Branford Police Assist in More "Operation Bloodline" Arrests

Deirdre M. Daly, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that Tiffany Martinez, 24, of New Haven, was sentenced on June 19 by United States District Judge Vanessa L. Bryant in Hartford to 36 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for distributing crack cocaine.        

Martinez is one of more than 100 individuals charged as a result of “Operation Bloodline,” a joint law enforcement investigation targeting narcotics trafficking and gang violence in the Dwight-Kensington and Fair Haven sections of New Haven.  Led by the DEA New Haven Task Force and the New Haven and Hamden Police Departments, the year-long investigation included the use of court-authorized wiretaps on numerous telephones, extensive physical surveillance, controlled purchases of narcotics, execution of search warrants and seizures of narcotics and firearms.  During the course of the investigation, Martinez sold crack cocaine out of a Fair Haven residence on behalf of a co-defendant.

Martinez was arrested on June 5, 2012.  On January 4, 2013, she pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute and to distribute 28 grams or more of cocaine base (“crack”).

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Deirdre M. Daly, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that Amaury P’Dilla, also known as “Audi,” 32, of New York, N.Y., was sentenced today by Senior United States District Judge Ellen Bree Burns in New Haven to 57 months of imprisonment, followed by five years of supervised release, for distributing cocaine.

P’Dilla is one of more than 100 individuals charged as a result of “Operation Bloodline,” a joint law enforcement investigation targeting narcotics trafficking and gang violence in the Dwight-Kensington and Fair Haven sections of New Haven.  Led by the DEA New Haven Task Force and the New Haven and Hamden Police Departments, the year-long investigation included the use of court-authorized wiretaps on numerous telephones, extensive physical surveillance, controlled purchases of narcotics, execution of search warrants and seizures of narcotics and firearms.  The investigation revealed that, between January 2011 and January 2012, P’Dilla supplied wholesale quantities of cocaine to several New Haven-based drug dealers.

On February 13, 2013, P’Dilla pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute, and to distribute, 500 grams or more of cocaine.

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Deirdre M. Daly, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that Robert Morris, 21, of New Haven, was sentenced on June 22 by Senior United States District Judge Ellen Bree Burns in New Haven to 41 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for distributing crack cocaine.

Morris is one of more than 100 individuals charged as a result of “Operation Bloodline,” a joint law enforcement investigation targeting narcotics trafficking and gang violence in the Dwight-Kensington and Fair Haven sections of New Haven.  Led by the DEA New Haven Task Force and the New Haven and Hamden Police Departments, the year-long investigation included the use of court-authorized wiretaps on numerous telephones, extensive physical surveillance, controlled purchases of narcotics, execution of search warrants and seizures of narcotics and firearms.  The investigation revealed that Morris conspired with others to distribute crack.

Morris was arrested on May 22, 2012, and is currently detained.  On February 4, 2013, he pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute, and to distribute, cocaine base (“crack”).
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These matters are being investigated by the Drug Enforcement Administration’s New Haven Task Force, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, and the New Haven, Hamden, West Haven, North Haven, Branford, Ansonia and Meriden Police Departments.  The United States Marshals Service, the Connecticut State Police, the Connecticut Department of Correction, Parole and Community Services and the Milford, Hartford, New Britain, North Branford and Stratford Police Departments have provided valuable assistance to the investigation.        

This case is being prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorneys S. Dave Vatti and Marc Silverman.

Information courtesy of the U.S. Department of Justice