Man, 40, Gets 2 Year Prison Bid For Violating Supervised Release

NEW HAVEN, CT —Forty-year-old Ronald Snape of New Haven was sentenced Tuesday by a U.S. District judge to two years in federal prison for violating conditions of his federal supervised release, according to the Acting U.S. Attorney for Connecticut.

According to court documents and statements made in court, in May 2013, the same judge who sentenced him Tuesday, U.S. District Judge Janet Bond Arterton, sentenced Snape to 105 months of imprisonment and three years of supervised release for distributing crack cocaine. Two years later, in February 2015, Snape’s sentence was reduced to 88 months due to a change in the federal crack cocaine sentencing guidelines.

He was released from prison in June 2019.

On February 20, 2020, Snape was arrested by New Haven police for possession of narcotics with intent to distribute. He pleaded "nolo contendere," — which means a defendant accepts the conviction as though it was a guilty plea but does not admit guilt — in state court and, in January 2021, was sentenced to a suspended three-year prison term and two years of probation.

On May 5, 2021, Snape was again arrested by New Haven police after he was found in possession of approximately eight grams of cocaine, items used to package narcotics for street sale, and more than $4,500 in cash, the U.S. Attorney said. That case is pending in state court.