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Date: 06-24-2019
Case Style:
United States of America v. Ismael Mangual
Case Number: 3:17-cr-00260-JBA
Judge: Janet Bond Arterton
Court: United States District Court for the District of Connecticut (New Haven County)
Plaintiff's Attorney: Rahul Kale
Defendant's Attorney: Michael Gerard Dolan
Description:
New Haven, CT - Armed Heroin Dealer Sentenced to More Than 11 Years in Federal Prison
ISMAEL MANGUAL, 43, of Bridgeport, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Janet Bond Arterton in New Haven to 137 months of imprisonment, followed by four years of supervised release, for heroin distribution and firearm possession offenses.
According to court documents and statements made in court, on August 31, 2017, Milford Police stopped a vehicle Mangual was driving. Mangual did not have a driver’s license, the car was not registered or insured, and there was a six-year-old boy in the back seat without a car seat or seatbelt. A subsequent search of the car revealed a loaded Glock 27 .40 caliber handgun, a Glock 30 .45 handgun that had been reported stolen, approximately 140 grams of heroin and a digital scale. The loaded firearm was found in the rear footwell of the car, close to where the child had been sitting. Mangual was arrested on state charges on that date.
On March 28, 2019, Mangual pleaded guilty to one count of possession with intent to distribute 100 grams or more of heroin, and one count of possession a firearm in furtherance of a narcotics trafficking offense.
Mangual’s criminal history includes state convictions for robbery and narcotics offenses.
This matter was investigated by the Drug Enforcement Administration’s Bridgeport High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA) Task Force, which includes personnel from the DEA, Connecticut State Police and Norwalk, Stamford, Stratford, Milford, Bridgeport and Trumbull Police Departments.
Charge:
CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE - SELL, DISTRIBUTE, OR DISPENSE (Possession with Intent to Distribute 100 Grams or More of Heroin)
(1)
VIOLENT CRIME/DRUGS/MACHINE GUN (Possession of a Firearm in Furtherance of a Drug Trafficking Crime)
(2)
Outcome: 06/21/2019 78 Oral MOTION to Dismiss remaining counts of the Indictment and Oral MOTION for Acceptance of Responsibility by USA as to Ismael Mangual. (Barry, Donna) (Entered: 06/21/2019)
06/21/2019 79 Minute Entry for proceedings held before Judge Janet Bond Arterton: Sentencing as to Ismael Mangual held on 6/21/2019. Oral 78 MOTION to Dismiss and Oral MOTION for Acceptance of Responsibility filed by USA GRANTED. Total Time: 1 hours and 38 minutes(Court Reporter Tracy Gow.) (Barry, Donna) (Entered: 06/21/2019)
06/21/2019 80 SENTENCING MEMORANDUM by USA as to Ismael Mangual (Kale, Rahul) (Entered: 06/21/2019)
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