Stratford Man Pleads Guilty To Drug, Gun Charges: Feds

STRATFORD, CT — A Stratford man faces up to 30 years in prison after pleading guilty to federal drug and gun charges, according to officials.

Luis Colon, also known as “Big Lou” and “Hitman,” 50, pleaded guilty Tuesday to fentanyl distribution and gun possession offenses, Acting U.S. Attorney for Connecticut Leonard C. Boyle announced.

Colon was involved in a conspiracy to distribute fentanyl disguised as oxycodone between July and December 2020, according to officials. Investigators seized approximately 300 fentanyl pills disguised as oxycodone that had been sold by Colon to a co-conspirator, officials said.

Colon was arrested Dec. 16, 2020, after a court-authorized search of his home on Dover Street in Stratford “revealed 11 firearms, numerous rounds of ammunition, approximately 60 fentanyl pills disguised as oxycodone, approximately 61 grams of cocaine with packaging, items used to process and package narcotics for distribution, and approximately $24,800 in cash,” officials wrote in a news release.

Colon’s criminal history includes state convictions for conspiracy to commit murder, assault, weapons, robbery and larceny offenses, according to officials. It is a violation of federal law for a person previously convicted of a felony offense to possess a firearm or ammunition that has moved in interstate or foreign commerce.

Colon pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to distribute and to possess with intent to distribute fentanyl, which carries a maximum term of imprisonment of 20 years, and one count of possession of a firearm by a felon, which carries a maximum term of imprisonment of 10 years. He is scheduled to be sentenced on June 22.