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COLINTY
OF HARTFOR]D
SS:
CITY
OF
HARTF'ORD
May 18,2016
MASTER
AFFIDAVIT
I, Francis
Belhzzi,
be:ingduly swom, depose
and state he following:
1. I havebeenar officerwith the New Britain PoliceDepartment ince 1998. I am
currently
assigned o the U.S. Drug Enforcement
Administration.
Hartford
Resident
Offrce
(DEA-HRO)
in Rocky Hill,
rlonnecticut
as a Task Force
Offrcer
("TFO").
During
my tenue as
a law
enforcement fficer, have
participated
n investigations
nvolving
the
possession
nd sale
of
narcotics
and controlled
substances. havealso attended arious
schools
of
training and
seminars
ealingwith narcotics nvestigations,
nd have
become amiliar with
the methods
and
practices
f narcotics
iolators
and
he
deception
sedby them to avoid
detection
y members
of
law
enforcement gencies.
L:
addition, also eceive
periodic
n-service
raining
relative o
conducting
drug nvestigatio:rs.
2.
I have
written and executed
searchwarrants,
which
have resulted
n
the seizure
of
illegal
drugsand evidence
f drug
violations. I
have
participated
n numerous
nvestigations
involving individualssuspecl.edf distributing llegal drugs,coordinated ontrolledpurchases f
illegal
drugs
utilizing confidential
sources,
ooperating
witnesses nd./or
ndercover olice
officers,
wlitten, obtained
anri coordinated
he execution
of search
and
arrest
warrants
perlaining
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>-distribution-oFitlegaldnrgs,an+s?ok-er+witlr-infor*nafl
s-and-
subjects,
s
well
as
other
ocal,
state
and
ederai
aw enforcement
fficers,
egarding,
he
marurer
in which
drug
distributors
btain,
inance,
tore,
manufacfure,
ranspott,
nd
distribute
heir
illegaldrugs.
3.
I arn
an
nvestigator
r
law
enforcement
fficer
of
the United
States
ithin
the
meaning
f
Title
18,United
States
ode,
Section
510(7),
n that
am empowered
y
law
o
-conduct
nvestigations
nd
rr
make
arrests
or federal
elony
offenses'
4. Based n heaboverainingandexperience,amwell-versedegardinghe
means ndmethods
sed
y
personsnvolved
n the
use,
ossession,ransporlation,
istribution
andsale f
controlled
ubstances,
he
motivation
f
such
ersonsnvolved
n
these rimes,
nd
the
methods
tiiized
o
facil:Ltate
urcotics
distribution.
5.
This affrdavit
s
submitted
n support
f
a request
or
the ssuance
f criminal
complaints
harging
KYLE
PETERSEN,
ARED
MCBRTARTY
andJOHN
CASADEI
with
conspiracy
o distribute,
nd o
possess ith
ntent
o
distribute,
00
grams
r more
of
f'entanyln
violarion f
21 U.S.C.
$
846,
8a1(aXI)
nd8a1(bX1XA).
he
Government
lso
eeks
o
chargePETERSEN
with
portsessionith the
ntent o
distribute,
nddistribution
f,
fentanyl
n
violation
f
21 U.S.C.
$
Sa1(aXl)
nd
841(bX1XC).
inally,
he
Government
lso eekso
charge ESUS
CORREA,
.k.a.
Jumbo,"
CARLOS
ENRIQUEZ,.ISAAC
RTIZ,CHARLES
ORCUTT,DOMINIQUEGRECO ndTOMASZZIOBRONwith conspiracyo distribute,nd
to
possess
ith ntent
o disl.ribute,
ontrolled
ubstances
n
violationof
2l U.S.C.
$$
841(a)(1),
841(bXlXC)
nd
846.
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search
waffants
for
the follo'ving
locations:
(a)
390
Hillhurst
Avenue,
New
Britain,
CT,
which
is the
residence
of
KYLE
PETERSEN,
s a single
amily,
ranch
style
home,
color
brown,
with a
brown
wood
front
door.
The
numerals
390,"
which
ire black
n color,
are affixed
o the
residence
o
the
right
of the
front
door.
(b)
130 Snnrise
Avenue,
New
Britain,
CT,
which
is
the
residence
f
KYLE
PETERSEN's'parents
nd which
s usedby PETERSENas a stash ocation or narcotics nd
narcotics
proceeds,s a single
amily,
rarlch
style
home,
color
an, with
a white
front
door.
The
numerals 130,'which
are
black
n
color, are
affixed
to
the
residence
o the
eft side
of
the
front
door.
(c)
52 Sheila
Court,
Apt.
3 16,
Bristol,
CT, which
is the
residence
f
Joseph
Arpin, JARED
MCBRLARTY'S
uncle,
andwhich
is used
by MCBRIARTY
as a
destination
point for narcotics
shipments
nd
as a
narcotics
stash
ocation.
This
unit
is
part
of
muiti
story
brown
brick
building
ocatedat
the
end of
Sheila
Court.
Apartment
316
is locatedon
the
third
floor. The
number316
s
w:itten
in
the center
of
the
wood
door.
(d)
34 Nicholas
Court,
Bristol, CT,
the
residence
f
JARED
MCBRIARTY,
is
a two story
town
house ype
condominium,
with
the second
loor
having
green
siding
and he
lower being a brick fascia,vrith blackshutters.The number34 is above he front door.
(e)
173 sland
Trail, Morris,
CT,
which
s
the
residence
f JOHN
CASADEI.
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lrt"ien-of
€iantaia{-ak-e'-+h+stru€fi
$€js-a-sin€Jefrr-4.fi
Aome-witl+-
green
rimmed
windows.
The
home
has
a
front
porch
which
has
a
post
that
is marked
with
the
numbers
173
affixed
to
it .
(0
12 Avon
Street,
Enfield,
CT,
the
residence
f
CARLOS
ENRIQUEZ,
which
is a single
amily
horne,
white
in
color,
with
a brown
wood
front
door,
#I7
to
the
right
side
of
the
front
door,
with a
detached
wo
car
garage
on the
southwest
comer
of
Edward
Street
and
Avon
Street.
(g) 273RoodAvenueoWindsor,CT, the residence f CHARLES ORCUTT'
is a single
family
home
at
the end
of
a common
dirt
driveway,
having
a
detached
one-car
garage
and
a
handicap
amp
accessing
he
rear
and
side
doors'
(h) l 13
Country
Squire
Drive.
Apt.
D.,
Cromwell,
CT,
the
residence
f
DOMINIeUE
GRECO,
s
a
single
arnily
condominium
unit.
Access
o
the
unit
is
gained
through
a
coirrmon
green
exterior
door
with
the
gold numerals
1
13,"
above
his
door.
Apt,
D is
Iocated
down
one
light
of
stairs,
has
a
brown
door
with "
113D"
affixed
to
the
door'
(i) l7Z.lth
Street,
Newington,
CT,
the
residence
f
ISAAC
ORTIZ"
s a
duplex
with
tarVyellow
sidirrg
and
brown
shutters,
nd
has
#I72
on
the
eft
side
of the
structue
to the
eft of
the
front
door.
11)
91
Biruta
Street,
New
Britain,
CT,
the residence
f TOMASZZIOBRON,
is a single amily, capestylehorne,colorgreen,with a white front door' The numerals 91,"
which
are
black
and
gold
are
affixed
residence
o
the
right
of
the
front door.
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7.
The facts set
rrth
herein
are based
on
my
personal
knowledge
and
observation
and upon
facts relayed
o me by
other law
enforcement
officers
or obtained
rom
other reliable
sources.
As a
resultof my
personal
articipation n this
investigation,
my
analysis
f
police
and nvestigative
reports and
ntelligence
gathered
hrough
cooperating
sources,
and other
infbrrnation which
I
have reviewed
and
determined
o
be accurateand
reliable,
I submit
the facts
set orth below.
Because
his
affidavit
s submitted
or
a limited
purpose. havenot
ncluded
eachandevery fact I know about his investigation. I have set forth only those actsnecessary o
establish
probable cause or the
requested
riminal
complaints,
arrestwarrants
and
search
warrants.
The Information
from Confidential
Source
I
Regarding
ICYLE PETERSEN
8. On
December
0,
2lls,members
of
the
DEA and
New
Britain
Police Department
conducted n
nterview
of
Confidential
Source
1
(':CS-l")
CS-1
s currently
acing criminal
charges nd
s cooperating
with
law
enforcement
n the hope
of
receiving
consideration
n the
dispositionof
those
charges.CS-l
stated
hat
he/shewas
ntroduced
o
"Ky"
(an
alias
or Kyle
PETERSEN
by
which CS-1
refers o
PETERSEN)
n the winter
of
2014as
a source
of supply
or
pills
and
marijuana.
CS-l stated
hat, n approximately
October
of
20i
5, he/she
eceived
a text
from
PETERSEN
which
indicated
hat PETERSEN
was also selling
entanyl
powder.
CS-i
was
abletoretrievethistextfromhis/herphone.ThetextfromPETERSENstated,.. I@yI
powder
f
you
want
that
-
150a
eram
or
10
grams
or 1000". CS-l
stated
haton
multiple
occasions
e/shb
purchasednarijuana
nd
entanyl rom
PETERSEN'S
house,
which
was
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stated
hat PETERSEN
utilized
multiple
vehicleg
o deliver
drugs,
ncluding
a
grey
Hyundai
Accent,
a white Honda
civic
anda red
Toyota.
CS-l
stated
hat PETERSEN
has
beenusing
he
same
cellular
number,namel'y
60-348-7019
"Target
Telephone
1"), since
he
winter of 2014.
CS-l stated
hat
approximately
85% of the
cellular
communication
he/she
has
with PETERSEN
over Target
Telephone
is via text messaging.
During
this
debriefing
with CS-1, verified
that
"Ky"
in
CS-1's
phone
contact
ist,
which is how
CS-i refers
o PETERSEN,
was
assoc.iatedith
thenumber of TargetTelephone1. Membersof the DEA issuedan administrative ubpoenao
T-Mobile/MetroPCS,
he sendce
rovider
o Target
Telephone.
n
Januaryof 2016,
he
service
"
provider
esponded
o
said
subpoena nd ndicated he subscriber
f TargetTelephone
s Kyle
PETERSEN
with a listed address
f 390
Hillhurst
Avenue n
New Britain. Connecticut.
The
January
7,2016
Controlled
Purchase
of
10
Grams
of
Fentanyl
rom
PETERSEN at 390llillhurst
Avenue,
New
Britain,
CT
9. Basedon the above nformation, he DEA decided o utilize CS-l to conducta
controlled
purchase
f fentan'yl rom PETERSEN. On
January7,2016, a
oint
operation
with
members
of
the New Britain
llolice SSU and he
DEA
took
place.
CS-l
was directed o make
contact with PETERSEN
for the
purposepurchasing
10
grams
of
fentanyl.
In the
presence
of the
officers,
CS-l textedKyle PETERSENon TargetTelephone
. Officers
observedCS-l send
"Ky"
a text message.
CS-1 utilized an -phone o
send he message.
am familiar with iphones
and I
know that
when a conta,;t s selectedrom
the contacts ist
as he
destination or a text
message,
he messages sent
lutomatically
o
the
phone
number
associated ith
the contact. I
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p@@
number
n CS-l's
phone
coniact ist
for "Ky." The text messages
et orth
below havebeen
preserved
s an exhibit and
havebeenmaintained
s evidence.CS-1
and
"Ky," whom I
refer
o
as PETERSEN,
who was
usirrg
Target
Telephone
, had
he following
conversation ia texts.
CS-1:
HEY"
PETERSEN:
Wats
up"
CS-l:
o'You
around"
PETERSEN: Like 4:i min or so"
CS-1:
"Alright
gimmt:
15 min waitingl'
CS-l:
'oHow
long
you
hinkin?"
PETERSEN:
Be horae
n
20 min"
CS-1:
lght
be here
n l0
that
good?"
PETERSEN:
"Yeah
\,vats
otl
wanted"
CS-1: 10 gotsash"
10.
In
stating
l0 I
got
casho"
CS-l
indicateda
desire or
10
grams
of
fentanyl.
Based
on the above
ext communicertion,
S-l was
providedwith
$1000
of officially
appropriated
DEA
fud:
for
the
controlled
purchase.Meanwhile,
prior
to
the ext messaging
onversation
described
bove,
surveillance
lready
had beenestablished
t 390
Hillhurst
Avsnue n New
Britain, Connecticut.
During the
ext
messaging, urveillance
members
observed
n ndividual
leave390 Hillhurst
Avenue
:na white
HondaCivic.
Surveillance
memberswere
able o
follow
the Honda Civic
and observed
he icense
plate
on the vehicle o be
a Connecticut
assenger
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vhiu OB
Columbia
Street n New Brita in. 125ColumbiaStreet n New Britain is
a known former address
for
PETERSEN.
The
Civic'was
ollowed
o an address
n
Windsor,Connecticut.
After a
period
of
time, the Civic
was
obsenredeaving he Windsor address nd
raveling directlyback
o
the
PETERSEN
home
at390 Hillhurst Avenue_in ew Britain.
CS-1
was
then deployed o the
PETERSEN
home. Prior to
CS-l
ieaving o meetwith PETERSEN,
CS-l andhis/hervehicle
was
searchedor contraband
which
yielded
negative esults.
CS-l was outfitted
with
a
covert
audioand video recorder,a secondary udio ecorderand a transmitter o that aw enforcement
personnel
ould monitor the
meetingwith
PETERSEN.
Surveillance
eam members
bserved
CS-1 walk to front
door of 31)0Hillhurst Avenueand,
a short ime later, he front
door opened.
.
A surveillance
officer then
olserved
PETERSEN
within the home at
the threshold
of the front
door.
CS-1 hen entered he homeand
he
front
door closed.
A short ime later.
CS-l was
observed
eaving he home
via the same ront door.
I l.
Following
the controlled
purchase,
CS-1 was directed o
travel o
a
predetermined
location.
Once at
the
ocatio.n,
he orderedamount
of suspectedentanyl
was retrieved
by case
officers from
CS-l. CS-1 wers ebriefed
and,
n
sum,
CS-1
relayed
he following
events
of the
transaction.
He/she
went to
PETERSEN'S
house,PETERSEN
answered
he door
and CS-l
went
nside.
Once nside,PE'|ERSEN
handedhim/her
he fentanyl,he/she
gave
PETERSEN
he
money,meaning he $1000 of offrcially appropriatedundswhich wasprovidedby the officers.
12.
After
the debriefing,members
f the DEA HRO
transportedhe
suspected
fentanyl
o the DEA Hartford
office. The suspectedentanyl
had
a
gross
weight
(including
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ffi
tested
he
white
powdery
sutrstance
y
using a
specialopiates
eagent
est
kit
which resulted
n
a
positive
reaction
for
the
presrlrlce
f
oxycodone
and fentanyl.
On January
13,
2016,
members
of
the
Hartford
DEA
delivered -he
white
powdery
substance
o the
DEA
Northeast
Laboratory
n
New
York.
On January
75,1'.A76,
Senior
Chemist
of the DEA
Northeast
Laboratorycontacted
a member
of the Hartford
DIiA
office
and stated he
substance
ubmitted
was acetyl fentanyl
mixed
with a
fonn of
starch
as
he cutting
agent). No
other controlled
substance
r
adulterants
werepresent.Basedon my l,nowledge, rainingand experience,entanyl ypically comes n
powder
form, though
there hitve been nstances
where
fentanyl
is used
as an ingredient n
the
uniawful
manufacture
of oill;.
The
February
16,2016Controlled Purchaseof 15 Grams of Fentanyl
13.
On
February16,2476,
case
agentsmet
with
CS-1 at a
pre-arranged
ocation or
the
purpose
of
making lrane;ementso
buy
15
grams
of fentanyl rom PETERSEN.
CS-1 and
CS-1's vehicle
were searcheclor
contraband nd nonewas ound. Meanwhile.
surveillance
units
were deployed
o the
arla of
PETERSEN'S esidence
t
390
Hillhurst Avenue, In
the
presence
f another aseagentand
me, CS-1 began o send
ext messageso "Ky" from his
contact ist, which had been
previously
verified by caseagents o
be associated ith Target
Telephone. Between
:50p.m.
nd7:58p.m.,CS-l
and
Ky,"
whom
I
refer o asPETERSEN,
who wasusing TargetTeleptLone,engagedn the following series f texts(whichhavebeen
preserved
s an exhibit andnraintained s
evidence):
CS - I :
t tYo t t
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PETERSEN:
Wats
up"
CS-1:
"You still got the fent?"
PETERSEN:
Yeah"
CS-1:
"You,ilound
right
now?"
PETERSEN:
"Yeah
I'm
home"
CS-1:
"Can
I
grab
15"
PETERSEN:
"Yeah"
CS-1:
"Still
100
each"
PETERSEN: How
onebout
o takea
shower"
CS-1 :
"10
-15"
PETERSEN: "Yeatr'o
PETERSEN:
You
s;till
ot
a balanceooof 1950"
CS.1 : "Yeah kno#'
PETERSEN: "ok"
14. CS-l
was herr
provided
$1500
n
approved unds andwas alsooutfitted
with an
audio
and video recordingdevice,a secondary
udio ecorderand also
a
transmitter
o hat case
agents
ould monitor
the transaction.Prior to CS-l leaving o
meetwith PETERSEN,
CS-1
and
hisArer
ehicle was
searchedor contraband
hich
yielded
negative esults.
CS-l was hen
followed
by me and
anotheroaseagent
o
the area
of
Hillhurst
Avenuewhere he
surveillance
team
hat had beenstationed
:arlier
ook over he
observations.
CS-1 was under
constant
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survei lanCe
atth-ilJime an?l,
team member
eported
hat a male
with
light hair and a dark hooded sweatshirt
with lighter
sleeves
xited he residence
t 390 Hillhurst
Avenue
and hen went back o tlre
houseat 8:10p.m.
The
surveillance
eam member
stated
hat the individual
was similar in
appearanceo
PETERSEN
but.
due o the dirn lighting conditions and he fact
that the
individual
was smoking,
the
surveillance eammembe,r
ould
not
positively
state hat t
was
PETERSEN.
15. At approximately
:12p.m.. S-l arrivedat
PETERSEN'S
ome,went o the
front door which wasopenedand henCS-l went nside. About one minute ater,CS-l exited
PETERSEN'S
home andwalkedback across
he street. Seconds
ater.
a
surveillance
eam
member
observedCS-l's
vehicle eaving he areaand hen,within seconds,CS-1's
vehiclecame
back within my view and CS-1 hen
ollowed me and another aseagent
o
a
pre-determined
meeting ocation. CS-l
was n constant
iew and did not
make
any
other stopson the way.
At
the meet ocation,CS-l tume:d ver
the suspected
entanyl
o caseagentsand
caseagents lso
took custodyof
the
transmittsr
and
he recordingdevices.
CS-1 and CS-i's
vehiclewere
searched or contraband
and nonewas
found.
The suspected
entanyl
had a
gross
weight
(including
packaging)
f uppr*i-
ately
46.7
grams. DEA lab analysis onfirmed
hat
he
substance as acetyl
entanyl.
The March
1,2016,Controlled
Purchase
of
28 Grams of
Fentanyl at
130
Sunrise
Avenue,New
Britain, CT
16.
On
March 1,2016,
CS-1was
utilized
o
conduct
controlled
urchase
f an
ounceof
fentanyl rom
PETIIRSEN.
Plior to
the controlled
purchase,
urveillance
eam
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then
met
with
me and
another
ase
agent
at
a
pre-determined
ocation.
CS-l
was nstructed
o
make
contact
with PETERSIIN
on Target
Telephone
.
While
in
the presence
f
case
agents.
