YOAN MANUAL DELACRUZ, Fentanyl Trafficking, Connecticut 2023

A 33-year-old man who was distributing kilogram quantities of fentanyl in the Hartford area has been sentenced to 108 months in federal prison.

YOAN MANUAL DELACRUZ, also known as ‘Oreja,’ was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Jeffrey A. Meyer in New Haven on March 20, 2023.

According to court documents and statements made in court, the Drug Enforcement Administration’s Hartford Task Force identified Delacruz as a large-scale narcotics trafficker.

On May 24, 2022, investigators made a controlled purchase of 1.6 kilograms of fentanyl from Delacruz.

Delacruz was arrested on June 13, 2022, and a search of his Wadsworth Street apartment revealed two assault-style firearms, a loaded assault-style magazine, and other evidence of his narcotics trafficking activities.

Delacruz pleaded guilty to possession with intent to distribute 40 grams or more of fentanyl on March 20, 2023.

The DEA’s Hartford Task Force includes personnel from the DEA Hartford Resident Office, the Connecticut State Police, and the Bristol, Hartford, East Hartford, Enfield, Manchester, New Britain, Rocky Hill, Wethersfield, and Windsor Locks Police Departments.

Delacruz faces immigration proceedings when he completes his prison term.

The case was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Geoffrey M. Stone through the Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Forces (OCDETF) Program.

Source: https://www.justice.gov/usao-ct/pr/hartford-fentanyl-trafficker-sentenced-9-years-federal-prison