Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Legal professional for the District of Connecticut, introduced that TAJH WILEY, also referred to as “Yung,” 27, of Norwalk, was sentenced at present by U.S. District Choose Janet Bond Arterton in New Haven to 144 months of imprisonment, adopted by 4 years of supervised launch, for drug trafficking offenses.
This matter stems from an investigation led by the Drug Enforcement Administration’s Bridgeport Excessive Depth Drug Trafficking Space (HIDTA) Process Drive right into a drug trafficking group headed by Wiley. The investigation, which included a court-authorized wiretap of Wiley’s cellphone, revealed that Wiley conspired to distribute giant portions of fentanyl, cocaine and marijuana and distributed medication all through Connecticut and elsewhere with the help of a number of associates.
Wiley was arrested on June 9, 2021. In affiliation together with his arrest and the arrest of seven of his co-conspirators investigators executed a number of search warrants and seized roughly a kilogram of fentanyl, a kilogram of cocaine, roughly 83 grams of crack cocaine, greater than 12 kilos of marijuana, two press machines and different objects and supplies utilized by Wiley and his co-conspirators to course of and package deal unlawful medication. Investigators additionally seized from Wiley jewellery valued at greater than $100,000, and a 2021 Mercedes-Benz valued at roughly $146,000.
On July 25, 2022, a jury discovered Wiley responsible of 1 depend of conspiracy to distribute and to own with intent to distribute fentanyl, 500 grams or extra of cocaine, and marijuana, and one depend of possession with intent to distribute cocaine base (“crack cocaine”).
Wiley has been detained since his arrest.
This investigation was performed by the Drug Enforcement Administration’s Bridgeport Excessive Depth Drug Trafficking Space (HIDTA) Process Drive, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Bridgeport Police Division, Fairfield Police Division, Norwalk Police Division, Stamford Police Division, Stratford Police Division, Yonkers (New York) Police Division and the U.S. Marshals Service. The HIDTA Process Drive consists of personnel from the DEA Bridgeport Resident Workplace, the Connecticut State Police, and the Bridgeport, Norwalk, Stamford, Stratford, Milford and Danbury Police Departments.
This case is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorneys Patrick J. Doherty, Robert S. Dearington, Margaret M. Donovan and Elena L. Coronado by the Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Process Forces (OCDETF) Program. OCDETF identifies, disrupts and dismantles drug traffickers, cash launderers, gangs and transnational legal organizations by a prosecutor-led and intelligence-driven method that leverages the strengths of federal, state and native legislation enforcement businesses. Further details about the OCDETF Program might be discovered at https://www.justice.gov/OCDETF.