CS-1
senta
seriesof
text
messages
o "Ky"
from
his
contact
ist
which
had
been
previously
verified
to
be associated
ith Target
Telephone
.
I
observed
hat CS-1
sent he
text
messages
o
"Ky.o'
CS-1
had the
following
text
messages
which
were
preserved
s
an exhibit
and
maintained
as evidence)
hread
with "Ky,"
whom
I refer
to
as PETERSEN,
who
was using
TargetTelephone .
CS-1:
..HEY''
PETERSEN:
'Wats
LLp"
CS-1:
"Shit
ust
outta
work
you
around?"
PETERSEN:
"I will
be
n like
a hourwats
uD"
CS- I :
CS-1 :
'T{eed
that oz
we
talked
about"
"Same
shit as ast irne risht?"
PETERSEN:
"Ok
cool 'll
text
vou
assoon
as
'm
around"
PETERSEN;
"Yeah"'
CS-l:
"Sweethit me
up
asap
give
me a 15 min waming
if
you
can
ryin
plan
shit out"
PETERSEN:
'(Ok"
Here,when CS-l referred o "'need haloz," and"sameshit as ast ime,o'CS-1was ref'erringo
an ounce
or 28
grams
of fentmyl, the
samesubstancehat he
had
acquired
during he February
16. 2016.
ransaction
escribed
bove.
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n-asked+e-rnake+eensensm$rreeorde-d
hene-eal-1-t@
Telephone
1. CS-1
was directed
o ask
PETERSEN
or
the
best
possible
price
or
the ounce
and
to inform
PETERSEN
hat
CIS-Iwas
going
o
give
PETERSEN
2,800.00.
CS-t
wasalsoable
to
explain
o PETERSEN
hat he
difference
n the
cost
of the
ounce
and he
$2,800.00
ould
be
kept
by
PETERESEN
o pay
down the
CS-1'sdrug
debt. At
approximately
:52p.m.,
n
the
presence
f myself
and another
ase
agent,
CS-1 called
"Ky" from
his contact
ist. I
askedCS-1
to
show
me
ooKy's"
number
and I verified
hat
"Ky's" number
n
the contact
ist
continued
o be
associated ith TargetTelephoneL CS-I andPETERSEN, who was using TargetTelephone1,
irad
he following
conversati,)n:
PETERSEN:
"Hello"
CS-1:
"Yoo"
PETERSEN:
Whats
up"
CS-1:
"Not
mueh
sory
to bug
you
umm I know
I owe
you
money urnd"
PETERSEN:
"Yup"
CS-1
:
'o{Jmm
basically
'm Jooking
or
the
best
price
you
can
do this
for me I'm going
o come
at
you
with twenty
eight hunrlred
2,800)
and whatever
yolr
can do
for
it
just
take
the rest
off the
tab.
PETERSEN:
All
risht"
CS-l: "All dsht"
PETERSEN:
"I will be
able
o do or
you
at 25
so et
you
ake
3 off'
CS-l:
"All
right
all
r:ight"
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CS-l:
"Yup hat
souLnds
ood"
PETERSEN:
All
right"
CS-l:
"All
right
callme
when
ou're
lose"
PETERSEN:
All
right"
CS-1:
"All
right
peace"
PETERSEN: l'm
going
o
have
ou
meet
onum Sunrise"
CS- l :
( (Ok ' r
PETERSEN: "All
right"
CS-l:
"Sounds
ood
bye"
PETERSEN:
"Peace"
Here,
basedon
my conversalion
with
CS-i
and my training
and
expeiience,
whenPETERSEN
said hat he could do
it
"at
2ji so et
you
take 3 off," he was
ndicating hat he would
provide
he
requested unceof
fentanylat
$2500
and
hat he remaining
$300
hat CS-1
ntended o
pay
would be
used o
pay
$300
owards
he drug
debtowed by
CS-l.
18.
I then old the surveillance
eam hat
he controlled
purchase
would
be
happening
at 130 SunriseAvenue
n New
Britain, CT.
The address f
130 SunriseAvenue s the
ast known
addressor Kyle
PETERSEI.tr's
arents. CS-1 hadalso
mentioned
hat he/shehad
previously
purchased rugs rom PETEIRSEN t PETERSEN'Sparents'home on Sunr iseAvenue.
Meanwhile, urveillance
nits
moved o the
area f 130Sunrise
venue. Case gentshen
searched S-1 and
his/herve:hicle
or contraband
nd excess
money with negative esults. CS-1
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irapprove*fi
ds-and-ra
transaction,
n
audio
and
video ecording
evice
anda
secondary
ecording
evice.
19.
At
approximately
:05p.m.,
surveillance
eam
member
bsewed
n
ndividual
leave
390
Hillhurst
Avenue
by way
of
the ront
door
and
enter
he
driver's
seat
f a silver
or
white
sedan
earing
Connecticut
icense late
838-)StrL.
hisplate
s
assigned
o
a2005
Hyundai
Elantra
egistered
o Adam
Trulsen
f
125Columbia
treet
n New
Britain.
CT.
It
should
e
noted
hat
PETERIIEN
ad
a
previous
ddress
f
125
Columbia
treet
n
New
Britain,
CT. At approximatly7:15p.m., nother urveillanceeammember bservedhesameHyundai
drivepast
him
on Abbe
Streetn
New Britain
130
Sunrise venue
s located
t he ntersection
of
Sunrise
venue
andAbbe
Street
).
Thedriver
of the Hyundaiparked
on Abbe
Streetn front
of 130
Sunrise
venue.
A sfrortime ater,
surveillance
eam
member
bserved
n ndividual
exit
hedriver's
seat nd
wall<n to 130
Sunrise venue.
At approximately
:23p.m., S-1
was
seen
arking
n Abbe
Street
n
front
of
theHyundai.
Surveillance
bserved
S-1exit he
vehicle
nd
walk directly n to 130
Sunrise venue.At approximately
:25p.m., urveillance
observed
S-1walk
out of 1-I0Sunrise venue
nddirectly ack o the
CS-1's
ehicle,
he
detective
henobserved
S-1driveaway. Case gentshen ollowed
he
CSdirectlyback
o a
predetermined
ocation.
20.
Af themeetinggocation,
ase
gents
ookcustody
f
the
suspectedentanyl
nd
the ransmitter nd ecording evicesromCS-1. CS-1andhislher ehiclewere earchedgain
for contraband
ndexcess
oneywith negativeesults.CS-l then elayed
he
ollowing
details
of
the
controlled
urchase.
S-1
parked
n front
of thehouse
ndwasable
o see
PETERSEN
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staredTh@
I
walked
o thehome
owards
hedoor
on he
Abbe
Street
ide,
where he
CS
observed
PETERSEN
t he
hreshold
f the
door.
CS-l
then
ollowed
PETERSEN
nto
he
home.
CS-i
handed
ETERSEN
he
$2,800.00,
hich
PETERSEN
ropped.
CS-l picked
p
hemoney
nd
handed
t
to PETERSEN.
n turn,
PETERSEN
ave
CS-1
he
plastic
agconraining
he entanyl.
While
nside
he
home,
CS-l
observed
n the
comer
of the irst
loor an
older emale
watching
television
who
heCSassuned
o
bePETERSEN'S
other.
CS-l andPETERSEN
ad
a
conversationboutall thereriovationshatPETERSEN addone o the homeand he wo then
parted.
DEA
lab analysis
asr onfirmed
hat he
substance
cquired
wasacetyl
entanyl
with
a
net
weight f
27.8
grams.
The Wiretap
Authorizations
21.
On March23,2016,
United
States istrictJudge
Michael
P. Shea uthorized
he
interception
f wireand
electronicommunications,
ncluding
ext
messages,
ccurring
ver
Target
Telephone
used
y F'ETERSEN.nterceptionsursuant
o
that
Order egan
n March
24,2016
nd
emrinatedn April 21,2016.
During his
period
of interception,
ARED
MCBRIARTY
was
dentified
sPETERSEN'S
ource f supply or fentanyl,
mong
ther
substances.
22.
On April 22,2016,
United StatesDistrict
JudgeMichael
P, Shea ignedan order
authorizing he continued nte:rceptionf wire and electronic ommunications.ncluding ext
messages,
ccurringover TargetTelephone
. In addition,
pursuant
o
the April22,2016,
Order,
JudgeShea
also authorized
he
nitial interception
f
wirb
and electronic ommunications,
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including
ext
messages,
ccurring
o
Telephone
")
which is
a
preoaid
phone
with
no
subscriber,s
serviced
y AT&T
and s
usedby
MCBRIARTY,
Interception
f the content
of communications
ccurring
over Target
Telephone
1
pursuant
o the
April 22
Or,Jercommencedon
April 25,2076,
and nterception
of the content
of communications
occurring
over
Target Telephone
2
pursuant
o thai sameOrder
beganon
April
23, 2016.
The monitoring
of
TargetTelephones
and 2
pursuant
o the Apfl
22 Orderare
currently
on-going.
During tlie interieption of TargetTelephone
, JOHN CASADEI was
identifiedas MCBRIARTY'l; sourceof supply.
23
On May I 0, 2016,JudgeShea
ssued
an
order
authorizing
he nterception f wire
and electroniccommunications,ncluding ext
messages, ccurringover a
cellular
elephone
assigned
umber
(203)
606-7401
"Target
Telephone "), which is
assigned
o a cellular
telephone
ervicedby
T-Mobile/MetroPCS,
ubscriber nknown,and
which is usedby
CASADEL Monitoring of
TargetTelephone
is
presently
on-going.
24. In addition o
r:he
dentification
of MCBRIARTY and
CASADEI
as
sources
f
supply,a
number of individuals
were dentified rom
wire intercepts
nd surveillance s
distribr-rtorsf narcoticswho are
supplied
by PETERSEN.
A representativeampling
of the
interceptswhich set orth the relationship
etween
PETERSEN,
his
suppliers
ndhis
re-
distributorsare set
orth
belo'ru.
At this
time,
precise erbatim
ranscripts
ave
not
beenmadeof
intercepted ommunications.Conversations nd extsare summarized s closelyaspossible o
the actual
anguageusedby the
participants nd, rom
time to time, somekey
phrases
sedby
the
participants
are
n
quotes.
To the extent
hat certain
coded wot'dsor slang
phrases
an be
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ofeach
call.
The
April 1,2016,
F,entanylTransaction
Involving
PETERSEN
and
MCBRIARTY
25.
On March24,2016,
n
session at approximately
:26p.m.,MCBRLARTY,
using
Target
Telephone ,
spoke o PETERSEN
who was using TargetTelephone
1. MCBRIARTY
said
"Tracking showsone of
them
got
there
yesterday."
PETERSEN eplied
"one did. he called
me at like 5:30 ast night." IVICBRIARTY espondedn
summary,okay, okay, cool.
PETERSENadded n substancel'm not sure f onegot there oday. I just tried gettinghold of
him
he said
he's in class. MCBRIARTY
replied hat
"he
said
one's on the truck right now,
so...or that's
what t showson tracking,so
he could
get
anotherone
oday." In this call, I
believe,basedon
my training;and xperience,
hat
PETERSENand
MCBRIARTY
are
discussing
paCkages
f
narcotics hat are
n transit.
PETERSEN
ndicated hat his courier
had
receivedone
and MCBRIARIY
indicated hat
his source
had said another
was n
transit
i.e.
"on
the truck
now"). Immediately
prior
to
this call with
PETERSEN,
MCBRIARTY
had
contact
with telephone
umber
860-307-2894
ccording
o
call detail
ecords
or TargetTelephone
.
26. On
March26,2016,
at approximately
l:3la.m.
in session
T},PETERSEN,
using
Target
Telephbne
1, spoke
o MCBRIARTY,
who was using
Target
Telephone .
In
the
call,
PETERSEN
asked
s the:re
arryway
I can
get
in touch
with them
today. MCBRIARTY
said
um you didn't getum hold on. You didn't get"the 3" today. PETERSEN eplied yeahI got3.
i
got
3 this week."
MCBRIA.RTY
replied
alright, alright.
Um no.
I
gotta
meetup with
him, uh,
probably
ometime
oday...the
ext one
olling,so
he
next onewill
probably
ndup
being
you
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replied
"alright
cool."
PETE)RSEN
hen
added
did
he ell
you
about
he
other hing
yet."
MCBRIARTY
answered
m, let
me
find
out
when
talk
to him.
It
should,
cause
e
was
saying
that
he
|MCBRIARTY
stutters]..he
aid
he
was
gressing
hat
t'd
be sometime
next week
so n
that
case t
should
probably
re. PETERSEN
epliedyeah
hat's
what I'm
hoping
cause
I
got
people
stressing
me."
MCBIUARTY
responded
oh
I know,
I know
flaughs]
um
yeah.
um I
know,
let
me find
out. I'm
a
call
and ind
out."
PETERSEN
hen added
yeah
give
him a
call
andgiveme a call whenyou geta chance."MCBRIARTY saidalright I'll talk to you soon.
Call
detail
records or
Target
Telephone
2
show that immediately
after this
call
u'ith
)
PETERSEN,
MCBRIARTY
next
six
contacts
were
with
telephone
number
860-307-2894,
which
led
case
agents
o believe hat
he user
of that
phone
s MCBRIARTY'S
source
of
supply
or
narcotics
hat
he in turn
provides
o PETERSEN.
27.
On March29,2A16,
n session
82at 72:45a.m,,
ETERSEN,
who was
using
Target
Telephone
,
receivecl
text messagerom
an ndividual
using elephone umber
860-
558-0920
which is subscribed
n the nameof
CharlesOrcutt,
3 RachelRoad,
Windsor
Locks,
CT. CS-1 has
previously
nformed
caseagents
hat PETERSEN
supplies
entanyl
or re-
distribution
o ORCUTT. ln this
text, he userof the
860-558-0920
hone
nquired
n summary:
is
there"any fent
around". I
r:hink
my boy
wants a half
g."
Basedon
my training
and
experience,his meant hat he userof thatphonehada customer or a half gramof fentanyl. In
session
84, moments ater,
PETERSEN eplied
n
a
text in
summary hat
he
was waiting for
"it
like
Wednesday."
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was
using Target
Telephone
1, received
an
ncoming
ext message
rom
860-335-6889
subscribed
o
William Gorzalea32
Meadowlark
Rd., Enfield,
CT. This
phone
has
previously
.
been
dentified
asbeing
usedby CarlosENRIQUEZwho
CS-1
hasexplained
also
acquires
fentanyl
and marijuana
rom PETERSEN. Here, n
this text, ENRIQUEZ
stated n
summary hat
if
you
could
ust
let me know
what's
going
on that would be
great
told
her
everyone
Wednesday nd everybody'shoundingme. At
approximately1:42p'm.
n
session 35,
PETERSEN.usingTargetTelephone1, textedback n sunmary that yeah 'm waiting on my
guy
he offed rny shit while I
'was
gone
now
Iom
waiting,
t
shouldbe
here
anyday.
At 1:45p.m.
in session
40,
ENRIQUEZ
texted
PETERSEN n summary,
uestion
do
you
still have
he
"big
bag hat
you
store
t in or
yeu
throw
it
away."
In session 42 at approximately
1:46p.m.,
ENRIQUEZtexted
again n swnmary
if
you
still have
t
you
can
probably
"shake
a
good
amount..I
got
half
g
out of thr: sandwich
ag...still
money." ln session 44,
at approximately
I
:48p.m.,PETERSEN,
usingTarget
Telephone1,
replied n substance
hat: t's
gone
my boy rid
of
it
on
me I had "like
6oz
sitting"
so
when told
you
I would be back
n a few days
expectedt
to
be herebut
that wasn't
he
case
he
offed
t andnow
"I
am stuck
waiting I thought
had
plenty."
At 1:50p.m.
n session 48,
PETERSEN, sing
Target
Telephone
, nformed
Enriquez
via text that "I'll hit
you
as soon
as t is my
hands." In this
seriesof texts,based
on my
training
andexperience, believe hal PETERSENandENzuQUEZ arediscussinghe availabilityof
fentanyl. When ENRIQUEZindieated
hat PETERSEN
could "shake'a
good
amount",
he
s
clearly discussing haking
any
remnants f
powder
rom a
bag n which PETERSEN
storedsome
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money
rom
a
sale.
PETERSIEN
ndieated
hat
he was
waiting
onhis
source
o
provide
new
supply
and
hat
he
wouldnotif
ENRIQUEZ
s
soonas
hehad
eceived
t.
29.
On
March
30,20l6,between
pproximately
:12p.m.
ndT:16p.m.sessions
93,
995,997,999
nd1001),
E:|ERSEN,
sing arget
elephone
, had
a
series
f texts
with he
then
Unidentified
ale
UM,tuser
f
203-213-9028
ubscribed
o Bobby
ohnson,4T0I.ewis
Avenue,
Meriden,
CT. Initially,
UM inquiredn
substance:
asup
hat fent."
PETERSEN
respondedn summaryhat 'm still waiting hedude s kiltingme t should ehereanyday.
PETERSEN
hen
sent nother
extstatingn substarrce
'll
let
you
know
and ollowed
hat
with
another,text
tating imply
F'riday."
UM
replied Ok.'o
Here,
UM was
equesting
entanyl
nd
PETERSEN
nformed
im
thathe expectedis
sourceo have
ome y
Friday
April
1).
30.
OnMarch
0,2016, t
approximately207p.m.
n session
10,PETERSEN,
usingTarget
Telephone
.
ter:ted 47-891-81
8 andstatedn
substance:
mallest do s
"a gram
its
$
150" if they
want o buy
:he
oz
$2800."
On Marc 30,2016,in
ession
i26 at
approximately
:1lp.m., ETERSEN
eceived
phone
all
onTarget elephone rom
a UM
usingphone
number
47-891-8118. M said n
summary
o, got
a
question
o ask
you.
My
girl's
brother oesn'tarow
c'o
much
about hatsfuff,
andhe
doesn'twant
o start
off"at
the
gram"
U/I]
for "a
sample
ust
to try it
out."
PETERSENeplied
n substance
hat
U/I]
is a
sample ddedhat l normalllr nly sell, ike,ounces f thatshit." UM thensaidno, the
fentanyl."
PETERSENesponded
eah,
the
gram
basicallys thesample.
You heard?"
UM
then
said
n
summary
eah.
'hat'swhat
just...a
ot
of
people
cut
hat
shit
with
theirshit,"so
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consistent
with
fentanyl
pric:ing
e
hadpreviously
provided
o
CS-1,
pETERSEN
informed
his
UM
that
he
smallest
ncrem,:nt
n
which
he
sold
entanyl
was
a
gram
or
$150.
UM
explained
that
he
had
customer
hat
wanted
a smaller
sample
o
use
as cut.
Based
on my
training
and
experience"
entanyl
nowadays
s
being
used
as
a cut for
heroin
o make
a morepotent
substance.
31.
On
March
29,2076,
at approximately
1
38a.m.
n
session
55,
PETERSEN,
using
Target
Telephone
1, reoeived
a call from
Target
Telephone
used
by
MCBRIART}.
It
shouldbe noted hatat thispoint the userof theTargetTelephone wasknown only as UM as
MCBRIARTY
was not identified
as he
useruntil
subsequent
vents
on Friday,
April 1.
The
following
is
a summary
of th:
essential
ubstance
f
the
call.
During
the
call, PETERSEN
asked
"any
word
on
that other
hing:yet?"
MCBRIARTY
replied
n pertinent
part
that um,
"l know
it
left."
MCBRIARTY
added
n substance
hat t
left
over here...just
waiting
on it. I'll
talk to
my
boy
a little
bit later
and see f
there's
an updateon that.
But I know "a
few
daysago t ieft
over
there."
PETERSEN
eplied
1up.
