New London Woman Sentenced to Federal Prison for Role in Cocaine Trafficking Ring

John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that ALBA LORENGIE FILOMENO-GOMEZ, 23, of New London, was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge Vanessa L. Bryant in Hartford to 18 months of imprisonment, followed by five years of supervised release, for her role in a cocaine trafficking ring.

This matter stems from a DEA New Haven Task Force and the U.S. Postal Inspection Service-led investigation into a New Britain man who is alleged to have coordinated the shipment of multi-kilogram quantities of cocaine through the U.S. Mail from Puerto Rico to various locations in Connecticut.  More than 12 kilograms of cocaine were seized during the investigation.

Filomeno-Gomez, on behalf of the organization, accepted packages containing kilogram quantities of cocaine that had been mailed from Puerto Rico.  She also couriered narcotics and narcotics proceeds between Connecticut and a narcotics distributor in Scranton, Pennsylania.

Filomeno-Gomez was arrested on October 25, 2017.  On July 17, 2018, she pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to possess 500 grams or more of cocaine.

This matter is being investigated by the DEA New Haven Task Force, U.S. Postal Inspection Service and the Middletown and New Britain Police Departments.  The case is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney H. Gordon Hall.