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Norwalk Man Sentenced to 14 Years in Federal Prison for Role in Southwest Connecticut Narcotics Distribution Ring

U.S. Attorney’s Office August 13, 2009
  • District of Connecticut (203) 821-3700

Nora R. Dannehy, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that TRAYSON STEVENS, also known as “Tray 8,” 24, of Norwalk, was sentenced today by United States District Judge Mark R. Kravitz in New Haven to 168 months of imprisonment, followed by five years of supervised release, for participating in a Fairfield County narcotics distribution ring. On December 1, 2008, STEVENS pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of cocaine base (“crack cocaine”).

On February 14, 2008, a federal grand jury returned a 30-count Indictment charging STEVENS and 21 other individuals with various federal drug trafficking, firearm and witness tampering offenses related to the distribution of cocaine and crack cocaine in southwestern Connecticut. According to documents filed with the Court and statements made in court, STEVENS received large quantities of crack cocaine from higher-ranking members of the conspiracy and then re-packaged and distributed the crack to customers and street-level dealers.

STEVENS has been detained in federal custody since his arrest on February 20, 2008.

This matter was investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Safe Streets Task Force, which is composed of members of federal and local law enforcement agencies, including the FBI, the Internal Revenue Service – Criminal Investigation Division, and the Norwalk, Bridgeport, Trumbull, Fairfield and Stamford Police Departments. This case is being prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Tracy Lee Dayton of the U.S. Attorney’s Office Organized Crime and Drug Enforcement Task Force.

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