You're waiting
or it
too right?
PETERSEN
esponded
right
shit, I
got
"peoplebugging
me for it"
and he added
alright well
I
guess
t is what
t is. It'Il
get
here'when
t
gets
here.
MCBRIARTY
replied 'll keep
you
posted.
Here,
based
on my training
and
experience
nd subsequent vents,
believe hat
MCBRIARTY
is PETERSEN'S
source
or
fentanyl
and explained o
PETERSEN
that a supply
of fentanyl
was on its
way and that he
would
inform PETERSEN ssoonas t arrived. On March30,2016,at approximately 2:22p.m.in
session
24,
MCBRIARTY,
using TargetTelephone
,
calledPETERSEN.
In the
call.
PETERSEN,
singTarget
Telephone
, said n
summary o,
hey all
iere
'm'Just
waiting
on
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that
other hing."
If that
thin;gcould
and
epliedn
substance
know
know,
me oo. Yeahum, 'ma let
you
knowassoon s
get
anyword
on hatbeinganycloser,Here.
believe
PETERSEN
old MCBRIARTY hathehad
customershat
wereanxious o obtain
entanyl
and
was
seeking
status
n
the
availabilityof
fentanS'l
rom MCBRIARTY.
32.
On
Friday, prril ,2016,
tapproximately
:06p.m.n
session
275.
MCBRIARTY,usingTarget eiephone
, called
ETERSEN n Target elephone
andsaid n
substalcelright
we
"all
gooC."
Um, 'll
beable o um,
'm gonna osee im. I'mameet p
with
him n few souh...I'll
just
give
you
a call assoon
as 'm back
n the
area.
PETERSEN
replied
eah.
Wonderful
ry to
give
mea call
assoon
as
possible.
MCBRIARTY
esponded
got
you.
It'll
probably
e ike an
houror so.
PETERSEN
aid
alright.
MCBRTARTYhen
added
probably
ike
anhour
and
a
haif something
ike
hat. An
houranda
half
et
mesee. yeah
bout
5:30-6 hould
e. PETERSEN
aidalright,
nd hen
MCBRIARTY
epiiedalright
man.
I'll call
you
soon.
The
call hen
ende,d. pproximately
ifteen
minutes
ater,at
4:27p.m.
n session
1287.
PETERSEN,
singTalget
Telephone
, exted
ENzuQUEZ
nd
aid n substance:
hat
s
here
going
o
grab
t"
from he
guy
n
anhour.
Based
n my
training,
xperience
nd eview
of
intercepts
n this case.
believe
hat
MCBRIARTY
was
planning eeing
is source
ecause
here
wasa batch
f fentanyl
vaililble
nd
hat
he n turn
expected
o
provide t to PETERSEN.
n
tum, PETERSEN
as
ettingENRIQUE whohadbeennquiringabout entanyl sdescribed
above
hat he supply
hadarrived.
Y
hurqt
uP 'd aPPrectatet,
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33. At
6:28p.m.
nApri
2,
called
PETERSEN
nd nfbrmed
him during
he
call
n substance
hat
just
gotta
un o
Middletown
andback. PETEIRSEN
epiiedalright. MCBRIARTY
hen
said n summary:
ut
this
imewhen 'm on my
wa;y ack
you
can
ust
meetmeover
here.PETERSEN aid n
substance
lright. You wanna
ust
catchme on
your
way? Or did
you
already eave?
MCBRIARTY
saidnah, already
eft,
underscoring
hathe ravelswith his
phone
n his
possession.
ETERSENhensaidalright, o
ust
call
mewhen
you
get
back. MCBRIARTY
agreed. t 6:3lp.m.n session350, ETERSENpokeo ENRIQUEZaoanformed im n
substance
hat:
just
talked o the
guy.
The
guy
ust
gotta
shoot o Middletown
eal
quick
cause
hehad o hit some
tore efc,ret
closes
guess.
And assoon
ashe
gets
back rom
Middletown
I'm
gonna
e
able o
go
see
,im. So should
e
going
o
get
t myseif
n like anhourand hen
should
be on my way
o
you.
Here,
PETERSEN
as nformingENRIQUEZ,
oneof
his fentanyl
customersohathe would
be
picking
up
a supply
rom
his source nd
henwould
come
andsee
ENRIQUEZTight
fter.
34.
OnApril
1,at approxirnateiy
:18p.m.
n session
381,
ETERSEN,
singTarget
Telephone
,spokeo MCBITIARTY
who
wasusing
Target
Telephone
. The
ollowing
s
a
swnmary f the
conversation,
CBRIARTY
said
'm
just.
Hm...l'm
grabbing
burger ight
now. PETERSEN
aid
alright.
MCBRIARTY
said
'm
gonna ive
you
a call. I'll be
back
n
the
roads..mm,hit,youknowwhat.Mm, holdon uck Alright, 'll callyou n a fewminutes,
PETERSENaidalright.
At7:48p.m.
n
session
383,
MCBRIARTY,
whowas
using
arget
Telephone , spoke
gainwith
PETERSEN.
who
wasusing
Target
Telephone
PETERSEN
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few
minutes.
PETERSEN
said
alright.
MCBRIARTY
said
alright.
Hmmm.
Just...yeah,
'll
probably
ust.
You
know
what.
,just
call
me when you get
off
the
exit
cause
might
meet
you
at
o'my
unkos
pot."
PETERSEI{
esponded
lright,
t's
only
gonna
ake
me
3 or
4 minutes
o
get
there.
I'm
at the
exit
anyway
cause
my house
s
literally
right
at the highway.
MCBzuARTy
replied yeah,
yeah,
call
me when
you
are
coming
up
on the exit.
Cause
gotta
un
right
out
anyvvays
o I'm
already eadl'
o leave,
'd rather
ust
meet
you
down the
street
o I don't
goffa
haveyou come o my house ust or me to,you know for bothof us come n andout. You know
what
I mean?
PETERSEN
said hat works.
Subsequently,
hey
agreed o
talk
with eachother
n
a few
minutes
at
which
point
this
call
ended. At7:57p.m.
n
session 384,
hey
spoke
again.
Here,
MCBRIARTY
said n
substance
eah,
ust
meet
over "his spot."
I'mma
walk
out my
door
right
now. PETERSEN
eplied
alright.
35.
Knowing
that
a
narcotics
ransaction
was mminent
betweenPETERSEN
and
MCBRIARTY,
surveillance
nits
were established
n the
areaof PETERSEN's
home.
Surveillance
nits
observedPETERSEN's
veldcle eave
Hillhurst Avenue
n New
Britain
(the
street
on which
his residence
is
located)
and drive
on
to
Slater Road and
quickly
on to Interstate
84 to Route
72
West owardsBristol.
Surveillance
nits were not
able o follow PETERSEN
because
e
was driving at
a high rate
of speed oupled
with rainy
conditions.
At approximately
5:08:04PM (PacificDaylightTime- being8:08:04PM eastem ime),precision ata ocation n
PETERSEN'S
phone
brought
surveillance
.rnitso the area
of
an apartment omplex
ocated
at
the
end of
Sheila
Court
n
Brir;tol.
At approximately
:22pm,DEA
Task Force
Officer
(TFO)
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assigned
o
a20A9,3hevy
Tahoe
color
black
to
Jared
MCBRIARTy
dob:
57
Vivian
Drive
Berlin,
CT
).
TFO
Poulin
drove
by the
vehicles
and
had
a clear
view
of
PETERSEN
meeting
with
a
vyhite
male.
TFO
Poulin
ater
established
fixed
surveillance
location
and
was
able
o
view
PETERSEN
and
MCBRIARTY
meeting.
it
should
be noted
hat
PETERSEN
and
MCBRIAR'|Y
were
already
meetingprior
to
TFO
Poulin's
observations.
A
DMV
photo
was
ordered
or,Iared
MCBRIARTY
DOB
,r,
BDdTFO
Poulin
was
able
to positivelydentify he ndi'ridualn thephotoas hesame ersonwith whompETERSENwas
meeting.
Knowing
hatPETIIRSEN
ad
planned
o meet
with
Carlos
ENRIQUEZ,
urveillance
units
were
deployed
o addresrses
n
Enfield
associated
ith
ENzuQUEZ,
o inciude
2
Avon
Street
n
Enfield,
CT.
36.
At
approximat;ly
:34p.m.
n
session
392,
PETERSEN,
sing
Target
elephone
1,
spoke
with
ENRIQUEZwtLo
sked
n
substance:
ou
on
he oad?
ETERSEN
eplied
n
sunmary
just
eft
my
buddy's lace
o
should
e iterally
on
he
oad
o
you
n 10
minutes.
ENRIQUEZ
said
lright.
"You
already
ot
t wi th you?"
PETERSEN
aid yeah,
just
picked
t
up."
Enriquez
aid
alright,
word.
So
you
are
gonna
ehere n
what
40 minutes?
PETERSEN
said
yeah,
bout
hat.
Enriquez
esponded
lright
nan.
'll
see
ou
here.
At approximately
9:1
5p:m.
n
session
404,
PETERSEN
exted
Enriquez
hathe
was ike
i 0
min
away.
At
approximately:25pm, FO ,emaire bservedETERSEN'sehicle arkon AvonStreetn
front
of #12
(which
s
a
single
amily
home).
FO
Lemaire
hen
observed
ETERSEN
xit
his
vehicle
nd
walk
up
he
drivervay
elonging
o l2
Avon
Street.
Minutes
ater.
TFO
Lemaire
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driveway
and
directly
back
rr o
his vehicle.
Based
on
my training,
experience,
he
content
of
intercepts
and
surveillance
observations,
believe
that PETERSEN
acquired
a
quantity
of
fentanyl
from
MCBRIARTY
in Bristol
and hen
delivered
a
quantity
of
fentanyl
to
ENRIeUEZ
in
Enfield.
37
On
April
3 at
approximately
10p.m.,
n
session
1553,
PETERSEN,
usingTarget
Telephone
, spoke
o
Charle,s
rcuft
who
was
using
860-578-5590.
S-1had
previously
provided nformation hat this s aphoneusedby ORCUTT. The following is a summaryof the
call.
In this
call.
ORCUTT asked
you
don't have
anythingdo
you?
PETERSEN
said
no,
I
just
"got
that
powder,
f
anything
ORCUTT said
what powder?"
PETERSEN
eplied he "fent.
powder"
from
[UA].
I know
you
askedme for that
one dude.
ORCUTT
said
oh,
you got
that."
PETERSEN
said
"yup."
ORTCUTT
aid he would
get
in
touch with
a customer
hat
might take "a
g
right
nowo'o
eaning ne
gram.
On April 4 at11:13a.m.
n session 714,
PETERSEN,
sing
Target
Telephone
, senta te;xt o 203-213-9A28,
he
phone
subscribed
o
Bobby
Johnson
nd
stated n
substance eed
you
to "bust
a move for me on the other.'o
Moments
ater, n session
7716,the
UM using his
phone
exted
back
"the fent". In session
1718
secondsater,
PETERSEN,
using
Target
Telephone1, responded
ith
a
text stating
yeah.
Here,basedon my
training
and experience, ETERSEN
was elling one of his re-distributors
hat he needed im to
sell some entanyl.
38. On April 15,2016, t approximately
:3Op.m.n session
4334,PETERSEN,
using
TargetTelephone , ha,1a
phone
call with ENRIQUEZ.
Duringthe
call, ENRIQUEZ
said
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nope,
got
"plenty
kicking
around"
ight
now.
ENRIQUEZ
oh,
alnght,
was
ust
making
sure,
The
other
kid,
the
third kid,
fucking.,.they're
still
afraid o
get
a large
amount
cause
they're
trying
to
play
around
with
"cLrt,"
with
what they
got.
You know
what
i
mean.
PETERSEN
said
'
yeah.
ENRIQUEZ
continued
hey be mad
cutting
t down.
So
hey're
still
afraid
o sell a large
amount,
so I'm probably
going
o come
back or
something
mall
again.
Um..
.I'm
broke again,
so..
PETERSEN
eplied
alright. ENRIQUEZ
stated '11
espect
ou're
[U/I]
something
mall.
So 'll probablyseeka Stopand Shopeither onightor tomorrowso.... PETERSEN esponded
alright,
tomorrow
would
prot,ably
work a little
better or rne.
On April
16,2016,
at about
12:57p.m.
n session
4406,
EI{RIQUEZ calledPETERSEN
n Target
Telephone
1. and
reminded
him
that
"it's
gonna
be
something
mall." Minutes
ater,at 1:06p.m.
n
session
4476,
ENRIQUEZ
textedPETERSEN
on TargetTelephone
1 "6gs"
can
you
separate
gs n abag."
Here,
basedon my
training arrdexperience, NRIQUEZwas
askingPETERSEN
f lie had a
supplyof
narcotics
available
li.e.
good" or
"running out") because e had
a customer hat
was
looking
for
a
small amountarrdPETERSEN
saidhe had
a supplyavailable
i.e.
"plenty kicking
around").
Given the referencrls
n the conversations o
"cut,"
the fact that fentanyl
is
increasingly
eing
usedas a cuttingagent o be mixed with heroin,
he requested
uantity
of 6
grams
and the
fact that ENzu(IUEZ is
known to be a fentanyl
customer,
believe hat
ENRIQUEZ and PETERSEN were discussing fentanyl ransaction.
39. On April
16,2016, n session 406
at approximately12:57p.m.,
NRIQUEZ
called
PETERSEN
and asked
you
around,
ou
home? PETERSEN
confirmed
yeah
'm home.
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ENzuQUEZ aid lright
o,
fri
down there,but um,
I
just
wa:rted
o be
makesure
you
are
home. PETERSEN
then
asked
alright, um, what
you
wanted'?
Cause
I
gottago
get
t.
ENRIQUEZ
saidalright
et
me call
you
back n two
minutesbecause.he's
onnapick me up.
PETERSEN
saidalright,
ENRIQUEZthen
said 'll call
you,
"it's
gonna
be
something
mall."
PETERSEN
said
alright.
ENRIQUEZ
then
addedbut,
uh, hopefrrlly
t will
get
me back
on with
them.
Here, I believe
ENRIQUEZ
was
seekinga
small
quantity
of
fentanyl
to
re-establish
a
relationship
with a
customer
i.e.
get
me
back on
with
them).
A subse,quent
eriesof texts confirm that ENRIQUEZ andPETERSEN met
that afternoon
t
130
Suiuise
Avenue
n New
Britain.
At 1 06p.m.
session
418),ENRIQUEZ,
who
resides
n Enfield,
texte,C
we
on 91
southalready."
PETERSEN
exted
ok
in session4420
At 1:09p.m.
session
422),
EINRIQUEZ
exted see
you
n
20." At
1:14p.m.
session 433)'
they both
spoke
by
phone. k,the
call,
PETERSEN
said
what up?
You wanna
meet
me
at the
other
house.
Not
my
house
but
the
other
house.
ENRIQUEZ
sud"sunrise?'o
PETERSEN
said
yup.
ENRIeUEZ
said
alright
yeah, PETERSEN
said
alright.
ENRIQUEZ
inquired
did
[stammersi
are
you
able
o
do that?
PETERSEN
said
yeah.
'm
gorura
eparate
t and
everything
for
you. ENRIQUEZ
said
ali:ight
ool man.
PETERSEN
saidalright
ater.
In
session
4438
at
l:26p.rn.,
ENRIQUEZtextecl"Etag
minutes."
Based
on my
training
and
experience,
believe
that
ENRIQUEZ
was
going
o
meet
PETERSEN
at
130 Sunrise
o
pick
up
a
quantityof
fentanyl.
40.
On
April
17,i1016,
etween
pproximately
:01p,m.
nd
4:07p.m.,
ETERSEN,
using
Target
Telephone
,hzd a
series
f
text
messages
sessions 623,
627
4637,
4633,
4635,
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mi
"UM7225."
The ollowing
s
theconversation,
ndbased
n
my
training
nd
experience,
interpretations
s he
conversationsoes
along.
nitially,
tIM asked
what's
popping
hnk
what,s
on
deck,"
which
s slang
or
asking
PETERSEN
f he has
anynarcotics
or
sale.
PETERSEN
responded
im dry waiting
myself."
UM
asked
damn
all
the way
around
r
ust
collard
greens,"
a
coded
eference
o marijuarLa
hich
s
green
n
color. Here,
UM
is
asking
f PETERSEN
s
out
of all narcotics
r
ust
marijuana.
ETERSEN
espondedgot
molly,
Xanaxand,
ent." Molly
s
slang or MDMA and fent" is short or fentanyl.UM thensaid k numberon he ent again,"
an
nquiry
nto
the
price
hat
IETERSEN
would chargeor
the entanyl.
PETERSEN
eplied
"1009
2500
z,"meaning
100
ergrtrm
r
$2500
er
ounce.
41. On
April 18,2016,n
session4782
tabout 1:53a.m.,ETERSEN
gain
received
all rom ENRIQUEZ.
Dr.ring he
call,
ENRIQUEZ
aid ucking
same ude s
gonna
pick
meup again.PETERSENnquired
lright
ou
knowwhat
you
were
rying
o do?
ENRIQUEZ
said
up,yup. IJm,
we
gonna
tiek t to a halfie
or rightnow. PETERSEN
aid
"fwo halfs." ENRIQUEZ
aid
eah
a
half.
yeah
one. PETERSEN sked
ust
"one
half or two?"
ENRIQUEZ
said
one."
PET'ERSEN
aid
alright.
ENzuQUEZadded nd
we'll come
down
o
you.
Here,
believehatENI|IQUEZ wasbringing lresame ustomerromhis April
16
transaction
ith PETERSEN ack o acquire nother alf-ounce f fentanyl. n
session 838,at
l:33p.m. hatday,ENRIQUEZto|dPETERSEN e'reheading own. Afterconfiming hathe
would
be herearound or 2:15p.m. t he atest, NRIQUEZ
asked
here m
going?
Your
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indicated
he ransaction
ould
occrrat
his esidence
t
390Hillhurst
Avenue
n
New Britain.
42.
On April
28,2:fi16,
ETERSEN
ppears
o havegone
o
Enfield
o conduct
transaction
ith ENRIQUEZ.
This
event
egan
with
a series
f textmessages.
NRIeUEZ
assured
ETERSEN
n
a text
at2:57p.m.
session
276)
I'll
try
to
keep
t
big."
PETERSEN
texted
ack
at 3:09p.m.
session
278)
tating I
appreciate
t
thank
you
man."
At
3:31p.m.,
ENRIQUEZ
exted
yo make t750."
PETERSEN
eplied
k at
3:31p.m.
Moments
ater,
ENRIQUE textedandskerJwhendoyou hinkyoubeup here...tryingo seteverythingp."
PETERSEN
esponded
t 3:32p.m.,
tating like
anhour." Here.
ased
n my training
nd
experience,
NRIQUEZ
equested
arger
uantity
f narcotics
o make t
worthPETERSEN'S
while
o travel
o ENRIQUEZI'S
esidencen Enfield.
43.
On May 7,2016,
PETERSEN
nce
again
raveledo Enfield
o conduct
transaction ith ENRIQUEZ.
At3:42p.m.hatday
session
731), NRIQUEZ
called
PETERSEN
ndasked
you waff1a ringanother
down?" PETERSEN
aid hat's
ine.
ENzuQUEZ
ud alright.One. How ongdo
you
hink
you'lI
be downhere?PETERSENaid
'bout
anhour. ENRIQUEZ
eplied lrightman.
44. On May
3,2076,ENRIQUEZ ndPETERSEN
etup another
ransactionver he
phone
o
take
place
n Enfield.
At
1l:47a.m.,
NRIQUEZ nquiredike
he ast wo
imes
ou
seeme. Is thata different at,:h?PETERSENaidno. ENRIQUEZ aid hatwas hesame hit?
