United States Attorney's Office District of Connecticut
Press Release

HARTFORD CRACK DEALER SENTENCED TO FIVE YEARS IN FEDERAL PRISON

Kevin J. O’Connor, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that GEORGE FABLE, also known as “Pink,” 26, of East Morningside Street, Hartford, was sentenced today by Senior United States District Judge Ellen Bree Burns in New Haven to 60 months of imprisonment, followed by four years of supervised release.  On August 29, 2007, FABLE pleaded guilty to one count of conspiring to distribute five grams or more of cocaine base (“crack cocaine”).

This matter stems from a long-term investigation by an FBI-led task force that included the use of a variety of investigative techniques including controlled purchases of crack cocaine, federal wiretaps, physical surveillance, and the execution of search and seizure warrants.  The investigation followed an increase in violent crime in the South Marshall Street area of Hartford and focused on drug trafficking activity and associated violence connected with the “South Marshall Street Crew.”  The investigation, which resulted in the indictment of 32 defendants on federal narcotics and firearms charges, has had a dramatic impact on quelling the violence in the Marshall Street area of Hartford.

According to documents filed with the Court and statements made in Court, FABLE was intercepted on numerous occasions during the wiretap phase of the investigation, negotiating the purchase and sale of crack cocaine.

U.S. Attorney O’Connor commended the investigation of this matter that was conducted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Hartford Police Department, the Connecticut State Police and the Chief State’s Attorney’s Office.  The case is being prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Edward Kang.

CONTACT:

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