康涅狄格州东南部可卡因贩运网9人被起诉：交货现场查获约10公斤可卡因与逾17万美元现金
美国司法部康涅狄格区联邦检察官办公室宣布，康涅狄格州东南部一个可卡因与快克可卡因分销网络的9名成员已被大陪审团起诉，罪名涉及在该州东南部分销可卡因与快克可卡因。联邦检察官 David X. Sullivan 与缉毒局（DEA）新英格兰负责人、烟酒枪炮及爆炸物管理局（ATF）波士顿负责人共同公布了这一起诉。
被起诉的9人为：Lisbon 的 Michael Smith（53岁，绰号「Miz」）、Norwich 的 Anthony Gomez（46岁，绰号「Jungle」）、纽约州 Mount Vernon 的 Robert Duran（46岁）、Norwich 的 Deonna White（48岁）、New London 的 Rocky Laurent（48岁）、Norwich 的 Sarah Butler（43岁）、Canterbury 的 Heather Roy（44岁）、New London 的 Cordelia Harris（49岁）与 New London 的 Keith Nival（46岁）。
据法庭文件与法庭陈述，国土安全专案组调查动用了法院授权的窃听、视频监控、车辆 GPS 追踪与多次控制购买。调查指称，Smith 向康涅狄格州东南部的再分销网络供货，Laurent、Butler、Roy、Harris 与 Nival 从 Smith 处购入可卡因与快克后，再以较小数量转售给各自客户。
2026年10月8日，调查人员在 Clinton 一处停车场监视时看到 Smith、White 与 Duran 分乘车辆到场：Smith 从 White 车中取走一个可重复使用的购物袋，转交 Duran，Duran 则把一个箱子放进 Smith 车内。三人随后被捕，箱中查获约10公斤可卡因，购物袋中查获逾17万美元现金。Butler 同日在 Norwich 的住所被搜查后被捕，屋内查获毒品与分装材料；Smith 的两辆车也被搜查，一辆查获分装待售的可卡因与快克，另一辆查获一支枪与200多发子弹。
Gomez、Roy、Harris 与 Nival 于10月15日被捕，Laurent 自9月23日起已被州方羁押；Smith、Gomez、Duran 与 Nival 自被捕起一直被羁押。2026年10月27日，New Haven 大陪审团递交替代起诉书，指控全部9人共谋分销并持有意图分销可卡因。
按起诉书所指控的可卡因数量，Smith、Gomez、Duran、White 与 Laurent 若定罪面临最低10年、最高终身监禁；Butler、Harris 与 Roy 面临最低5年、最高40年；Nival 最高20年。Gomez 另被控3项分发28克以上快克罪名，Smith 与 Duran 另被控持有5公斤以上可卡因意图分发，Smith 另被控重罪犯非法持有弹药。起诉书另寻求没收调查中查获的196,353美元现金与5辆车。
案件由 DEA 与 ATF 调查、康涅狄格州州警协助，联邦检察官办公室起诉。检察官强调，起诉书只是指控，每名被告在被法庭以排除合理怀疑证明有罪之前均推定无罪。
Nine Charged in Southeastern Connecticut Cocaine Trafficking Investigation; About 10 Kilograms of Cocaine Seized
NEW HAVEN, Connecticut — The U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Connecticut announced that nine people have been charged by indictment with offenses related to the distribution of cocaine and crack cocaine in southeastern Connecticut. U.S. Attorney David X. Sullivan, DEA Special Agent in Charge Jarod Forget for New England, and ATF Special Agent in Charge Thomas A. Greco of the Boston Field Division announced the charges.
The nine defendants are Michael Smith, also known as "Miz," 53, of Lisbon; Anthony Gomez, also known as "Jungle," 46, of Norwich; Robert Duran, 46, of Mount Vernon, New York; Deonna White, 48, of Norwich; Rocky Laurent, 48, of New London; Sarah Butler, 43, of Norwich; Heather Roy, 44, of Canterbury; Cordelia Harris, 49, of New London; and Keith Nival, 46, of New London.
As alleged in court documents and statements made in court, a Homeland Security Task Force investigation that included court-authorized wiretaps, video surveillance, GPS tracking of vehicles, and numerous controlled purchases of narcotics revealed that Smith supplied cocaine and crack to a network of redistributors in southeastern Connecticut. Laurent, Butler, Roy, Harris, and Nival purchased cocaine and crack from Smith and sold it in smaller quantities to their own customers.
On October 8, 2026, investigators conducting surveillance at a parking lot in Clinton observed Smith, White, and Duran arrive in separate vehicles. Smith retrieved a reusable shopping bag from White's vehicle and gave it to Duran, who placed a box in the back of Smith's vehicle. The three were arrested after a search of the box revealed approximately 10 kilograms of cocaine, and a search of the shopping bag revealed more than $170,000 in cash. Butler was also arrested on October 8 after a search of her residence in the Taftville section of Norwich revealed narcotics and drug packaging materials. Investigators also searched two of Smith's vehicles, finding cocaine and crack packaged for redistribution in one, and a firearm and more than 200 rounds of ammunition in the other.
Gomez, Roy, Harris, and Nival were arrested on October 15, 2026, and Laurent has been in state custody since September 23, 2026. Smith, Gomez, Duran, and Nival have been detained since their arrests. On October 27, 2026, a grand jury in New Haven returned a superseding indictment charging each defendant with conspiracy to distribute and to possess with intent to distribute cocaine.
Based on the quantity of cocaine attributed to each defendant, Smith, Gomez, Duran, White, and Laurent face a mandatory minimum of 10 years and a maximum of life imprisonment if convicted; Butler, Harris, and Roy face a mandatory minimum of five years and a maximum of 40 years; and Nival faces a maximum of 20 years. Gomez is also charged with three counts of distributing 28 grams or more of crack cocaine, Smith and Duran with possession with intent to distribute five kilograms or more of cocaine, and Smith with unlawful possession of ammunition by a felon. The indictment also seeks forfeiture of $196,353 in cash and five vehicles seized during the investigation.
The matter is being investigated by the DEA and the ATF, with assistance from the Connecticut State Police, and is being prosecuted by the U.S. Attorney's Office. U.S. Attorney Sullivan stressed that an indictment is not evidence of guilt, and each defendant is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.
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图片来源：康涅狄格州 New Haven 的 Robert N. Giaimo 联邦大楼（起诉书由 New Haven 大陪审团递交，资料图）。Wobbanight 摄，CC0，经 Wikimedia Commons。 / The Robert N. Giaimo Federal Building in New Haven, Connecticut (file photo). Photo by Wobbanight, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons.
