Malik Wright, Possession of Firearm with Narcotics, Connecticut 2024

Waterbury Man Sentenced for Carrying Firearm in Drug Trafficking Crime

A Waterbury man has been sentenced to five years in federal prison for carrying a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime.

MALIK WRIGHT, 22, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Victor A. Bolden in New Haven to 60 months of imprisonment and three years of supervised release.

According to court documents and statements made in court, in July and August 2024, Waterbury Police made a controlled purchase of narcotics from Wright and observed him conducting additional hand-to-hand drug sales.

On August 29, 2024, investigators saw Wright stash a satchel in the tire area of an abandoned car in a vacant lot near Coe Street and High Street, and then conduct another apparent drug sale.

Officers took Wright into custody and located the satchel, which contained fentanyl and cocaine, a scale, and a loaded .40 caliber handgun with a 23-round magazine.

Wright has been detained since his arrest.

On August 6, 2025, he pleaded guilty to possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime.

This investigation was conducted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Waterbury Police, and the Connecticut State Police.

The case was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Natasha Freismuth through Project Safe Neighborhoods, a program bringing together all levels of law enforcement and the communities they serve to reduce gun violence and other violent crime, and to make our neighborhoods safer for everyone.

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