Date: 03-12-2024

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United States of America v. EDWARD JOHNSON

Case Number: 3:23-cr-00109

Judge: Sarala V. Nagala

Court: The United States Court for the District of Connecticut (Hew Haven Count)

Plaintiff's Attorney: The United States Attorney’s Office in New Haven

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New Haven, Connecticut criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Distributing Meth and Oxycodone.

Stratford Man Sentenced to 7 Years in Federal Prison for Distributing Meth and Oxycodone

EDWARD JOHNSON, 32, of Stratford, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Sarala V. Nagala in Harford to 84 months of imprisonment, followed by four years of supervised release, for distributing methamphetamine and oxycodone.

According to court documents and statements made in court, in April 2022, the Stratford Police Department’s Narcotics, Vice and Intelligence Unit and the Drug Enforcement Administration began investigating Johnson and others for distributing controlled substances in the Stratford and Bridgeport area. Johnson was arrested on August 2, 2022. On that date, investigators conducted a court authorized search of his residence on Thompson Street in Stratford and seized approximately 967 grams of methamphetamine in both pill form and powder form, approximately 13 grams of oxycodone pills; other prescription pills, more than six pounds of marijuana, and $32,151 in cash.

At the time of his arrest, Johnson was on state probation from a prior drug offense, and on pre-trial release for state narcotics and firearm charges.

Johnson has been detained since his arrest. On December 14, 2023, he pleaded guilty to possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine and oxycodone.

This matter was investigated by the Stratford Police Department’s Narcotics, Vice and Intelligence Unit and the Drug Enforcement Administration’s Bridgeport High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA) Task Force. The HIDTA Task Force includes personnel from the DEA Bridgeport Resident Office, the Connecticut State Police, and the Bridgeport, Norwalk, Stamford, Stratford, Milford, and Danbury Police Departments. The case was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Stephanie T. Levick.

Outcome:

Defendant was found guilty and sentenced to 84 months of imprisonment, followed by four years of supervised release

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