Hartford Man Sentenced to 4 Years in Prison for Selling Oxycodone from New Britain Grocery Store

Leonard C. Boyle, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that ELIEZER PEREZ, also known as “Ka-King,” 42, of Hartford, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Janet C. Hall in New Haven to 48 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for distributing oxycodone from his New Britain grocery store.

According to court documents and statements made in court, in the summer of 2019, the Drug Enforcement Administration New Haven Tactical Diversion Squad and the New Britain Police Department.began investigating individuals who were selling oxycodone pills from Elzier Grocery, located at 1485 Corbin Avenue in New Britain.  Between July and December 2019, investigators made multiple controlled purchases of oxycodone pills from Perez, Elzier Grocery’s owner Raul Cabrera-Vasquez, and others at the store.

On February 26, 2020, court authorized searches of the Elzier Grocery and a nearby residence revealed more than 1000 oxycodone pills, drug packaging materials, drug ledgers, and approximately $10,000 in cash.

Perez has been detained since his arrest on December 12, 2020.  On May 11, 2021, he pleaded guilty to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute, and to distribute, oxycodone.

Cabrera-Vasquez pleaded guilty to the same charge and, on June 10, 2021, was sentenced to 48 months of imprisonment.

This investigation has been conducted by the Drug Enforcement Administration New Haven Tactical Diversion Squad and the New Britain Police Department.  The case is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney John T. Pierpont, Jr.