 37-year-old Morris Carter III, aka ‘Mo,’ allegedly brawled with a patron and brandished a firearm in the early morning hours of February 19, 2023. Surveillance footage captured the chaos, showing Carter wielding a gun and beating the victim…
Carlos Egberto Jimenez-Tun, Reentering US After Deportation, California 2022
⏱ 2 min read A Guatemalan national is behind bars after being sentenced to six months in prison for sneaking back into the United States after being deported. Carlos Egberto Jimenez-Tun, 28, was first deported in July 2019 after being caught by US Border Patrol in Texas as part of a smuggling investigation. But he…
Luis Ferreira Borges, Assaulting a Federal Officer, Connecticut 2026
⏱ 2 min read A 25-year-old Brazilian national was sentenced to 9 months in prison for assaulting federal officers during his arrest in Hartford, Connecticut. Luis Ferreira Borges was taken into custody on June 25, 2025, after a warrant was issued for his arrest on immigration charges. According to court documents, Ferreira Borges resisted arrest…
Jose Raul Maita, Operating a Vehicle Without a License and Driving Under the Influence, Connecticut 2025
⏱ 2 min read A twice-deported sex offender, with convictions dating back to 1996, was caught in Connecticut for the third time. Jose Raul Maita, 55, was arrested in Southbury on September 20, 2025, for operating a vehicle without a license and driving under the influence. According to court documents, Maita had previously been convicted…
Eric Cox, Shooting and Cocaine Possession, Connecticut 2020
⏱ 2 min read Southington resident Eric Cox, 43, is headed to the slammer after a jury found him guilty of gun and drug offenses stemming from a 2020 Hartford shooting. On September 4, 2020, Cox got into a violent altercation near Hartford Hospital, where he was slashed with a knife. Things took a deadly…
Harold Sterling, Cocaine Trafficking, Vermont 2026
⏱ 2 min read On March 12, 2026, U.S. Border Patrol spotted a vehicle driven by Harold Sterling, 33, and Isaias Ramos, 31, near North Troy, Vermont, sparking a high-speed chase. The duo, from Hartford, Connecticut, were suspected of human smuggling, but the real cargo was much more sinister: over 200 grams of cocaine base,…
Yúnior Benavides, Drug Trafficking, Connecticut 2026
West Hartford, CT – A convicted drug trafficker, once run out of the country, is back in federal custody after a routine traffic stop exposed his illegal reentry. Yúnior Benavides, 49, a Dominican national, now faces years behind bars after federal agents caught him driving on March 6, 2026, revealing a blatant disregard for a…