PETERSEN
aid
all
thesamrr."ENRIQUEZ
asked
ou
got
anythingeft?
PETERSEN aid
yeah,
here's only
four ouncoseft." ENRiQUEZ
said h,okay
coughs]
ell, was
ust
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two
of them'
PETERSEN
aid eah,
hat
shit
s
all
in their
head
f
they
are
saying
hat.
ENRIQUEZ
esponded
eah,
lright,
was
ust
double
hecking,
m,
need
12.
PETERSEN
said"72?"
ENRIQUEZ
saidyeah.
ETERSEN
eplied
lright, ive
me ike
anhour
or
two,
I'm
about
o
go
have
urich
'rith
my
girl
realquick
andas
soon
as 'm
done
with hat
'll
head
p
yow
way.
I'11
ext
you
when,om
on
my
way.
ENzueUEZ
said,alright
ro.
At
3:32p.m.
(session
lla),
PETERSEN
extedENRIQUEZ"omw,"
hort
or "on
my
way."
PETERSEN
and
a l\4ale
ubjeet
complete
a Fentanyl
ransaction
45. In session
89'9,
nApril
18,2a76,
t
approximately
:00p.m.,
ETERSEN
texted
male
subject ho
wurs sing
203-213-9028
ndasked
you still need
hat."
ln session
4901,
minute
ater,
hemale
subject
aliedPETERSEN
nd
said
o,
how much
of it
you
got
left?
PETERSEN
aid
got
enough, ow
much
you
want? The
malesubject
aid
well thekid
wants
o buywhatever
ougot
eft.
PETERSEN
aid
probably
ot
ike 8-9
ounces. he
male
subject
aidalright,
what
would
you
et
that
go
or.' The
male
subjecteplied
lrightwell let me
call
him.
PETERSEN
esporrded'll
work
with
you.
But
for him he
number
on'tchange.
he
malesubject
aidno,no,
know hat.
PETERSEN
hen
added
ell
him
thenumber
s
what t is
all
theway
up. If he
wants t or not.
And hen 'll
work
with
you
on
giving
you
a decent
number.Themalesubject aidalright, lright, 'll tell himrightnow. Based n hecontext f
this
call and
prior
ntercepts,
lase
gents
elieved
hat he male
subject nd
PETERSEN
ere
discussing potential
eal ot'8-9
ounces f fentanyl.
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in
session4915,
PETERSEN
exted
he male
subjectand asked
should
get
hat ogether
or
you."
At 5:20p.m., n session
967,
PETERSEN
exted
he male
subject hat
he
(PETERSEN)
was
going
o
be
taking off for like an hour andhalf or so...you rying
to
seeme before take off.
Moments ater, n
session
9(i9, he male subject epl ied
yea.
PETERSEN nquired
n session
4971"okyou know how longlso
can et my
ppl
know when '11be
omy." The male subject
said n session 973at 5:22p.m.,
550
I'll be lere." PETERSEN
esponded k.
At 5:48p.m.,
the male subject, n session4987, aid l'm on way." In session 989.PETERSENdirected ire
rnale
ubject o
"East
side."
'fhe
malesubject.
n session
991at 5:48p.m..
aidok. Upon
hearing he
reference o "east
side,"
investigators
believed
hat
PETERSEN was
nstructing
he
male
subject
o meet
him at PETERSEN'S
parents'
esidence
t
130 Sunrise
Avenue,
which
is
on
the eastside
of New
Brita:in.
Surveillance
was
deployed
n the area
of 130
Sunrise
Avenue.
Here, case
agentsbelieved
hat
the
deal
for a
large
quantity
of
fentanyl
was
going
to occur
between
he
male subjeet
andPETERSEN.
47.
At approximalely
:02p.m.,
a surveillance
eam
member
observed
gray
Hyundai
Sonata
pull up to 130
Sunrise
Ave
in New
Britain.
The
plate
of this
vehiclewas
ater
observed
o be
Connecticut
r:gistration
AD17964
which
is registered
o a
2014 Hyundai
Sonata.
This vehicle
was
parked
ront end
o front
end,
with PETERSEN's
an
HondaCivic.
At
6:05p.m.,a surveillanceean:,memberdroveby and observed nAfrican-Americanmalewith
glasses
n the driver's
seat
of the
Hyrurdai
and a
white
male n the
passenger eat,
who was
suspectedo
be PETERSEN,
At
6:13p.m.,
he Hyundai
wasobserved
rivingaway
rom
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he
wasdriving
with
a
suspenCedicense.
Eventually,
hismalesubject
as aken
ntocustody
and ound
on the
ground
n c.lose
roximity
o where
he wasarrested
asone
plastic,
not
ied,
bag hat
contained
pproximzrtely
neounce f
suspected
entanyl,
CASADEI
and
MCEiRIARTY
Agree o Provide
n Exeess
f
a
Kilogram
of
Fentanyl
to PETERSEN
and
a Third Parfv n
the Bronx
48. OnApril 26,2076,n session2g6nterceptedverTargetTelephone at
approximately
:59p.m.,
ASADEI, singTarget
Telephone
, spokeo MCBRIARTY
and.,n
pertinent
art,
explainedhat
hehad
gone
o theBronx
he
previous
vening.
CASADEI old
MCBRIARTY
hat Ralph"
had
set
t
up
and hat
he hought e
was
going
o
"pick up
money."
CASADEI
henstatedhat he
talked
o
the
"dude"
and hat hey started crunching
umbers."
CASADEI
explainedo
the
hird
party
hat
hewas
ooking
at
ike 26,"
which
CASADEI
thought
was easonable.
cccrdingo CASADEI, he hird
party
hensaid hat
he
could
do
"like
7
or
2
every10days."After he hird
party
hen old CASADEI,
hat he stuff s like
"5 bucks
gram,"
CASADEI old
MCBIUARTY hathe esponded
ook
t doesn'tmatter ow
much his
shit
s,
I'm
like,
you
know,w,3're
aying
or my
expertise,obody
lse
s
getting
his or you,
obviously
or
you
wouldn't
be alking o me and or the act hat
gotta
bring
his
shit n.
CASADEIaddedt's the holtest hit n thecountry ightnow" and gottabring t down o you?
I'm
like "that's
he
price..."
.AfterMCBRIARTY
nterjected
yeah,"CASADEI
continued
n,
stating:
nd he'scool
with t. And hen,
ou
krow,
'm like f
um,
f
um, 'm like
'11ell
you
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what, f
you
wanna
put
up 20
like look
flaughs]
yo,
'cause,
this
is what,
he's
the
guy
that
bought,
forget how
much
of
the
"Ace"
it was
hat was
garbager,ut
he
got
cold
feet with
that.
He's
like
look man
I mean
no
off-ense ut
like
I'm not
gorumput up "twenty
grando'ofmy
money
and
waste
ike
you're
gonna
ruin
his dope.
He's
like
it's not
even
he
fwenty
grand
so
much
as ike
if I "throw
this
on
my
dope,
t'll ruin
the dope."
So I'm
like,
he's
like
yo,
definitely
ucking,
f
you're
gonna
bring
em
in,
he's
like I'll
pay for
em,
y,lu
know.
So
t's
kind
of how
I left
it with
the
guy.
I
gotta
alk
to
"Ralph"
about
hat.
He's, Ralpheven hinks hat hey're"18 eachmy cost'" You know?
you're
the
only
one
hat
knorvs
how
much
I fucking
really
cost,
Later
on
in the
call'
CASADEI
mentions
hat
the right
way
to do
it
would
be
he
way
he says,
ou know,
fuck
it,
"bring
him
his
shit,
he'll
pay me the
money."
CASADEI
goes
on
to
say
hat's
how
fucking
peopledo
shit'
fvoices
overlap]
you know
how
that
goes, hat's
how
fucking
hings
go.
That's
how
people
do
business.
CASADEI
also
old
MCBRIARTY
that
the
third
part-y
paid
Ralph
8
grand n dope
just
to
meet
me."
CASADEI
then
repeated
hat'ohe
gaveRalph,I
swear
o
God
fucking
800
bags
of fucking
dope,
alone."
MCIBRIARTY
then
nterjected
hat "l
know
my
other
buddy'
mentioned
hat
he
might
wanla
grabum,
another
one
Soon
f
that
stuff'"1
Both
then
eturn
to
talking
about
a
deal
with
the
third
pany in
the
Bronx
and
CASADEI
refers
to
the
third
parry by
I The,'buddy" eing eferencedy MCBRIARTY s likelyKYLE PETERSEN'
On
April
26, 20l6,in
session
15
occun'ing
ver
Target
elephone
at
i0:05a.m.,
MCBRIARTY
spoke
o
pETERSEN
who
serid
uring
he
call,
n
pertinent
art, hat
he was
"close
o
being
ready
on
he
other.,
"
MCBRIARTY
esponded
alright'
Jhe
F,"
which
beiieve,
ased
n
my
training,
xperience
nd
my
knowledge
ltheir
course
f
dealing
rom
prior ntercepts'
s a
ret-erence
o
fentanyl.
PETERSEN
ontirmed
yup'"
on 2 oI
em
then
you
can
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{DE1-exF"laincftl
this
shit's
like
"5
dollars
a
grim."
CASADEI
then
saidhe
told the
hird
party
..."if
you
can
ind
somebody
else o do this,
you
wouldn't
be
talking
to
me
right now..
.1'm ike I can do
what
I
say
I can do..." According
o
CIt
SADEI,
the
third
party
explained
hat
his
is how
people
meeteach
other
and
get going
ike this, During the call, CASADEI alsodescribed he
Spanish
ndividual as
"well
spoken"and "real sharp." Basedon my train ing and experience, believe
hat CASADEI
met a Spanish ndividual n in the Bronx througha meetinganangedby RALPH
DELUCA
and
that thepotentialSpanish ustomer aidDELUCA with 800 bagsof heroin(i.e. "800 bagsof
dope") to
arrange
he meetinE5,
Given the
references o
'ohottest
shit
in
the country
right
now,"
"Ace".and the third
pafiy's
consernover
ruining his dope,
believe he Spanish
hird
party
and
CASADEI
are discussing
he acquisition
of
l-2kilograms of fentanyl
every 10 days.
First,
heroin laced with fentanyl
has become
ncreasingly
high
profile
and
here have been
a number of
reportedoverdoses,
ncludinp;deaths,
ver
he
past
eighteen
months.
"Aceno
s a common
slang
tenn for acetyl
fentanyl. These
eferences
aken ogether
ead me
to conclude hat
the
transactionwith
the third
party
involves
fentanyl.
49. On April
26,2.A16,
n session
10 on
TargetTelephone at
approximately
10:40p.m.,MCBzuARTY spoke
o
CASADEI
who
was
using
Target
Telephone . During
the
call, in
pertinent
part,
CASADEI
said
got
the 2750
bitcoins rom
Ralph. MCBRIARTY
said
alright. CASADEI explaineii that's th.emoney rom the 100grarnsof fent." MCBRIARTY
then
said
um, well we
could use
hat or uh,
well I mean
guess
we can
"use hat
or
the
uice,"
the Sarms
phonetic)all that
rituff hat we
needand
henwhatever's
eft,
you
know we'll
just
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probably
put
it
towards ike
the
o'next
everybody's
on AlphaBay
a
darknet
site]
right
now, so
lU/l
so I don't know,
do
you
actually
wanna
flush this out
now
or
1,eu
wanna do like
with the'Juice",
you
wanna write
everl4hing
down
and
ust
fucking
order t. MCBRIARTY
then said
"for
the
uice?"
yeah,yeah,yeah.
If
you
got
a
pen.
What I want s
pretty
simple or the most
part,
um,
you
know, I mean,
cause
we
need,
U/I].
We
need
more ests
phonetic]
mean don't needany more han
"like
a few
bottles,"but
you
know
I'm
g:essing
we might as well
grab
ike
a
10
pack
or something.
n the
courseof the discussion bout'Juice,"MCBRIARTY and CASADEI reference Geneza"and
"dragon
pharma."
Ultimately, MCBRIARTY
told'CASADEi
to stick with
"Geneza"so t'll
come easyard shit.
Near he conclusion
of the conversation,
ASADEI
confirms
I'll
get
crackin'
on the
uice."
Baseoon my
training and
experience,
believe hat MCBRIARTY
and
CASADEI
are discussinghe
acquisition
of
illegal
steroids ecause
Juice"
is
a
very common
slang or steroids.
Given
he referenceo
bottles,
believe
hey are specifically
eferencing
liquid
steroids
hat
can
be njr:cted
y
the
user.
Geneza
and
DragonPharmaareentities
hat
can
be
found
on-line
and sell
steroids.
50.
On April
28,2:.016,
t approximately
0:05a.m.,
CBRIARTY,
using
Target
Telephone
2, spoke o
PETEIISEN.
In the
call, in
pertinent
part,
MCBRIARTY
said
might
um,
that
dude...l
hink
we
may
ust
be
getting
he
moneyback
cause
uh..,.he...marked
t shipped,
whatever.. almost wo weeksagoor whatevernow. And uh...it still didn't colne,so we never
got
tracking
or anything.
So obviously
he
nevershipped
t. PETERSEN
said
yup.
MCBRIARTY
wenton
to stale think
hedude
ust,
ike...has
a way small,
he has oo
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told
my boy, f
at his
point,
f the dude
doesn't
lready
ave
racking o
show
us...tellem we're
good,
ike...we
can
ust
send he money
back,
you
know what
i mean?
'cause
there's ike an
escrow
or whatever...PETER.SEN
aid
yeah.
Later n
the conversation,
MCBRiARTY
stated
uln,'we
should
be
good
o
ust
tell him,
hey
you
know what?
This
guy
never
sent t, We
ust
want
our money
back,we're
13ood.
Cause
at his
point,
don't
even,
ike...l
don't want
o even
do
business
with
you.
PETEITSEN
gain eplied
yeah.
MCBzuARTY
continued hat
here
we
are, ike you know, a weekarLd half or so ater andyou said hat t wasshippedand t still
hasn't
evenshippedor
you
haveno
proof
that t was
shipped.
ike, come
on,
PETERSEN
responded eah,
alright.
MC:BRIARTY then stated
'll keep
you posted,
should ind out
something oday...about t. I'ETERSEN responded lright,
l'm
getting
close o being eady
on
the
other anyways,"so...
MCBzuARTY saidalright,
"the F." PETERSEN
said
yup.
MCBRIARTY repliedalright,
alright,
alright...that's ool.
I'll let
you
know,um..,howarewe
doing that? Did
you
want to
irring that? Or did
you
want to have somebody lsebring that
n?
Or...PETERSEN
answered h, no, I'll
just
have
you
bring
that n. MCBRIARTY saidalright,
alright,
um...yeah, 'll let
you
know
when
henext ime
hey're,
you
know, doingsomething,
you
know. In the
next coupledaysor whatever
and uh...we'11
et
hat
n,
you
arow what I
mean? PETERSENsaidalriE;ht.The call
terminatedmoments ater.
Basedon my
training
and
experience, believe hatMCBRIARTY informedPETERSEN hat a quantityof narcoticswhich
had
beenordered
or PETERIIEN, hat I believe o be
oxycodone
pills
based
on a subsequent
intercept
between
MCBzuARTY and CASADEI
set orth below, had not beenshipped nd hey
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indicated
he was
ready or
fentanyl
which
MCBRIARTY
refened
to as "the
F."
51. On
April 28,i .0I6,
n session
99 at
approximately
:32p.m.,
CASADEi,
using
Target
Telephone
, spoke o
MCBRIARTY. During
the call,
n
pertinentpart,
CASADEI,
while
rnaking eferences
o E;itcoin,
tated hat'lthe
blues
guy" gave
us
our money
back.2
MCBRIARTY
askedhow
much. CASADEI eventually eplied eleven
housand, even
hundred."
MCBRIARTY
said
yeah
so what
I'll
do is call my
buddy
right now
actually.
I'm
guessing e might wanna oll that right into...someof that,"the F." CASADEI saidyeah.
MCBRIARTY then
statedwe can
pretty
much do the same
hing. MCBRIARTY
then added
meanwe
can
pretty
much,
yau
can
pretty
much "order he whole
one"
right now, with the...with
someof that. CASADEI
reptied
we can.oh
yeah,
we can
"order a whole one."
We can order
[stammers]
ucking
we can almost order wo. Or
like what? Fucking
"three
grand
short
of two."
MCBzuARTY said
yeah,
well
you
know what,
I
can
probably grab
the dough rom him,
'cause
if
he wants o
grab
some...letme seewhat
he wants o
grab.
CASADEI
answered lright
et me
know. MCBRIARTY
saidalright,
'm
a
call
him now, I'll
call
you
back.
Based
on my
training
and experience, believe
hal CASADEI
informedMCBRIARTY
that they receivedmoney
back
for
"blues"
(common
code
or
oxycodone
ills)
that
were
never
delivered
hrougha dark
net
transaction.Based
on
prior
i:ntercepts,
ETERSEN
had
given
money o MCBRIARTY
for a
supply of "blues" andwhen /iCBRIARTY says hathis "buddy" might roll that nto "the F," he
2 Bitcoin
is a virlual currencycommonly
usedon the dark
net, which containsblack
markets br illesal
narcotics:
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and
CASADEI
agree hat
here
s
enough
money o
get
a "whole
one," meaning
a kilogram
of
fentanyl
and there
may be
akaost enoughmoney
to
acquire "tvy'o"
meaning
wo
kilograms
of
fentanyl.
MCBRIARTY
indicates hat
he will call
PETERSEN
o
find
out
how
much he
wants.
52.
Three
minutes ater, MCBzuARTY,
in fact,
connects
with PETERSEN
n session
401
on Target
Telephone
. During this call,
n
pertinentpart,
MCBRIARTY
tells PETERSEN.
that
we ended
up
getting
the dough back from
the
dude. PETERSEN
said alright.
MCBRIARTY then asked hr)wmuchof that,you wanted o grabem?" PETERSEN esponded
uh, if
he could, definitely hall; I might want.. it might even
be the
"whole
thing."
MCBRIARTY
saidalright urn...whatdid
I
grab
rom
you,
for the
fstammers]
or
the
blues?"
PETERSENsaid
believe eight"
and hen
gaveyou
enough or
"200,"
so
"a
total of 96
altogether."
Later
n the
call,
MCBRIARTY said so
yeah,
f anything,
ust
let me know if
you
want him to do "a half or a whole
one."
PETERSEN
said
alright
I'll let
you
by
tomorrow.
Based
on
my
training
and experience, believe hat MCBRIARTY informedPETERSEN hat
they had received money
bacl<
rom the oxycodonedeal and he confirmed that PETERSEN had
provided
"$9,600"
for the
"blues"
or oxycodone
ills.
It
is common or drug raffrckers o drop
the zerosoffnumbers to disguise he size
of the dollar amounts
hey are discussing.PETERSEN
indicated
hat
he might want either
a half kilogram or a kilogram
of
fentanyl
given
he
context
of
thepreceding onversation ith CASADEI.
53. On April 28,2016,at pproximately :37p,m.,n session 05,MCBRIARTY
spoke o CASADEI who was using
TargetTelephone
.
in
the conversation,
n
pertinent
paft,
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CASADEI
aid ey wascalling...
you
that,uh, the
guy
saidhe
apologizes.
He says don't
know how
this slipped hrough
he
cracks
and
never made
t
to
my shipper.
Uh,
if
you
want to order
t again,we'll overnight
t for
free. MCBRIARTY said
whert o
you
hink?
CASADEI replied
nah,L..l
don't know
dude. It's
up to
you.
MCBRiARTY
said
mean
do
you
trust his
guy?
