Three Windsor Locks Residents Charged with Distributing Heroin and Prescription Drugs

John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that on November 9, a federal grand jury in New Haven returned a five-count indictment charging CHRISTINE MILES, 58, OSCAR MONTOYA, 62, and CHRISTY MILES, 33, all of Windsor Locks, with drug trafficking offenses stemming from the distribution of heroin and various prescription medications.

The three defendants were arrested yesterday.  They appeared before U.S. Magistrate Judge Donna F. Martinez in Hartford and were ordered detained.  Detention hearings are scheduled for next week.

The indictment alleges that, beginning in approximately 1998, Christine Miles, her husband Oscar Montoya, and Christy Miles, who is the daughter of Christine Miles, conspired to possess and distribute heroin, oxymorphone, hydrocodone and alprazolam.

On August 4, 2016, members of the North Central Narcotics Task Force and the DEA conducted a court-authorized search of the defendants’ residence at 350 North Street in Windsor Locks and seized a large quantity of various prescription medications, approximately two pounds of marijuana, $10,093 in cash and more than $13,000 in gift cards.

The indictment charges each of the defendants with one count of conspiracy to distribute and to possess with intent to distribute controlled substance, and with one or more counts of possession with intent to distribute, and distribution of, certain controlled substances.

Each of the charges carries a maximum term of imprisonment of 20 years.

The indictment also seeks the forfeiture of the 350 North Street residence, the cash and gift cards seized during the August 2016 search, and more than $700,000 contained in numerous bank accounts.  The seized cash, gift cards and bank accounts have been the subject of a pending civil forfeiture action.

U.S. Attorney Durham stressed that an indictment is not evidence of guilt.  Charges are only allegations, and each defendant is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.

This matter is being investigated by the Drug Enforcement Administration’s Tactical Diversion Squad and the U.S. Marshals Service with the valuable assistance of the North Central Narcotics Task Force and the Windsor Locks, Enfield, Vernon, East Windsor and Manchester Police Departments.  The case is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorneys David X. Sullivan and Michael E. Runowicz.