Date: 11-22-2019

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Case Number: 3:18-cr-00022-VLB-17

Judge: Vanessa L. Bryant

Court: United States District Court for the District of Connecticut (New Haven County)

Plaintiff's Attorney: Patrick F. Caruso and David C. Nelson

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Description: New Haven, CT - The United States of America charged Osvaldo Saez with drug trafficking.

Osvaldo Saez, 32, of New Haven, was sentenced to 24 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for his role in a New Haven drug trafficking ring.

According to court documents and statements made in court, in June 2017, the FBI’s New Haven Safe Streets/Gang Task Force initiated an investigation into a New Haven drug trafficking organization headed by Jermayne Butler. The investigation, which included physical surveillance, 13 controlled purchases of narcotics, and court-authorized wiretaps on multiple phones, revealed that members of the organization were distributing crack cocaine and oxycodone in the New Haven area.

Saez received distribution quantities of crack cocaine from another member of the conspiracy and sold the drug to customers in New Haven.

Saez, Butler and several other members of the organization were arrested on federal criminal complaints on February 6, 2018. On February 8, 2018, a grand jury in New Haven returned a 30-count indictment charging 19 individuals with various offenses.

Saez has been detained since January 16, 2019, when his bond was revoked. On July 30, 2019, he pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to distribute, and to possess with intent to distribute, cocaine base. (“crack”).

This matter is being investigated by the FBI’s New Haven Safe Streets/Gang Task Force, which includes members from the New Haven Police Department, Milford Police Department, West Haven Police Department and Connecticut Department of Correction.

Charge:

CONSPIRACY TO DISTRIBUTE CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE Conspiracy to Distribute, and to Possess With Intent to Distribute, Cocaine Base
(1)

Outcome: 11/21/2019 668 Oral MOTION for Acceptance of Responsibility by USA as to Osvaldo Saez. (Shafer, J.) (Entered: 11/21/2019)
11/21/2019 669 Oral MOTION to Dismiss Count 29 of the Indictment as to Osvaldo Saez by USA. (Shafer, J.) (Entered: 11/21/2019)
11/21/2019 670 Minute Entry for proceedings held before Judge Vanessa L. Bryant: Sentencing as to Osvaldo Saez (17) held on 11/21/2019; motion hearing as to Osvaldo Saez held on 11/21/2019, granting 668 Oral Motion for Acceptance of Responsibility and granting 669 Oral Motion to Dismiss Count 29 of the Indictment as to Osvaldo Saez. Total Time: 57 minutes. (Court Reporter F. Velez, ECRO.) (Shafer, J.) (Entered: 11/21/2019)
11/21/2019 DISMISSAL OF COUNT 29 of the Indictment as to Osvaldo Saez. (Shafer, J.) (Entered: 11/21/2019)

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