Willimantic Crack Dealer Sentenced to 57 Months in Prison

John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that BAYOHAN MANGUAL, also known as “YG,” 32, of Willimantic and Hartford, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Michael P. Shea in Hartford to 57 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for distributing crack cocaine, and for violating the conditions of his supervised release from a prior federal conviction.

According to court documents and statements made in court, in February 2014, MANGUAL was sentenced in Hartford federal court to 48 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for distributing crack cocaine and heroin.  He was released from prison in November 2015.

In February 2017, the Drug Enforcement Administration’s Hartford Task Force received information that MANGUAL was distributing large quantities of crack cocaine in the Willimantic area.  In February and March, investigators conducted two controlled purchases of distribution quantities of crack from MANGUAL in Willimantic.  MANGUAL was arrested on March 31 after investigators stopped a car he was driving and seized approximately 55 grams of cocaine from his person.

MANGUAL has been detained since his arrest.  On August 24, he pleaded guilty to one count of possession with intent to distribute and distribution of cocaine base (“crack”), and he admitted to violating the conditions of his supervised release.

Judge Shea sentenced MANGUAL to 33 months of imprisonment on the new drug offense, and a consecutive 24 months of imprisonment for violating the conditions of his supervised release.

The DEA’s Hartford Task Force includes personnel from the DEA Hartford Resident Office and the Bristol, Hartford, East Hartford, Manchester, New Britain, Rocky Hill, Wethersfield, Windsor Locks and Willimantic Police Departments.

This case was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Geoffrey M. Stone.