United States Attorney's Office District of Connecticut
Press Release

WATERBURY MAN SENTENCED TO 60 MONTHS IN FEDERAL PRISON FOR COCAINE TRAFFICKING

Kevin J. O’Connor, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced today that EDWIN LOPEZ, 34, of Waterbury, was sentenced today by United States District Judge Stefan R. Underhill in Bridgeport to 60 months of imprisonment, followed by four years of supervised release, for conspiring to possess with the intent to distribute, and to distribute, 500 grams or more of cocaine.  LOPEZ pleaded guilty to the charge on November 15, 2007.

On May 22, 2007, a federal grand jury returned an Indictment charging LOPEZ and several other individuals with various narcotics offenses involving the distribution of cocaine and crack cocaine in central Connecticut.  During the course of the investigation underlying the Indictment, it was learned that LOPEZ acquired 100 gram quantities of cocaine on approximately 10 occasions from Eluid Rivera, also known as “Smokey,” of Waterbury.  On March 29, 2007, Rivera pleaded guilty to a federal narcotics charge and was sentenced on January 23, 2008, to 135 months in prison.

This investigation was a collaborative effort of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Drug Enforcement Administration, the Waterbury Police Department and the Meriden Police Department.  This matter is being prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorneys Robert M. Spector and S. Dave Vatti.

CONTACT:

U.S. ATTORNEY'S OFFICE
Tom Carson
(203) 821-3722
thomas.carson@usdoj.gov