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Hartford Man Admits Selling Cocaine and Heroin

For Immediate Release
U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Connecticut

John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that NATHAN WOOD, 26, of Hartford, pleaded guilty today in Hartford federal court to one count of possessing with intent to distribute, and distribution of, cocaine.

According to court documents and statements made in court, in June and July 2017, Wood sold distribution quantities of cocaine and heroin to an undercover law enforcement officer in Hartford. 

Wood is scheduled to be sentenced by U.S. District Judge Vanessa L. Bryant on June 26, 2019, at which time he faces a maximum term of imprisonment of 20 years.

Wood was arrested on September 28, 2018.  He is released on a $50,000 bond pending sentencing.

This matter is being investigated by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.  The case is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Michael J. Gustafson.

Updated March 22, 2019
Topics
Drug Trafficking
Opioids
Component
USAO - Connecticut

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