Man Sentenced For Dealing Oxycodone Dealing In New Britain

HARTFORD, CT — A Hartford man was sentenced to four years in prison for selling oxycodone out of his New Britain grocery store, according to a statement form Leonard C. Boyle, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut. Raul Cabrera-Vasquez, aka "Edgar," 50, will also serve three years of supervised release.

According to prosecutors, in the summer of 2019, the Drug Enforcement Administration New Haven Tactical Diversion Squad and the New Britain Police Department began investigating people who were selling oxycodone pills from Elzier Grocery, located at 1485 Corbin Ave. in New Britain.

Cabrera-Vasquez owned and helped operate Elzier Grocery. Between July and December 2019, investigators made multiple controlled purchases of oxycodone pills from him and others at the store, according to prosecutors.

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

Cabrera-Vasquez was arrested March 1, 2020. He later pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute, and to distribute, oxycodone.

Cabrera-Vasquez, who is released on a $50,000 bond, is required to report to prison July 7.