CASADEI
saidhey,
I'm a...
MCBRIARTY
interjected
o
you
believe
anything
he says?
CASADEI
responded
'm a
lU/l
with "the fent"...cause
thint:
o'there's
more money
n the
fent" but
like I don't
know
how. if
you guys
are...
MCBRIARTY
then
said
still
havea
couple
hundredof the
old ones cause
some
people
eturned
some
o.f hem..,CASADEI
said
well
I
can
get
rid of them
hrough
Spencer
if
you
want?
Spencer
wants€:m.
'm
getting
money
or
whatever
get
for
em. MCBRIARTY
asked
what did
you
end
up
gi'ving
em
to hirn
for?
CASADEI
answered
h,
I
don't
know
12
bucks. Later
n the
same
call.,MCBRIARTY
told
CASADEI
'cause
my boy
said
he's
gonna
do
"a
haif or whole
on the
F." CASADEI
said
yeah. MCBzuARTY
then said
so
'tn a...you
know,
I
gotta
wait
on that.
But either
way,
we
could
get "one for us rolling
right now,"
CASADEI
replied hat's
straight,
yeah.
)VICBRIARTY
added
and hen
uh, and
hen
ell the
guy
we're
gonnaget
like
a couple
more,asap.
CASADEI
said
yeah.
MCBRIARTY
then
epeated
m, but
you
know, we
want
to
get
"one
rolling
first..."
After tuming
to
some urther
discussion
bout
pills,
MCBRLARTY,
later
n the
conversation,
aid
"I
want to order
he F no
matter
what ight
now." After
then again
etunring
o a
discussion boutoxycodoneandCialispills, CASADEI
askedalright,
you
want
me to order
he
"key
of fent"
though
or not? MCBRIARTY
replied
absolutely,
es,
yeah,
no, we
might
as well
get
hat
rolling
yeah.
CASADEI
says
alright,
'm a
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MCBRIATY
and CASADEI
discuss
where
o
send
he package
nd how
it
would
be transported
and
he
need
o
avoid
any
stops
by law
enforcement.
At
the conclusion
of the
conversation,
CASADEI
said
yeah,
alright
so, 'm a
order hat
right
now.
MCBzuARTY
replied
alright.
CASADEI
responded
got
us,
yeah,
alright.
MCBzuARTY
again
confirmed yeah,
no, definiteiy
get
that
rolling,
yeah.
The
conversation
oncluded
moments
ater.
Based
on my
training and
experience,
believe
that the
references
o
"F"
in
this
conversation
were
to fentanyl
and hat
when MCBRIARTY agreedhatCASADEI shouldordera "key of fent," theywere referring o
ordering
a
kilogram
of fentanyl.
A "key"
is
a common
slang
word that
drug raffickers
use
o
refer
to a kilogram quantity
o.flnarcotics.
When
MCBRIARTY
told CASADEI
that
his "boy"
wanted o
do "a
half or whole
one
of
the
F," he
was referring
to PETERSEN
wanting a half
kilogram
or full kilogram
of fentanyl. Also,
when
hey discussed
MCBRIARTY
having
"a
couple
hundred
of
the old ones." believe hey
were referring
o 200 hundred
pills
that may
have
been
of
poor quality
because
eople
had returned
hem and CASADEI
indicated
hat
a third
party
named
Spencer
was
wiliing
to
pay
$12
per pill.
54. On
May
5,2016,at approximately
2:18p.m.n
session
818,
PETERSEN
received
a call from
CarlosE],IRIQUEZ, In the
call, ENRIQUEZ
askedhow much?
I
was
ust
seeing
how many you
have
e.ft?
PETERSEN
espondedhere's
still like
o'2
anda couple
grams." ENzuQUEZ stated kay. Um...Gotta call two morepeople,but I think I'm going o get
close
o am O'o f not
an
"O,"
PETERSEN
saidalright.
ENRIQUEZ
added
just
wanted o
make
sure
you
before...that ou
had t. PETERSEN
said
yup
ENRIQUEZ
saidand
didn't
get
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alright,
cool,
I'll
call
you
bacl<
n five
minutes.
PETERSEN
said
alright
ater.
Here,
based
n
the
training
and experience
l:case
agents,
ENRIQUEZ,who
is
known
to be
a fentanyl
customer
of PETERSEN'S,
wants
o obtain
up
to
an ounce
of fentanyl.
"O" is common
erminology
or
an ouncequantity
of narcotict;.
PETERSEN
ndicated
hat he
had "two
and
a couple
grams."
meaning
wo
ouncesand
wo
grams
eft. This
likely explains
PETERSEN'S
desire o
obtaina
new
supply
of fentanyl
rom
IvICBRIARTY.
At 4:52p.m.
session
915),PETERSEN
exted
ENRIQUEZ to say omw jusrthit 91," meaning hat he was on his way to ENRIQUEZ'S
residence
n Enfield
andhad
ust
gotten
onto nterstate
I
55. Based
on
precision
ocationdataon PETERSEN'Sphone,
he
was n fact traveling
northbound
n the direction
ofEnfield
at
this time.
Swveillancewas established
t
ENRIQLIEZ'S
residence
t 12 Avon Street,Enfield,
CT. At approximately
:l5p m on May 5,
a surveillance
eammemberobservedPETERSEN'S
Honda
Civic
park
n front
of
12 Avon
Street
and hen observedPETERSEN
get
out of the Honda and
walk directly down
the driveway
at
ENRIQUEZ'S residence
::d owards
he sidedoor of the house. From
the eammember's
vantage
oint,
he
could see ho top of the door at the side
of the houseand
openand hen close.
Approximately
one minute ater,
he teammemberobsewedPETERSEN
walking
back
o
his
car,
get
nto
the Civic and
drive off. Surveillance
was
hen erminated.
On May 9,
2016,at
approximately5:23p.m.,ENRJQUEZ calledPETERSENand askeddid the "new batchcome
in?" PETERSEN
said
"what's
that?" ENRIQUEZrcpeated
the new batch,
ever
came
n."
PETERSEN
eplied not
yet,
t
should
be here
by the end of the week. Or
earlynext
week.
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Toah-]
said
alrighty.
ENRIQUEZ
nquired
owhen
ou
hink,
you
be up here?
PETERSEN
aid
'll be
on
my
way, n
about alf
hou.r.
ENRIQUEZ
confirmed
l'll
behere."
Here,
believe
hat he
ref.erence
o
the
newbatch"
being here
y theend
of theweek
or early
nextweek
ndicates
hat
PETERSEN
nd
ENRIQUEZI
were
planning
a delivery
of fentanyl o
take
place
at
ENRIQUEZ'S
esidence
t
12
Avon Streetn
Enfield.
56.
01 May
7,2016, t about 0:1p.m.
session
146),
ASADEI
nd
MCBRIARTYspoke bout heanticipatedhipment f fentanyl. n thecall,CASADEI
informedMCBRIARTY
that
shit
ust
eft
uckingChina oday " CASADEI
wenton o
say
"God
dammit, ut, t's
better hannot eaving t
all,
guess."
MCBzuARTY
said
eah,
definitely.
At theendof
flre
call,
CASADEIcommentedhisdude s
gonxa
ucking ill me It's
,
been
n for like
fucking wo vveeks. ere, ase
gents
elieve
hatCASADEI s
informing
MCBRIARTY
that he entarLyl
hey ordered
ust
left Chinaon
Saturday ndcould akesome
significant
ime to reach herrL nd hat
he Spanish ustomern the Bronx who
hasalready een
waiting
wo weeksor the en.tanyls
going
o beupset.Subsequently,nvestigators
dentihed
two
parcels
ddressedo DonnaR. Casadei, 42East
Chestnut ill, Litchfield,
CT 06759which
were
shipped
rom China
on
JVlay ,2016,
Presently S Customs
nd
Border
PatrolOfficials
have
nformed
me hatboth
parcels
avearrived
t he
nternational
ail sorting
entern New
York City. Onepackageasbeen eized y Customs fficialsand heother s currently eing
tracked
n antic ipation f
beirLgeized. abanalysis f the
package
hichcontains
uspected
fentanyl
s
pending.
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The dentincatlon
of
StoreControlled
Sub'stances
57. CASADEIwas dentifiedas he userof TargetTelephone througha
combination f intercepts ndsurveillance
hat wasconducted
arlier
n the dayon
April 28,
2076,as escribedelow. Through
variety f investigative
ethods,
ncluding
ut
not imited
to toll analysis ndsocial
meclia xploitation,
nvestigators
ad entatively
dentified
heuser f
Target elephone as
John
CASADEI,
DOB:
of 173
sland Trail,
Morris,
CT.
DEA TFO
Jeffrey
Poulin
wasalso
able o
obtain screen
hot
photoof a male
rom a
account hich
s under
hename
f John
CASADEI.
On
April 28,2016,a1
pproximately
I I
:32am,
urveillance
eammembers
rove
by
173 sland
Trail,
Morris,
CT,
andobserved
2004Jeep
Grand
Cherokee,
olor
black,
bearing
Connecticut
egistration
AAPE1,
arkedn the
driveway
of that
address.
A subsequent
heck
of Connecticut
egistration
AAPEl
through
DMV files
evealed
he
vehiclewas
egistered
o a
Danuta
CASADEI.
Danuta Donna"
CASADEI, s believedo be te mother f JohnCASADEIbased na reviewof his Department
of Corrections
ecords
58.
At
11:46am,I\{CBRIARTY,
sing
arget
elephone
,made
noutgoing
all
o
Target
elephone
(session
)56).
n
part,
MCBzuARTY
and he
user
of
Target
elephone
agreed
o tentatively
meet,
ater
n
theday,
after
6pm.
At approximately
:27pm,
MCBRIARTY
received
ertinent all session
87,
which
was
an
ncoming
all
rom
Target
elephone
.
In
pertinent
art,
he
userof
Target
elephone
told
MCBRIARTY
hat
he
s on he
way
o
MCBR1ARTY.
MCBzuARTY
acknowledged
nd
old
heuser
of Target
Telephone
thathe
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drnatel
ut96--
in
Bristol,
in anticipation
of the meeting
betweenMCBRIARTY
and
he
user of
Target
Telephone
.
At
approximately
:08pm,TargetTelephone received
pertinent
call session 90,
which was
an ncoming
ext iom TargetTeiephone
. The text read
"Need
anything
rom
Walmart."
Surveillance nits
were deployed
o the
Walmart n Bristol,
CT.
The
surveillance
team
was familiar
with
the
earlier
mentioned
JeepGrand Cherokee egistered o Danuta
Casadei,
which was
indeed ocated
within the Walmart
parking lot. The
surveillance
eam was also
previousiyprovidedwith the above-mentionedcreen hotphotoof John CASADEI. A
surveillance
eam
member
hon observedCASADEI walking with an
unknown
emaleand
young
child
from
the Walmart store
o
the
black
JeepGrandCherokee.At 7:35p.m.
session
395), MCBRIARTY
and CAISADEi spokeon the
phone
and during he conversation ASADEI
askedMCBRIARTY
for "l0()
bars,"
which. basedon my training and experience,s a common
slang eference
mong
drug raffrckers o
Xanax
pills.
Based
on
the contextof
the
call,
CASADEI intended o
give
the Xanax
pills
to a third
party.
CASADEI also stated hat his
would
give
him an excuse o collect
somedrug
proceeds
wedby
this
third
party.
MCBRIARTY said
he would
go
and
grab
"those"
and meet
CASADEI.
At approximately
7:42pm,
a surveillance
nit observedMCBRIARTY'S
Chevy Tahoe
pull
into
the driveway
of
34
Nicholas Court n Bristol.
Al approximately :45pm,
surveillance nits followed CASADEI in
the JeepGrand Cherokee rorn Walmart o Stopand Shop. At approximately :58pffi, o
surveillance eam memberobservedCASADEI enter he Jeep
Grand
Cherokee,which is then
driven frorn
the Stop& Shop
ot. At approxirnately :59
pfir,
a
surveillanceeammember
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observed CBRIARTY
on h
outside
f his residence
t 34
Nicholas
ourt,
Bristol.
At approximately
:02
pm,
surveillance
units
ollowed
CASADEI
n
the
Jeep
Grand
Cherokee
rom
Stop
and
Shop,
o a Shop
Rite
GroceryStore.
At approximately
:00pm,
surveillance
eam
member
bserved
CBRIARTY
leave is
residence
n his
Chevy
Tahoe.
t
approximately
:08pm,
urveillance
nits ollowed
MCBRIARTY
to
rhesame
Walmart
CASADEI
had
been
seen
t minutes
before'
At
approximately
:10
pm,
CASADEI
was
observed
y
swveillance
nits
eaving
n the
Jeep
Grand
Cherokee
rom
Shop
Rite
and.
s
followed
ack
o theWalmart.At approximately:14pm,
surveillance
nits
observed
ASADEI
and
MCBRIARTY
meeting
t Walmart.
CASADEI
got
into
MCBRIARTY1s
ahoe
n
he
ront
passenger
ide.
At
approximately
:15pm,
he
meeting
wasover.
Surveillance
bserved
ASADEI
back
n
his car
and
surveillance
as
erminated.
Based n
he
surveillance
ndintercepts,
ase
gents
elieve
hat
MCBRIARTY
provided
anax
pills andmoneyo
GASADEI
hat
MCBzuARTY
etrieved
rom
his
residence
t34
Nicholas
Court
n Bristol.
Case
gents
now
that34Nicholas
ourt
n
Bristol
s
MCBRiARTY'S
residence
or
the
ollowing
€)asons.
irst,
he
properly
s listed
olely
n MCBRIARTY'S
ame'
Second,
e
have
had
precision
ocation
nformation
n
Target
elephone
used
y
MCBRIARTY
since
pproximately
pril
23,2016.
This
data
on
Target
elephone
has
repeatedly
lacedMCBzuAILTy
at 34
Nicholas
ourt
late
at night
and
n the
early
mornings
when
he
would
be
expected
o
be
at
his residence.
59.
On
May
l0,Z0l6,a
U.S.
priority
Express
ackage
ddressed
o
Joseph
Arpin, 52
Sheila
Ct.,
Apt.
316,
Bristol,
CT
was
examined
nd
photographed.
he
package
as
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delivered
o
that
location
later
that day.
session
334,
MCBRIARTf'and
CASADEI
spoke.
n
the
call
session,
ASADEI
stated
,.rhe
bars"
should
be at
Joe's
do:r't
know
whenever
Express ets
here.
CASADEi
then
stated
so
gotta
come
out and grab
some
rom
you.
MCBzuARTY
stated yeah
I'm
heading
back
to the
area
now.
Later
in
the
day
al. pproximately
:26pm,
call
session
1380
was ntercepted
n
Target
Telephone
,
again
as
an
ncoming
call
to
MCBRIARTY
from
CASADEI.
CASADEI
asked
MCBRIATY
-
did that
box
come n?
MCBRIARTY
stated
et
me
give
him
a call,let
me
check.
Approximately wenty (20)niinutes aterat I :48pm.call session1382was ntercepted n Target
Telephone
,
whereCASADEI
again
called
MCBRIATY.
MCBzuARTY
stated
he's
nor
hearing
his
phone
or
what
but I'm
probably
ust
gonna
stopover
n
a few
minutes.
Later
n the
same
call,
CASADEI
stated
Well if
you
got
'em.
If
you
get
em
maybe
'll
stopover
here ater
tonight.
At approximately'6:14pm,
all session
1426
wasintercepted
n Target
Telephone
being
an
outgoing
call from
IdCBRIARTY
to
CASADEI. In
the
call session,
MCBRIARTY
stated
Hey.. Um...
I
meanwould
you
be able o leave
ike
right
now?,
CASADEI
stated eah
MCBRIATY
follows
up
with
-
Alright
so
you
think
you'll
be
hereby like
what?...Like
ust
after
7?
CASADEI
answered
forty
five
minutes.
Later n the
call
session,
CASADEI
stated I'll
hop
in
the car right
now.
Approximately
43 minutes
ater
at
6:57pm,
call
session
1436
s
intercepted
n Target
Telephone
,
being
an ncoming
call
from
CASADEL
CASADEI
stated
Hey you saidseven ight. MC:BRIARTYresponded Yeah, 'm just pulling into my
neighborhood
ow. CASADE)I
n turn
stated
Alright...l'm
at
your
house.
At
this ime,
a
surveillance
eam
member
eported
eeing
CASADEI
at
34 Nicholas
Court.
MCBRIARTY
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-
stated
Oh
you're
here?.
Clr
seconds'
CASADEI
-
Seeyou
soon.
MCBRIARTY
-
Alright.
At
approximately
:58p.m.,
surveillance
eam
member
observed
MCBRIARTY
arrive at
34 Nicholas
Court
with
a
child.
MCBRIARTY,
CASADEI
and
he child
all
walked
owards
he
rear
of
the
property
and
out
of
sight.
60.
Based
on
my training
and
experience,
n
the
above
episode,
believe
hat
CASADEI
was nitially
askirrgMCBRIARTY
if
a shipment
of Xanax pills
arrive
at 5|Sheila
Court, apartrnent316 in Bris'iol-JosephArpin's apartment,asdemonstratedn the reference the
bars
should
be at Joe's,"
My belief s
further
substantiated hen
CASADEI
asked
MCBRIARTY
"Did
the
box
come n?" I also
believe hat
CASADEI
went to MCBRIARTY's
residence
t 34
Nicholas
Court n Bristol
to retrieve
some
of the Xanax "bars",
known
street
slang
or Xanax
pills.
CASA.DEI'S
intent o
pick
up someof
the
pills
is
clearly
evident
when
CASADEI
stated
so
I
gotta
come
out and
grab
some rom
youo"
o
which
MCBRIARTY
acknowledges
ith an
"Alright"
and ater requpsted
ASADEI to be
at his home
by 7,
-"so
you
think you'll
be
here
by like
u'hat? Like
just
after 7?" And finally
the confirmation
that
CASADEI
went to
MCBRIARTY's
home
at 34 Nicholas
Court s the reference
o
"l'm
at
your
house"coupled
with the surveillance
bservations.
CASADEI
Uses
a Computer
at
His Residence
tlT3Island Trail in
Morris,
CT to
Order Narcotics
andiTrack Drug
Shipmentsand
MCBRIARTY
uses
52 Sheila
Court in Bristol as a Destination Point for Narcotiis
61.
In
session 28
on April24,2016,
CASADEI
andMCBRIARTY
spoke.During
the
call, MCBRIARTY
askeciiuhm...what
lse s
there?...Uhm,..Oh
nd hen.any
word on "the
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guy
with
the
blues?"
CASA
adapter
or
my
fucking
aptop,
so I
couldn't
even
ucking get
online.,
have
o
go
to Stapies
tornorrow
morning
and
ucking,..I
know
I.,.
Here,
his part
of the
conversation
ndicates
hat
CASADEI
uses
a computer
o get
online
and
check
orders,
n
this
case
or
"the
blues,"
slang
or
oxycodone.
n
session
28"
Juring
a
call
with
MCBRIARTY,
CASADEI
stated
ey,
what's
up?
I'm
sorry
I
was
gonna
kind
of hectic
before I
was
ooking
at
[U/I]
coming
over,
I
was tuying
o
clean
he
fucking
house,
ou
know
what
I
mean?
And
I wasn't
here.
Alright,
so,
made
a brand
new email addresso email ureXanax guy, because thoughtmaybe t wouldn't, the otherone
doesn't
always
go
through
o ail emails,
so I
made
a tor email.
This
way it
goes
o all. his
s
a tor
email.
62.
Based
on my training
and experience,
know
that the
dark
net is
a
large
collection
of websites
hat
can only
be accessed
hrough
speeific
encrypted
seryers
hat a
user s
authorized
o access.
