United States Attorney's Office District of Connecticut
Press Release

Project Safe Neighborhoods:
NEW HAVEN MAN SENTENCED TO FIVE YEARS
IN FEDERAL PRISON FOR DISTRIBUTING CRACK

David B. Fein, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that MARVIN CONNER, 32, of Carlisle Street, New Haven, was sentenced today by United States District Judge Stefan R. Underhill in Bridgeport to 60 months of imprisonment, followed by five years of supervised release, for distributing crack cocaine.

According to court documents and statements made in court, on three separate occasions in July and August 2010, CONNER sold a total of approximately 39 grams of crack cocaine to another individual in New Haven.

CONNER was arrested on federal narcotics distribution charges on September 30, 2010.  On October 28, 2010, he pleaded guilty to one count of distribution of 28 grams or more of cocaine base (“crack cocaine”).

This case was investigated by the New Haven Police Department and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives pursuant to the Project Safe Neighborhoods Initiative.  The case was prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorneys Robert M. Spector and Marc H. Silverman.

The Project Safe Neighborhoods Initiative is aimed at reducing gun and gang violence, deterring illegal possession of guns, and improving the safety of residents in Connecticut’s cities.  Participants in the initiative include community members and organizations as well as federal, state and local law enforcement agencies.

CONTACT:

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