Monroe Man Sentenced to Prison for Distributing Crack

Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that DWIGHT JARVIS, 28, of Monroe, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Victor A. Bolden in Bridgeport to 21 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for distributing crack cocaine.

According to court documents and statements made in court, on October 27, 2016, a search of JARVIS’ Monroe residence revealed approximately 29 grams of cocaine, approximately 25 grams of crack cocaine, 70 dose bags of heroin, and other items used to process and package narcotics for street sale.

JARVIS was arrested on a federal criminal complaint on December 16, 2016. On April 27, 2017, he pleaded guilty to one count of distribution of cocaine base (“crack”).

This matter was investigated by the DEA’s Bridgeport High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area Task Force and the Milford and Monroe Police Departments. The DEA Task Force includes members from the Bridgeport, Stamford, Stratford, Norwalk and Milford Police Departments, and the Connecticut State Police. The case was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Douglas P. Morabito.