These
vebsites
annot be accessed
hrough
the regular
ntemet
and
encryption
s used
o mask
he ntemet
protocol
addresses
IP)
of the users
and
hereby
making
detection
of
their location
more
d.iffrcult.
This collection
of
web sites
offers a marketplace
or
the
unlawfr.rl
cquisition
of controlled
substances,
mong
other unlawful
activities.
For
example,
Monford,
which
is referencectby
ASADEI,
is
an on-line
vendor
on the
dark net
where llegal
items
can
be
purchased.
The
dark net s
accessed
n-line
hrougha Tor
server
and
hat
CASADEI appearso be referencingcreating an email addresshroughthe Tor Serverandon the
dark net
for
the
purpose
of ordering
Xanax
pills.
In session
1005,
on May
5, 2016,
at about
9:46p.m.,
CASADEI
and MCBRIARTY
have
a lengthy
discussion
bout
a
potential
deal or
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'lcrystai"
(crystal
meth)
with
a bike
of
heroin'"
During
the
course
of the
discussion,
CASADEI
states
I
got
the
other
orders
n,
done,
I
don't
know,
I'm
wairiing
or the
hacking.
I haven't gotten
on the
computeryet
tonight
so'"
Later
in
the conversation,
CASADEI
references utting
"the
baby
to bed"
and hat
he
is
going
to
then "get
on the
cornputer"
and
"check
the
tracking."
Here,
CASADEI
again ndicates
that
he
utilizes
a computer
ept
at
his
residence
o track
shipments
f
controlled
substances.
On
May
7,2016.
CASADEI
called
MCBRIARTY
and
old him
s'l
ust
wanted
o call
and et
you
know i haven't gottenonto he computeryet,but I'm gorura ee
what the
fucking
Sinaloa
guy
got."
Finally,
on May 10.
2C116,n
session
384,
CASADEI
spoke o
MCBRIARTY
and
said I
go
to check
he,tracking
um:ber n
the fent right?"
MCBRIARTY
said
yeah.
CASADEI
said
and
ts
split in
fwo 500-gram
ackages.
And
um, one of
them s
showingas
delivered n China.
Later
n
the conversation,
ASADEI
states
ust
shit
went
fucking
wrong. So I
just
messaged
Monford
and old him
what happened
o hopefully
he'll fucking
answermy message
bout
putting
he fucking order
n rvith the Mexican.,.
In this conversation,
ASADEI
also ndicates
that
he s
using a computer
o track he
anticipated entanyl
packages
n-line.
I know that
CASADEI
residesat l73Islemd
Trail
in Monis basedon
the following. In
an ntercept,
CASADEI references
iving
,rn
an
Island
and ndicated
hat he
can seeanyonecoming
hat might
look out
of the
ordinary. His
residences, n f'act,
on the
peninsula
ortion
of BantamLake.
In
addition,we havehadprecision ocation nformation or CASADEI'S phone,TargetTelephone
3, sinceMay
I 0,2016. Precision
ocatign nformation
epeatedly
laces
CASADEI
at lT3Island
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residence.
63'
On
May
7,2016,at12:56p.m..
arget
elephone
received
all
session
084,
which
was
an ncoming
all
from
ohn
CASADEI,
sing
203-606-7401,
o Jared
MCBR1ARTy.
In
sum,
andpertinent
art,
C.ASADEI
old
MCBRAIRTY
hat
he,.box
s
in
the
house.,,
MCBRIARTY
acknowledges
ndCASADEi
elis
MCBRIARTy
that
he
s not
home
and
s nor
sure
what
irne
he
will
be horne.
CASADEI
hen
asks
MCBRIARTY
f he
wants
he
box
oday
andMCBRIARTY ellsCASADEI hat t isnota bigdeal, nd hat heycanmeetomorrow.
Based
n
other
pertinent
nter:cepts
ver
Target
elephone
, your
nvestigator
new
hat
CASADEI
and
MCBRIART'f
had
previously
laced
nonline
order
or
steroids,
nd
were
awaiting
heir
arrival.
It
wassuspected
hat he
box
referenced
n
call
session
084contained
these
llicit
steroids.
n
May
8,
201
,
at :20p.m.,
arget elephone
received
allsession
1180,
which
was
an ncomingl
all rom
John
CASADEI,
sing203-606-7401,
o Jared
MCBRIARTY.
n sum,
and
pertinent
art,
CASADEi
said
o MCBRAzuTY
hey
gotta
get
hat
box
o
you
oday."
In the
enrainder
f
thecail,
CASADEI
and
MCBRIARTY
agree
o meet n
anhour.
On
May 8,2076,
t 5:38p.m.,
arget
elephone
received
all
session
206,
hich
wasan ncoming
all
rom
John
CASADEI,
sing
203-606-7401,
o Jared
MCBRIARTy.
In
sum,
and
pertinent
art,
CAS,\DEI
said
o MCBRIARTY
hat
I'm
out
by the
mall.
I forgot
he
fuckingbox. 'm gonna obackandget t andcomebackout." MCBRIARTYacknowledges
and
aughs.
CASADEI
oes
n
o say-"I
ot
no
choice. fucked
t
up'cause
just
had
o much
sugar.
nyway,
um, 'm
just
gonna
*l
ho*.
and
grab
t
and
corne ack
out,Are
you goruta
e
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suspected
o contain
teroids,
adarrived
n
he May
7,2016.
CASADEI
ntended
n
delivering
this
box
o MCBRIARTY,
brrt
due o
scheduling
onflicts,
hey
could
not
meet
untii
May
8,
2016.
Prior
o meeting,
s
de;tailedn
call
session
206,
CASADEI
elis
MCBRIARTY
hathe
fbrgot
he
box, and
hat he
haid o "run
home"
o
get
t.
Your nvestigators
now
hat
John
CASADEI
esides
t l73Island
Trail
and
suspect
hai his
addresss
used or
thestorage
f
illicit
substances,
n
thiscase
teroids,ntil hey
can
be
e-distributed.
64. Joseph rpin isMCBRIARTY'Suncleand esides t 52 SheilaCourt,Apt.316 n
Bristol
CT. I know
hat
Arpin s MCBRIARTY'S
uncle or
the ollowing
easons.
s
set orth
in paragraph
4
of
thisAffrdavit,
on April 1,2016,
MCBRIARTY
old PETERSEN
o meet im
at
"my
Unk's
spot." Subsequentiy,ETERSENnetMCBRIARTY
n the
parking
ot outside
f
52 Sheila
Court
where
t is
believedhatMCBRIARTYdelivered
quantity
f fentanyl
o
PETERSEN
s
describedn
trraragraphs
5 hrough 0 of this
Affidavit, Second,n intercepts,
when alking o others,MCBRIARTY
has
eferenced
Uncle
Joe." MCBRIARTY
uses rpin's
residence
s
a stashocation
urddestination
oint
or theshipment f narcotics.
urther, n
April
28, 2016,in ession
59,CASADEI ndMCBzuARTY poke.During he
call,CASADEI
saidhey.
sorry
o
bug
you,
where re
we sendingheNaps
phonetic]
U/Il.
MCBRIARTY
replied
h,we can
send
t
to Joe f
you
want. CASADEIsaid
yeah,
ext
me.Wiker
phonetic]
mehis address,nd 'll do hat ightnow. MCBRIARTYsaidalright.Based n my training nd
experience,
suspect
hatNaps
s
short or napsgear,company
hatmarkets teroids.
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6s,
where
o
shipa kilogram
f f'entanyl.
uring
hecall,
CASADEI
said
alright,
ou
wantme
o
order the
key
of
"Fsnt" hourgh
r not?
Voices
Overlap].
MCBRIARTY
said
absolutely.
es.
Yeah,
o, we
might
aswell
p;et
hat olling.
Yeah.
CASADEI
eplied
lright, 'm
a sendt
to
Donna's
PH]
house. uck
t. MCBzuARTY
esponded
ell
only
problem
s
with hat houghs
now
t's
gonna
e,
you
know., ername
n everything.
CASADEI
askedwhat
you
mean?
MCBRIARTY
epliedwell,
'stammers]
f
we're
gonna
ave oe
drive t, it's
fstamrners]
t's
gonna e unny hat t's n so:mebodylse's....VoicesOverlap]CASADEIstated h.alright,
yeah,
hat's ine.
Send
t
to Jc,ehen.That's ool.
MCBRIARTY
confirmed
eah, eah. eah.
fVoices
Overlap].
On May
16,2016,
ase
gentsdentifiedwo
boxes
with racking umbers
thatwere
shipped
iom China
o
Joseph rpin,
52
Sheila
Court,Bristol, CT.
Those
ackages
havearrived
n
New
York and aw enforcement
ersonnel
re racking hese
ackages
or
seizure. suspect
hat hese
ackages
ontain
he
entanyl hat PETERSEN rdered
rom
MCBRIARTYasset orth
n
paragraphs
2
and53.
In
fact,
on May
18,2016, CBRIARTY
spokeo
PETERSEN nd
olC
him
hat
ours
havebeen
n customs
n
Hartford ow."
As of
May i 8, 2016, heUnitedStates
ostalnspection'Service
as n its
possession
wo additional
boxes hatarebelieved
o
contain
arcotics,
neof
which
s addressedo Joseph
rpin.
52
Sheila
Court,Apt.
316,
Bristol,CT'which
wasshipped
rom California.
A certified arcoticsanine as
alerted ositiveor narcoticso thispackage. hesecondox.whichwasseized pproxirnately
weekago,
s
addresse
to 52 Sheila
Court"Apt.3 4,
Bristol,
CT.
A certified arcoticsanine
as
alerled
ositive
or the
presence
f narcotics
or thisboxaswell.
I know rorn raining
nd
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location
o
lessen
he
chance
f detection.
66.
On
April
29,:)-.076,
n
sessio
4 4,MCBzuARTY
poke
o
CASADEI
and
said
And
now""
and hen
we gotta
o
he
20
grams...
cause
we
got
he...
we
already
ot
he
uice
order
n'
We
ust
gotta
do
the
20
gams
from
Monford
ight?
heproviron.
CASADE1
aidyeah,
I
can
do
hat
anytime
ou
want.
MCBRIARTY
said
go
ahead
nd
do hat
whenever...
henever
you
get
a
second.
After
CASADEI
said
something
nintelligible,
CBRIARTY
said
alright,
o
then,um hatyoucanust serrdo Joe.
ORCUTT
s
Supplie,il
y PETERSEN
nd
Operates
rom
his
Residence
tzT3Rood
Avenue
n
Windsor
67.
On
March
26"
20l6,in
session
48
at6:48p.m.,
RCUTT
spoke
o
pETERSEN
and
said.
n
peftinent
at1,
l need
00
barg,"
ut
got[a
ee
what
got
or
money
ight
now.
I
gotta
call you
right
back
and
s;ee
f I can
do
hat
ight
now.
PETERSEN
nquired
lright,
ow
[U/I] on hat?ORCUTT eplied eah, need200,rgot hemsold. Here,oRCUTTwas
requesting
quantity
f Xana:t ills
for
which
he
already
ad ined
up a
buyer.
At
8:00p.m.,
hat
evening,
ETERSEN
sked
CRCUTT
f he
could
head
p.
ORCUTT
old
PETERSEN
hat
he
had
o "drop"
some
shit ightquick"
n
Enfield
but
would
call
"his boy"
and
see
f
he
could
meet
ORCUTT
ack
at
his
house.
At9:29p.m.session
73),
ORCUTT
nformed
ETERSEN
that
his
boy
wanted
o do
t
at noon
he
ollowing
ay.
PETERSEN
greed.
The
deal
does
ot
appear
o
havegone
orward
n
March
27.
OnMarch
28,
atabout
0:02a.m.
session
26),
PETERSEN
alled
ORCUTT
md
confirmed
what
was
t 200?"
ORCUTT
aid,
eah,
t
was
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those.
This
kid
says
e
needs
00,
but
need
100
hough."
PETERSEN
aid
alright
am
going
to
head
p now.
ORCUTT
aid
onie
up
whenever.
ere,
believe
hat
pETERSEN
and
ORCUTT
agreed
o
conduct
he
Xanax
ransaction
t ORCUTT's
esidence
n
Wind.sor.
n
early
2016,
ORCUTT
purchased
lte esidence
t273
Rood
Avenue,
Windsor
nd
he
property
s
listed
in
his
name.
He
s listed
as 1e
sole
owner.
68.
On
April
7,2(t76,n
session
451
t
approximately
:72a.m.,PETERSEN,
sing
TargetTelephone,senta text o 860-5580920 ubscribedo CHARLESORCUTT. n the ext
PETERSEN
aid way
o
much or
em
beenmoving
hem
ake
one's
andppl
been
ating
m
up
for
$
17
a
piece
and
everyone give
em
oo
knows
hey
pressed
moved
ike
500
of
the
pressed
one
and
ppl
are
getting
high
off
em don't
know
what
hey
pressed
ith
but no
one
s
complaining".
believe
hat,
based n
my training
and
experience,
ETERSEN
was ndicating
that
hesource
naking ills
uses
pill press
nd
hathe
(PETERSEN)
ecently
old
500
pills
for
$17
each
nd
hat
people
wer,:
getting
igh
on he
pills.
I know
rom
raining
nd
experience
that
drug
raffickers
an
make
ounterfeit
ills
using
a
pill
press.
At 9:
4a.m.the
ame
ay n
session
456,
PETERSEN
e>rted
heORCUTT hone
nd
said I'm getting
more n
anhour
he
dude
has
all the
dies
o
press
mnow
oo hev's,
m's, A's
and
K9.;'
Here,
gain,
ETERSEN
was
nforming
he
user
of the
ORCUTT
hone
hat he
source
as
able
o
produce
arious
controlled ubstancessingapill press.At 9:15a.m.n session458,heORCUTT hone enta
text back
o PETERSEN
tating
so ur
about o
make rich
nigga
ol".
Moments
ater,
n
session
461
t
9:16a.m.,
he
CRCUTT
hone
exted
l
gotta
ee his.',
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Telephone
,
received
a call
from
MCBRIARTY
who
was
using
Target
Telephone
.
This
call,
session
463'took
place
at
erpproximately
:16a.m.
In
the
call,
pETERSEN
said
need
more
of
them,
hem
hings
hat you
h.ad
otten,
the pressed
nes."
MCBzuARTy
said
oh
yeah,
yeah.
PETERSEN
askedyou
thinlc
can
come
and
"grab
like
100
of
them.',
MCBRIARTy
said
yeah
definitely.
Um,
let
me
see.
uh,
I
don't
have
hem...um.
.you
know
ike
when.
.l could
probably
do it like
around
il:e
uh, ike
at I
1:00
or
12:00.
So
you
arow
n
a
couple
ours
could
go grab hem' PETERSEN hen saidyeah t's still early. Wakeup aadshit andwhenever ou
got
them
in
your
hand
ust
give
me
a call.
MCBRIARTY
said
alright.
PETERSEN
hen
asked
did
you
say
here
was
more
i:an
one
kind
or there's
stilljust
one
kind.
MCBRIARTy
replied
ah
no.
There's
stilljust
one
kind.
i
believe
now
he's
starting
o
do
new
ones
he
said.
pETERSEN
then
responded
lright,
f
ther:e
s
any
of the
other
ones
avai.lable
ry
to
get
me ike.,a
saiad,,of
them
f you
can'
Here,
based
on
my
training
and
experience,
ETERSEN
wanted
o obtain
100
pills
from
MCBRIARTY
who
said
hat
his
source
s
only
making
one
kind
of
pill.
pETERSEN
indicated
that
if
and when
the
source
made
other
kinds
of
pills.
he
wanted
to obtain
a mixfure
of
different
ones
i'e'
"a
salad").
Immediately
after
his
call,
n
session
2464
atapproximately
9:18a.m.,
PETERSEN
responded
o
the
ORCUTT's
phone
ext
of "l gotta
see
his,'
by texting
back
"yeah I'll
show
you
arolmd
ike
t
lam
just
got
off
the
phone
with
the
dude".
urther
highlighting hatMCBRIART'y is hisnarcotic, uppli.r.
70.
On
April
7,2016,
at
about
2:13p.m.
session
614),
ORCUTT
called
PETERSEN
and
said
"I
need
hose
bars,
100
of thern."
PETERSEN
epeated
00?
ORCUTT
said
yeah.
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PETERSEN
aidalright.
OFiCUTT
PETERSEN
aid
what's
hafT
ORCUTT epeated
ou
wannashow
audio
ades]
he other
hing
too? PETERSEN
aid
ou
rnean,he
otherones?
ORCUTT
said
eah.
PETERSEN
aid
eah.
I'll
text
you
when
'm on my way
up here.
ORCUTT aidalright. At 3:56p.m.
session
683),
PETERSEN
exted
ORCUTT
'omw
in 10min,"
Here.
PETERSEN
ntended
o deliver
quantity
f Xanax
pills
o OF:CUTT t ORCUTT's
esidencen Windsor
ndalso
planned
o
sliow
ORCUTT
samples f theother
pressedills
heyhaddiscussedarlier hat
day.
71. OnApril 78,2).016,n session024 t6:25p.m., RCUTT equested50bars" n
a ext o PETERSEN. ETERSENeplied k. At 6:57p.m.
session
055), ETERSEN
informed
ORCUTT
omw."
Momentsater,ORCUTT
aidok. Here.PETERSEN gain
intended
o delivera re-distribution
uantity
f Xanax
pills
o ORCUTTat ORCUTT'S
residence.
imilarly, n April
28,2016
session
282)
t 3:09p.m., RCUTTexted
PETERSEN
ndsaid
yo I need
00. I'm
going
out o
eatnow. I'll beback
430-5, an
you
come
hru hen??"
At 3 45p.
m.,
session
3
01
,
ORCUTT
ollowed p
with
a ext
stating
do
you
want o stopby
*y hous,: n
your
wayup o the
ield." Moments
ater, n session
303,
PETERSENepliedok.
In session 305,
PETERSEN
extedORCUTT
omw n 20 min." At
4:03p.m.,
session
312),ORCUTT
extedPETERSEN
nd
nquired
u
thinku be
herebefore
430?"
At 4:04p.m.
session
;314),
ETERSEN dvised
ORCUTT on
Berlin pk bout o
hit
91." Here, believehatPETERSENntendedo dropoff a quantity f prescriptionills o
ORCUTT t ORCUTT's
onien Windsor,
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72.
OnMay2,2016,
t about 2
PETERSEN
and said
any
way
you
can "shoot
up
250
of those eal
quick?"
PETERSENsaid
yeah.
should
be able
o.
OITCUTT
explained
cause
I
got
this
girl
that
wants o me come
see
me
before
audio
adesl
o' clock. PETERSEN
saidalright,250
of
them?
ORCUTT
said
yeah,
shouldbe like
an
every
other
day
hing,
hough.
She's
moving
a
lot
of them. PETERSEN
said
alright.
Based
on
my
traininlgand experience,
ORCUTT
asked or 250
prescription ills
for a
femalecustomer hat
might
trecome
regularcustomer ecause hewas selling a high voiume
of
the
pills.
PETERSEN
agreeclo supply
he requested
uantity
at
ORCUTT's
rbsidence.At
5:14p.m.
session
6925),ORCUTT
texted
if
its
going
o take
you
awhile to
get
up here. 'il
just
take
he 50. shesaidsheonly chill
for like
30-40before hehas o leave." At 5:15p.m.
session
6927),
PETERSEN
extedOIRCUTT
I'm omw
already ts rushhour.o'
73. On
May
5,2016,
at about
2:15p.m.n session 865,
PETERSEN eceived
text
messagerom CharlesOrcutl
that stated
lemme
know
if
you get
any
blue or
greens.
'll take
them."
'oBlues"
and
"greens"
are
commonslang erms
or
prescriptionpills,
most
commonly
associated ith oxycodone.
74.
On May 6,2A16,
at approximately
:07p.m.
session
277),
PETERSEN spoke
o
ORCUTT
over the
phone
and said,
n
pertinent
part,
heseones
ust
cameacrossmy
lap. But
theseones
don't know they
look official
to be honestwith
youlike
dumb
official. ORCUTT
said neverseen he
"blue ones," he only
ones seen
are ike, are
ike, the
only
ones 've seen
are
white but the ones
seen hat
arewhite
had
blue
specks
n
'em
before.
ORCUTT alsoasked
"you
got
a coupleof those?"
PETERSEN
said
yeah
got
10 of
'em,
After ORCUTT
indicated
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In
response
o
this
call
and
rr
anticipation
of
a meeting
at
ORCUTT'S
residence
where
PETERSEN
would
deliver
nrarijuana
nd'oblues" which
I know
is common
slans
or
oxycodone),
established
ur:veillance
t 273
Rood
Avenue,
Windsor,
CT,
ORCUTT'S
home.
At
approximately
:33p.m.,
observed
PETERSEN'S
Honda
Civic haveling
westbound
n Rood
Avenue
and reach
he stop
sign at the
ntersection
f Rood
Avenue
and
Green
Manor
Avenue.
I
also
drove
my
vehicle
down
,Green.Manor
o the
ntersection
with Rood
Avenue.
PETERSEN
let me into the ntersectioni::stahd waved o thankhim and hen turnedwestbound n Rood.
PETERSEN
was now
drivin6lon
Rood
behind
me. I
could not
see nto the
Honda
due o rainy
conditions
but I
was able
o nraintain
a
visual on
the Honda.
Seconds
ater,
he Honda
urned
down
the
driveway
of
273
Rood
Avenue,
ORCUTT's
residence,
then
erminated
urveillance.
MCBRIARTY
and I'ETERSEN
Unlawfully Deal
in
Prescription
Pills
75. On April
7,2016, n
session2594
t approximately
:20p.m.,
MCBRIARTY,
using
TargetTelephone
,
called
PETERSEN,
who
was using TargetTelephone
1, and
asked
hey,
what
did
you
say?
You
'want
a
"couple hundred
of those?" PETERSEN
eplied
eally.
ust
"like
a hundred"
and f they
vrork out then
'm
gonna
grab
afew hundred.
Here,
believe,
based
on my
training
and
experiencr:,
hat PETERSEN
nformed
MCBRIARTY
that he
wanted 100
pills and hat if theywereof 6;ood ualityandhe wasable o sell hem hen hewould buy a
largerquantity.
Subsequent:ltercepts
etween
MCBzuARTY
and PETERSEN
on April
7,
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2016,
ndicate
hat
MCBRIA.RTY
fi
Hillhurst
Avenue.
76'
On
April
8,2016,
at
approximately
:58p.m.
n
session
}IA,PETERSEN,
sing
Target
Telephone
1
spoke
o MCBRIARTY
who
was using
Target
Telephone
2.
pETERSEN
asked
do
you
think
i
could
gt:t
"another
200
of those."
MCBRIARTY
asreed
and ndicated
hat
he
would
swing
by PETERS.EN'S
ay in about
an hour.
77.
Anticipating
a. ransaction
efween
MCBRIARTY
and PETERSEN,
DEA
TFO
JeffPoulin setup surveillance t MCBRIARTY'S suspected tashocation at 52 SheilaCourt,
Bristol,
CT.
Upon arriving
ltere,TFO
Poulin
did not
seeMCBRIARTY'S
car
n
the
parking
ot,
Pen
register
data on Target
Telephone
2 showed
contact
between
Target Telephone
2 and 860-
307-2894at
6:14p.m or
4 minutes
and
45
second.s.
t approximately
:20p.m.,
TFO
Poulin
checked
he last
precision
oc,ation atahit
on Target
Telephone
.3 The ocation
datahit
at
6:09p.rn.placed
Target
Telep,hsns in
the
areaof Nicholas
Court n Bristol.
MCBRIARTY
is
known
to reside
at 34 Nicholls
Court n Bristol.
After
receiving
his information,
TFO Poulin
left
Sheila
Court and drove towards
he area
of Nicholas
Court in an effort to locare
MCBRIARTY.
At approximately
:21p.m.,TFO
Poulin
observedMCBRIARTY'S
Chevy
Tahoe
parked
at
the
gas
pumps
at the
Shell Station
ocated at
the corner of
Camp Street
and
Route
6. TFO
Poulin could
see
hat
he Tahoe
was
parked
behind
a dark
grey
NissanPathfinder.
Upon driving by the gasstation,TFO PoulinobservedhatMCBRIARTY wasout of his carand
3
On April
5,2016, United
Sl.ates agistrate
udgeRobert
A. Richardson
uthorized
search
warrant
or
precision
ocation
data
on
Target
Telephone
,
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the
station
n
an
attempt
o
g;et
he
icense late
of
the
Nissan
and
drove
by
both
cars.
However,
the
Nissan
had
a dark
inted
plate
cover
affrxed
o
the
ear
plate
andTFO
poulin
was
unable
o
read
heplate.
The
Nissan's
indows
were
also
heavily
inted
and
TFO
poulin
wasunable
o
observe
he
driver
of
the
Nissan.
TFO
Poulin
hen
established
fixed
surveillance
osition
rom
where
e
could
observe
oth
cars,
At
about
:34p.m.,
CBzuARTy
got
nto
his
car
and
eft
he
Shell
parking
ot.
After
leaving
heparking
ot,
MCBRIARTY
called
PETERSEN
t Target
Telephone
' Thewirerecording ystemor TargetTelephone registeredhecall fromTarget
Telephone
at 6:36p.m,
The
Nissan
emained
arked
t
he
Shell
station.
At
about
:39p.m.,
TFO
Poulin
saw
he
Nissan
eave
he
Shellparking
ot.
The
Nissan
ntered
oute
and
began
o
travel
north'
TFO
Poulin
attempted
o follow,
but
heavy
raffic
conditions
n
Route
6
prevented
him
from pulling
out
behind
he
Nissan.
Several
minutes
ater,
TFO
Poulin
ost
sieht
of
the
Nissan
nd
erminated
urveillance.
78.
OnApril
g,2Crl6,in
session
107
atabout
1:04a.m.,
ETERSEN,
sing
arget
Telephone
, called
MCBRIARTY
n Target
elephone
.
PETERSEN
sked
ey
could get
the
est
of
them. MCBRIAR'fY
eplied
h...yeah.
PETERSEN
aid
alright,
ou
around
ow,
or..
MCBRIARTY
eplied
zth,
couple ours
hough.
PETERSEN
hen
said
alright.
So
ust
.
call
me
when
you
ready.
MCBRIARTy
responded
lright.
79,
Later hatday,at approximately:37p.m.n session180,MCBRIARTy,using
Target
Telephone
,
called
PETTERSEN
n Target
eiephone
.
MCBzuARTy
said
hey,
was
about
o head
ackmy
way
now.
I be
over
here
n about
5
or so.
You
wanted
o I
could
um
I
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there.
Um, you
know
if
you
free. PETERSEN
saidyeah
could
meetyou
over
here
f
you
want.
MCBRIARTY
replied
alright
hen um, yeah,
give
me
like
uh,
what
I'll
do
is
I'll
give
you
a
call
when
'm
]ike
ust,
yor.r
now
what
I mean,
when
'm
a
few
minutes
away
,cause
it,s
probably
gonna
ake
me
like
5
minutes
"to count
them
out"
and
shit
so.
pETERSEN
responded
"I'll talce
whatever
you
got
left."
MCBRIARTY
saidalright
well...
PETERSEN
hen
ried
to
confirm
"alright?"
MCBRLA.RTY
tated
'11probably
keep.
.1 "got
about
200
or
so over
here."
He added maybe ike two actually,maybe wo over thereand got ike 50 at my spot hat I'm a
lrold
onto
so I could
like
shorvem
around
and what
not."'
He
then
went
on to
say
but, but
I
probably
got
"like
two"
over
here hough
hat I can
give you.
PETERSEN
eplied
airight and
I'm probably
"gonna
have
you
start
putting
n
the order
ike now."
MCBRIARTY
said
yeah,
you
know
what.
Give
me uh
. shit et
me call
you
back
oo.
Let me
see f,
uh, f
I could
get
all
that
you
know
figured
out
with irim. PETERSEN
said
alright.
MCBzuARTY
addedsee
exactly
what
we needand everything
o
get
something
lse olling,
'cause,
uh,
what's
today
Saturday?
PETERSEN
said
yeah.
MCB,RIARTY
said
yeah
ts
Saturday
r
whatever,
if
I
get
a hold
of him
now
gteat."
If not,
whatever
we'll do it
later,
or
in
the morning.
PETERSEN
said
alright and
he
call terminated.
Here,
based
)n
my
training
and
experience,
ETERSEN
wanted
o acquire
he
remainingpills
that MCBRIARTY
had
and MCBRIARTY
indicated
hat
he
could
give
PETERSEN200 pills and hat hewanted o keep50 for himself to sell, PETERSENagreed ut
also
old
MCBRIARTY
that
he wanted
o
place
an
order or more
and
MCBRIARTY
said
he
needed
o
discuss hat
with hirs
ourceand
would call him
right
then.
Given
references
o "press"
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above
n paragraphs
7
and
58,
nd
he
act
hat
narcotics
raffrckers
will
use
a
pill
press
o
make
prescription
ills
to
sell
llegally,
believe
hat
he
pills
being
eferred
o in
pETERSEN,S
conversations
re llegal
controlled
ubstances.
e
have
also
had
one
seizure
hich
confirms
that
hepills
contain
ontrolled
ubstances.
80'
On
April
9,2016,
t
approximateiy
:46p.m.
session
187),
ESUS
ORREA
a.k'a,
Jumbo"
calledPETEITSEN
ndsaid
listen
he
black
dude
fuck
with."
PETERSEN
aid
yeah'
CORREA
aidhe'saskingor "180of them." PETERSENaid ain'tgot hem.
CORREA
aid how
manyycu
got?"
PETERSEN
aid
only
got
enough
o
cover
Cholo.
Everything
lse s...CORRE,A.
aid
atright
Cholo s
going
o
have o
wait.
First
come,
irst
serve.
PETERSEN
aidalright.
CCRREA
aid you
know,
cause
theygot
he
dough
lready
o."
PETERSEN
aidalright.
CO,RREA
nquired
o
you
want
me
o
[U/[
him
100 hen
nstead
f
180.
PETERSEN
aid eah,
eah.
The
est
of them,
alreacly
ot
going.
CORREA
aid
okay.
yo,
I
aiready
now
that.
PETERSEN
aidalright.
CORREA
again
epeated
lright
and
PETERSEN
espondedeah.
81.
On
April
9,2016,
n call
session
189 t
approximately
:51p.-.,
hich
s
pertinent
all
between ETEITSEN,
sing
Target
elephone
and860-7
7-5277eing
used
y
Jesus
ORREA
aka
Jumbo,"
CORREA
states
e'll
behere
owhen
he's
om his way
here
'l l
call
you
sowe
canmeet
uphere. PETERSENespondsAlright." n thesame onversation,
CORREA
tates
hatever
ou
got
"you
gotta
rab
double
hat
maybe
riple
hat."
PETERSEN
replies
Alright."
Later
n
the: ame
all,CORREA
tates
ougonna
ee ow
t
is anyways.
he
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black@feilad:
a6:
them.
As a
follow-up
to
the
above
call
session,
n
call session
199 on
the
same
date,
CORREA
said
hey you
wanna
start,
yot.t
wanna
head
over
here n like
five
minutes?
PETERSEN,
ssoonds
[U/i]
probably
10
minutes.
CORREA
larer eplies
alright,
so s
he.
82.
Typically
in this investigation,
when
PETERSEN
has been
eferring
to
quantities
such
as
50, 100
and
200,
hes;e onversations
ave ndicated
a
pills
transaction.
Here,believing
PETERSEN
would
be
going
o CORREA'S
house
o
supply
CORREA
with a
quantify
of
pills
for an unknownAfrican Americanmale- "the Black dude'scomingnow he wouid havebought
200",
surveillance
was established
n
the weaof 204
Clinton Street.
CORREA'S
residence.
A
surveillance
eammember
ot,served
ETERESEN's
ehicle
park
on Fern
Street,
and
ater
observed
PETERSENexit
his vehicleandwalk
towards he rear
of
204
Clinton
Street. A short
time
later,surveillance
bserved
n African Americanmale,
ater dentified
as
William
Ezell.
park
his
black Lexus
StfV al;o on Fem
Street
n
front of PETERSEN's
vehicle. Surveillance
observed
Ezell exit the
Lexus; nd walk
directly a
204
Clinton
Street
n the
samedirection
as
PETERSEN,
owards he rea:'of the
property.
A shor t ime later,
surveillance bservedEzell
walking
away from the rear
of 204 Clinton Street
directly back o the black Lexusand drive
off.
Surveillance
was maintained
n the black Lexus. At
about5:10p.m.,surveillance
bservedEzell
meetu,ith
the driver
of
a
Jeep, herokee n the
Stop
and
ShopPlazaon
West Main Street n New
Britain, CT. The driver of tht:JeepenteredEzell's vehicleand,afteraperiodof time, exitedand
walked n
to a ChineseRestatrant.
Ezell drove
off and surveillance
nits followed.
Ezell was
stopped
asedon a motor
veh,icle iolation. Ezell ultimately consented
o the search
f
his
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vehicle
durins
which law en:forcement
ersonnel
total
weight being approximately
6
gram
and sevenwhite
pills
imprinted
with A1349,
each
weighing approximately
5
grams.
It
should
be noted
hat a Drugs,com
pill
identifier
ists N349
as Acetaminophenand Oxycodone
Hydrochloride.
DEA lab analysisalso confirmed
that
the
pills
containedoxycodone
and acetaminophen.
83. On April
74,'.2016,t about
:23p.m.
n session 039,
MCBzuARTY, using
TargetTelephone
,
spoke o
PETERSENwho was
using
TargetTelephone1.
ln relevant
part,
MCBRIARTY informedPE'fERSENduring his call that "the guy...he said hat here s no deal
at 2000
but
he will throw
in someextras,.."
Later n
the call. MCBRIARTY
added we
told
him
we
were trying to
get
5." anclcontinued
hat
"so
we
just
went ahead
with the two for
right
now."
Here,
basedon
my training and
experience
nd
my
knowiedgeof the
courseof dealing
between
PETERSEN
and
MCBRIARTY,
i believe
hey
are
discussing
he acquisition
of
2000
pius
oxycodone
pills
and
hat he'r
will
not
be
getting
any
special
price
oi
ordering2000 hough
he
sourcemay
provide
some
extra
pills.
In termsof timing
for the deal,
MCBRIARTY,
in this call,
indicated
by
Thursday...if
ne're
ucky, eally ucky...rnaybe
e'll
get
hemSaturday."
Beginning
on
April
17,
at
approximately
:25p.m.
n session4699,
PETERSEN
and
MCBRIARTY
using he respective
arget
Telephones and 2 began
a series f
text messages
following up on the
previous;ly escribed
hone
conversation.
PETERSENasked
any
updateon
those". At 7:36p.m, n session 7A1,MCBRIARTY respondedprob tmw", shorthandor
probably
omorrow. On April
18,at about4:29p.m.
n session4931,
PETERSENasked
Wats
up not trying o bug
you
s today
he
day".
MCBRIARTY
repliedat 4:36p.m.in
session 940
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out more
t
4:4up.m.,
n
sesslon
please
mk
ppl
bugging
he
;hitoutof
me,'o hich
based n
my
experience eant
hat
PETERSEN
was nforming
MCBRIARTY
hat his
customers
ere
pressing
im
to conduct
transactions.
t 5
06p.m.,
vICBRIARTY
eplied Def
,
definitely.
JESUS
CORREA
Arcts s
a Re-Distributor
or PETERSEN
84.
in addition,
o
theepisode
n April 9,
PETERSEN
as
supplied
arcoticso
CORREA
hroughout
hecourse
f wire nvestigation.
or nstance,
n
March31,2016
t
9:49a.m.n session085, ORREA alled ETERSENnd aidwhat's p,yo,yougot hem
things
esterday.
ETERSE;N
aid
up.
CORREA
aid
alright,
ou
hink ater
you
can
drop
them
ofP Drop
me
some
ff?
PETERSEN
aid
yup.
CORREA
hen
nformed
PETERSEN
need
100
or
Cholo
and hen
some or
me, Based
n my training
ndexperience,
ORREA
was
asking or
100
pills
hathe iitendedo provide
o a
third
party
andsome
additional
ills
for
hirnself.
85. In session
6,t7,
n
April
7,2076,
t approximately:47p.m.,
ORREA
sked
PETERSEN ou got
"i00
of'them hings?You
wantme o
put
out here?PETERSEN
aid
t's
up
o
you.
CORREA
aid f
you
warura
ive
me
some nd
ell mewhat
you
want
back,andshit,
and 'll
tell these
udes. '11ell them
hey'reCanadian
r something. ETERSEN
aid
alright.
CORREA
aid
you
know
what 'm saying?
PETERSEN
aid
eah,
'll
bring
you
some
n
a ittle
bit. CORREA aid eah, ri.ngme some.PETERSENaidalright.CORREA dded nd 'll tell
them
you
Canadian
ndshit. PETERSEN
aidalright. CORREA
againsaid
lright?
PETERSEN
esponded
eah,
Here,
CORREA aid
hathe was
willing to line
up a buyer or
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PETERSEN
ndicated
hat
he
would
supply
quantify
f
pilis
to
coRREA.
86'
On
April
13,.2016,.at
bout
:2lp.m.
session
813),
ORREA
alled,
nd
n
pertinent,
aid
can come ick
up
some
ars?
cause
I
got
ike
30
of them,
maybe
0
something
nd
he's
gonna
rab
all of
them."
PETERSEN
aid
alright.
CORREA
hen
confirmed
he
black
dude.
So 'll
be n
your
house
n like
5 minutes.
PETERSEN
aidalright.
At the
conclusion
f the
call,
CORREA
tated
'm
on my
way
o
your
house.
Here,
CORREA
wasaskingor aquantityof .Kanax ills for a blackcustomer adplannedo pickthemupfrom
PETERSEN's
ouse
t 390
{illhurst.
TOMASZ
ZIOBRON
s a Re-Distributor
or
PETERSEN
and
Operates
rom
9l
Biruta
Street,
New
iritain,
CT
87
On
March
1
2016,
at
5:22
p.m.
session
153)
ZIOBRON
alled
ETERSEN
and
asked
im
"you home?"
After
PETERSEN
ndicated
hat
he
was,ZIOBRON
aidum,I
gonna ome y fstatic] gotlU/ foryou. I need '60bars."PETERSENaidalright,At
9:54p.m.session
183),
IOBRON
called
ETERSEN
gain'and
sked
20
morebars
y any
chance."
PETERSEN
aid
eah.
ZIOBRON
ndicated
hat
oh, 'm
at
"my crib" right
now
you
just
want o meet
me
at
[U/I]
or something.
ETERSEN
aid
yeah.
ZIOBRON
saidokay.
I
just
gotta
rab
hem
eause
this
wants n
extra20
so. PETERSEN
aid
alright.ZIOBRON
said
okay.
'll check
ou
omorrolv,
ater
on. PETERSEN
aid
alright.
Based
n my
training
nd
experience,
bars"
s common
lang or
Xanaxpills.
Here,
ZIOBRON
ordered quantity
f
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to
sell o
a third party.
88'
OnApril
8,2016,n
session
958,
ETERSEN
alled
IOBRON
nd aid
our
boy
said
ake 100
of
those."
ZIOBRON
said
'm
go
sell hem
Mollys"
right
now
cause
[U/l
twenty
U/I]
a
pop
right
nou'.
PETERSEN
eplied
alright.yeah,
so et
me know
how
that
goes.
ZIOBRON
said
gimmie
ike:
bhour,
'm
going
o
go
serve im
cause
I
told him
they're
a ittle
bit
thjcker,
aid
hey're
coming rom
Canada,
o
ucking...as
ongas
hat's
all straight.
Gimme
like anhour. I'm going o callyou. He'll take hemdude. AfterPETERSENaidsomething
unintelligible,
IOBRON
sa.id
s
ong
ashe ucking
seeshem
and
grabs
hem
and
starts elling
them.
He'll take hem.
PETERSEN
aidalright.
ZIOBRON
continued
hat
alreadyet him
know
a deal.
said
yo
"23." If
you
start
grabbing
00every
otherday
or every
ay, said 'll
drop
henumber
n
you.
I d,rn'tcare f I make
3 dollars ff each
ne. If he
grab
100 every
day,
that's
300bucks,
ou
know? PETERSEN
aid
up.
ZIOBRON
then
added ut
yeah
dude,
got
you
dude.These
re
all
done.Like, t's
[U/I],
Whatever
ou
gave
me.,.how
many
were n
there?
PETERSEN
aid rverntyow. ZIOBRON
said wenty ow?
I think
you gave
me 1.
That's
25 total,
alright.
PET.ERSEN
aid
eah.
ZIOBRON
saidairight
and hecall
erminated.
Here,PETERSEN
ndZIOBRON
discussedhesaleof
oxycodone
ills
ZIOBRON
asked
hat
hehad
a customeror whomhe
offered discounted
rice
f
thecustomerook
100
pills
every
dayor everyotherday. ZIOIIRONconfirmed lso hathehadsold25pills thatPETERSEN
had
sivenhim.
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PETERSEN
and,
dwing
the:
call,
he informed
PETERSEN
hat
my
boy
Yulic
"from
the
bars,
he
wants
a 100
blues
oo
so." PETERSEN
said
alright.
ZIOBRON
said
so,
got
you
bro.
Um,
like
I said
'm
just
throwing
the mobile
[ph]
I'm
gonna
un
to my
house
eal quick
drop
some
shit
off
so I'm
not
driving
dirty
and hen
'm
running
o
this
dude's
house
so.,
pETERSEN
said
alright.
Here,
ZIOBRON
irLdicated
hat
a
customer
f
his for
Xanax pills
wanted
100
oxycodone
pills ("blues").
Z1IOBRON
lso ndicated
he
was
going
o
drop
some
narcotics
off at
his housebecause e did not want o be "driving dirfy," which is commondrugslang or having
narcotics
n
a motor
vehicle.
ZIOBRON
resides
t 9l
Biruta
Street.
New
Britain,
CT.
90. on
April
15,'.2a76,
n
session
377,
at about
9:23p.m.,
IoBRoN
spoke
with
PETERSEN
and,
during
he.call,
n
pertinent
art,
PETERSEN
saidhe
has
000 of
them
coming
Monday.
ZIOBRON
mentioned
hat
Kenny wanted
o see
he
product
irst.
PETERSEN
old
ZIOBRON
to
tell Kenny
thal
PETERSEN
ordered
1000"
because e
thought
Kenny
was
taking
"200ufrom
him.
In
arJdition,
IOBRON
stated
hat he
owed PETERSEN
a
G"
and
added
hat
he
gave
PETERSIIN
"the 500"
and confirmed
hat
he
still oweshim "5.'o
PETERSEN
agreed.
ZIOBRON
told PETERSEN
o throw him
"50
bars"
andhas
some
dough"
for
PETERSEN.
ZIOBRON
askedPETERSEN
to
"get that ready"
or
him. ZIOBRON
also
told
PETERSEN
to come
o his
(ZIOBRON'S)
crib. PETERSEN
agreed.
Here,
PETERSEN
indicated hat he had 1000prescription ills that were coming rom Canadathat e hadordered
on the
assumption
hat
a custrlmer
f
ZIOBRON'S
would
take 200
of
those
pills.
PETERSEN
also
agreed
o deliver
Xanax
pills
o ZIOBRION
at ZIOBRON'S
home
where
ZIOBRON
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would
also
give
PETERSEN
drug
proceeds
hat
to lxm,
At aboutTUDm
night
session4378),
ETER:SEN
pokeo ZIOBRON
now."
and ndicated
he was
"pulling up
right
91. OnMay 5,2016, eginning
t about :34p.m.nd ontinuinghrough
:31p.m.
(sessions
927,7929,7932.'7934,7940,7942,7944,7946,7949.7950nd
7956),
IOBRON
andPETERSEN
ada series f text
messages.IOBRON nitialiysaid nedhp u around
ot
doe or u." PETERSEN eplied no hit
you
when 'm
back."
ZIOBRON
asked
how
on.g"
Moments ater, ZIOBRON epeatedhow ong." PETERSEN skedyouhome." ZIOBRON
said
ya."
PETERSENespondedI'11be
y there
n a few." ZIOBRON
aid K."
At about
6:52p.m.,IOBRON
oldP.ETERSEN
Yo running utbeback
n fiue."
At
7:09p.m.,
ZIOBRON
calledPETERSIIN
who
said
'm
'bout
to
be on my
way o
you.
ZIOBRON said
yeah,
'm drivingdown
Famrington
ve.,
'll be
here n 5
minutes.
PETERSEN aid
alright.
At7:31p.m.,
ETERSEN
e>rted
pullingup."
Here,
PETERSEN
ent o
ZIOBRON'S
residenceo
pick
up drug
proceedshatZIOBRON
hadavailable
or PETERSEN.
92. On
April
19. 2016,
n session
329 t
about
:00p.m.,
IOBRON
alled
PETERSEN nd,during
he
call
n
pertinent
art.
ZiOBRON
nquired
ou got
hose fucking
blues"
n hereor
no. PETEFiSEN
aid
not
yet,
After
PETERSEN
gainconfirmed
hathe did
not,ZIOBRON
said
et me
know
cause
canstill
"move
hem"
and
ittle bit
hereand here.
n
response,ETERSENtated eah, gotpeoplehathave till been ating hern p and heyare
begging
me or more.
In
cornmenting
bout
hesubstance
hatPETERSEN
as eferring
o,
ZIOBRON
said 'm
pretty
sure
ts
"fentanyl"
ude
n there.
PETERSEN
ventually
esponded
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as ong
as cats ike
them,
don't
really
care.
I don't
give
a fuck. Here,
ased
n
my training
ndexperience,
believehat fucking
blues"
referred
o
pills
thatwere ikelyblue n colorand hat
ZIOBRONandPETERSEN
iscussedhat
people
werebuying
hemandZIOBRONspeculatedhat t
wasbecauseherewas entanyl n
the
pil ls.
93.
On
April
29,'.2016,t 3:59p.m.
session
438),
IOBRON
alled
ETERSEN
nd
askedf he
could
pick
up
"bErs,o'slangor Xanax
pills,
PETERSEN
aid
es
andZIOBRON
indicated ewouldstopby. At approximately:29p.m., iapolecamer4 observed silver
vehicle
earingCT registration
AMTPO
ull
up o 390
HillhurstAvenue.A check f this
vehicle hroughDMV files ndicated
gray
2005HondaCivic registeredo ZIOBRON.
At
4:30p.m.
session
441),
IC)BRON
nformed ETERSENhat
he
was here.
Later, t 5:29p.m.
(session
498), IOBRON alled
ndasked
ow
much
he owedPETERSEN,
ETERSEN
asked
what
ZIOBRON
had
13iven
im
earlier.
ZIOBRON
said
four,n'meaning
ourhundred
dollars
nd hensaid
he
grabbed
30 bars,"
meaning
moreXanax
pills.
In suinmary,
IOBRON
picked
up Xanax
pills
at 390Hillhurst
romPETERSEN
nd eft moneyas
payment
owards n
outstanding
rugdebt.
94. OnMay
1,2016,
t
about :23p.m,
n session767,
ETERSENeceived
ext
from TOMASCZZIOBRON hatstated
nedmoeusual nd
40 bars." Here, ase gents
elieve
that moeusual" s mollyor MDMA and hatZIOBRONwas equestingheusual mount f
MDMA thathadbeen et hrough
is
prior
course
f dealingwith
PETERSEN. lso, he
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reference
o
"40
bars"
is
a
quantify
of Xanax.
Xanax
pills
come n
result,
bars"has
become oommon
ode
word or Xanax.
95. On May
7,2Ct16,t about :44p.m.
n session
448,
IOBRON
called
PETERSEN
ndasked ey
oan
get
some ars" eal
quick?
Cause
I
got
somebodyallingme
freakingor
some.PETERSENnquired ow
manydid
you
want? think only
got
ike 10
at
my crib.
ZIOBRONsaid
yerlh
hat's
ine, 'll take hat or now.
PETERSENaid
got
more,
just
don't
got
t at my
crib. ,IIOBRON eplied o,
no,honestly,
just
need
5 and spotted
my
boy ast20 so get o go ucking
U/{.
PETERSENaidalright, 'm at my crib. ZiOBRON
said
alrightand hecall concluded.
96. On May 13,2A16, ETERSEN ndZIOBRONhada series f callsbeginning
around
:44p.m.n which t
rnppeared
hatPETERSEN greedo supplyZIOBRON with a
"halfie"
of
"moeo'which
know o be common
treet lang or a halfounce f
"molly"
or
MDMA
andalsowith
"100bars, rneaning
00Xanax
pills.
ZIOBRONasked ETERSEN
o
come o his
(ZIOBRON'S)
ouse.
At approximately
:03p.ffi., surveillanceeam
member
observed ETERSEN rriveat
130
Sunrise
venue
n
New
Britain n his HondaCivic.
At
8:11p.m.,
ETERSEN as
observed
xiting
130
Sunrise
nd
getting
ack nto heCivic.
Surveillance
eam
members
Jren
ollowed
PETERSEN irectly rom
130
Sunrise
o Biruta
Street.At approximately:18p.m.,
n
an
ntercept,
ETERSENnformed IOBRON
I'm
here."
At this ime,surveillanceeammembereported eeing ETERSENn thedriveway f 9l Biruta
Street.
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Residencen Crom'well t
l13D Country Squire
Drive
97. OnMarch 9',2016,tabout :33a.m.session87),PETERSENextedGRECO
and
asked
'good
moming
cautiful
ou
want
me
o dropoffthe bars
o
you,"
a reference
whether
he
needed
suppl;z f
Xanax
pills.
In session 06,GRECO esponded
morning
es
please
hen
u can
please."
ETERSENespondedn session
08at
9:32a.m.
ok omw."
meaning
e was
on
his
way. On
March
31,GRECO
exted
u
had40
of
them
cause took50."
confirming
hat
PETERSEN
ad
provided
era
quantity
f
pills.
98. At 10:34a.m.
n April 10,2016
session
323), ETERSENextedGRECO
"morning
eautiful an
we
rneet p odayat some
oint
so can
grab
some f that oot."
GRECO espondedack
yes,
when s
good
or
you.
PETERSENeplied
'whenever
I can
come
by now
f
you
want." At 12:13p.m.,
session
357),GRECO alled
ETERSEN
nd
aid hat
she
planned
o
go
to hurchwith a friendandwouldmeethim afterwards.GRECO
also
nformed
himshe ad the$2000 lusrthe1000, 5or whatever." t 4:47p.m.session44A), RECO
inquired
n a text "do u want o come
rab
hat n alil or tomrw." In session
442 t 4:49p.m.,
PETERSEN
tated
'll
come y
n
themoming 'm a il
busy
ow...I'll
come limb n
your
bed
andwake
you
up,"
99. Duringa
phone
all
on
April
14,
2016,
GRECOmade lear hatsheactsasa re-
distributor f
pills.
In sessicn
932,GRECO,
n
pertinent art,
said l'll take hose
odayand
how
muchare hey?"
PETERSEN
aid henormal.These nes in't thecheap
nes.Thechgap
ones hould e hereactuallyodayor
tomorrow.GRECO
aid
alright, o wenty-two?
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PETERSEN
aid
yup,
hat's
ine.
GRECO
aid
alright,
through,
are
you
still
thinking
we don't get
rid
of them.
'Cause
I really
want
to
get
rid of
them.
The
first
couple
of
rounds.
Sio hat
way I can,
ucking
boom-boom,
and
hen
after
hat
I
can
get
rid
of
a
pack.
PETERSEN
esponded
hen
grab
hem,
'm
just
going
to let
you
know they're
here
and '11
et
you
come
get
ike 20
of
them
or
something his
week and
ry to
pass
hem
out to
your
people
and
see
what
hey hink
of them.
GRECO
said
yeah,
cause
if
it's
good,
'll
get
rid
of 100
packs
or
you.
Here,
PETERSEN
ndicated
hat
when he received
a shipment
of
pills,
he
would give samples o GRECO o givehercustomers.GRECO ndicated hatshewould
be
able
to
sell a large
quantity
of the
pills
for
him. In
session
007
hat
sameday, GRECO
exted
PETERSEN
and asked
can
you
meetmy house
now."
PETERSENanswered
I
can't
sry need
like
an
hour
or so."
In session
011, at 72:19p.m.,
GRECO replied"ok I
got
all the
$
ready et
me know.o'
Here, basedon nly training
and experience,
GRECO stated hat shehad
drug
proceeds
t her
residence
hal shewas ready o
provide
o PETERSEN.
100.
On
April 16,i'.076
t2:17p.m.,GRECO extedPETERSEN nd
askedU
got
Xanax.
Shesent
he
sarnemrlssage gainat2:20p.m.after
hedid not
get
an mrnediate eply,
PETERSEN
esponded
eah
and
hen ollowed
up
with
another ext that said
48k of
em,"
meaning48,000
Xanax
pills.
He then
okingly
asked
via
text'oyou
want
all of
them
right."
GRECO eventually
aid
10[)of
them,"
session
471) nd, n
a subsequent
hone
all
at
4:26p.m. session 492),the1'agreedo meetat GRECO'S house hortlybefore5:00p.rn.
101.
On
May 2,2016,betweenl0:50a.m.
nd10:57a.m.
sessions
803,
806,6808,
6810,
and6812)PETERSEN
ndGRECOhada series
f text
messages
n which PETERSEN
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'ro?aad
fxanaxpills+o@cdfi€d +
PETERSEN
nitiated
he
extsby asking you
want hembars
oday?"
GRECO
aid
yes."
PETERSEN
sked you
home canhead vernow."
GRECO
aid' ok,
es
sorry
was
asleep."
PETERSEN
nswered
ok ornw."
142.
In
session139, t about
:52p.m.
nMay
6,2016,PETERSEN
pokeo
PERNELL
CLEMONTS.During hecall,Clemonts
aid
got...a
onnect
f shits
U/l
I've
been
iving
or
them
U/l]
heavywe alkingabout
eavy eavy,
nd
he's
proven
o me
already
in two daysnigga'so know tsofficial. PETERSENsked eah ut how much?Clemonts
indicated
he
charged 8." PETERSENhen nquired
eah
ut hat'son what100
packs?
Clemonts
aid
yeah
100
packs.
PETERSEN sked owmuch or 1000?Clemonts
eplied 'm
working,
'm workingon
5
rightnow
flaughs]
didn't
make t
that ar
yet,
did
fstaminers]
50
in
a day.
and
'm
working
on
5 rightnow. So
was
calling
ou
becauseknow
maybe
ou
can
make
me ook
even etterf I
just
et
you.
.youknowwhat mean?
canmiddleman or
you
and
you
can
you
know
what
mean,make
me ook
10 imes
better,hat'swhat 'm trying..,
PETERSEN
hensaid
eah
r-rt
got
see hem,
ou got
anyof themwith
you.
Clemonts
aidOh
I
got
hem ight now hough
heirofficial
already
adsomebodyheck
hem, know
hey
gotta
be
real,
ou
won't be selling hem
ake
ones.PETERSENepeated
eah
but
gotta
see
hem
ust
to
make ure, Clemonts aid
yeah
got
hemon me now,
got
230 heydefinitely
fficial.
PETERSENskedwhichones re hey? Clemonts espondedtheblueones."Later n the
conversation,
lemontsaid m...Imean ain't
gonna
ie,
hadonedude
ought 50off me
one
shot.
r 50
and
henbought tJ0more
he
nextmoming,
hismorning o
hey
gotta
be
official
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bro. Here,
basedon
their
h'aining
and
experience, ase
agents
believe emonts
PETERSEN
o startselling
oxycodone
ills
to PETERSEN'S
customer asewhich Clemonts
'believes
will make
Clemonts ook
good
o
his
supplierbecause f the
quantities
hat PETERSEN
could sell o his
base.
I 03. On May 7
2Ct16,
t 11 56a.m.n session 390,PETERSEN eceived call from
Dominique
GRECO
who
staled
I'm
on
my
way to
work now, but I'm
gonna
need
another qp"
if
you got
it, and um did
you
take any of
"the blues" from him?
The
person?
PETERSEN said
yeahandGreco epliedalright,bring me a couple, causeI'ma have somebodyry 'em to see f
they're
good.
PETERSEN
said
airight. Here,Greco
was asking or a
quarterpound
of
marijuana
i.e.
"qp,"
a
common
quantity
n
marijuanasales)and was alsoasking
o
gei
a sample
of the
oxycodone
pills
(i.e.
"the
blues") hat
PETERSEN
got
from
"the person,"
with
whom
PETERSENhad
spoken
he day before.
Dominique
Greco s a customerof PETERSEN'Swho
acquires
rescriptionpills
arldmarijuana
or re-sale. Grecooperates
ut of her
residence
t
I 13D
Country
Squire
Rd., Cromw,:ll,
CT and appearso
maintain
a
safe
n that ocationwhereshe
maintainsdrug
proceeds.
104. On
May
7,2Ct16,
nterceptedalls
etween
ETERSENndGRECO uggested
that they
conducted
a
transaction
or
a
quantity
of marijuana
and also for some
pills
that
interceptsndicatedwereox'/codone.
Thatevening,
t approximatel.v
:24p.m..
romrvell
Police
Officels respondingo a reportof a suspiciousehicleapproached }RECO'S cur-an the
pail<ing
ot
or-rtside
f'Buildirrg
umber113at CountrySquire
Drive n Cromwell.
A
patrol
officer
observed
a
marijuana igarette
n
the
center
console n
plain
view
and alsosmelled
an
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odor of marijuana
manating
GRECO
came
out
of the area. f 113Country
SquireDr.
and entered
he vehicle.
Patrolofficers
approachedand observedGRECO attempting o conceal he marijuana cigarette n her hand and
also saw
a
sandwich
bag
protruding
out
from under her shirt. In response o a command,
GRECO removed he sandwichbas
from
inside her shirt and
t tumed out to contain
a
green
leaf-like
substance.
GRECO hen stated
t's only an
ounceor words o that effect. The
patrol
officers searchedGRECO's
car and
hen obtained
er
consent
o
search er residence
t I 13D
Country SquireDrive. In sum,officers ound$2951.00 etweenGRECO'Spersonand her
residence.
nultiple
suspected
unces
f marijuana
and a scale. GRECO
alsohad
n her
possession
key to a safe hal
she
saidwas
ocatedat
her mother's
house.
During the
search f
her residence,
he officers
did
locate a srnall
safe hat
was locked.
GRECO stated
hat
the key to
this
safewas
at her mother's
house.
Officers
did
not conduct
any further
searchof
the safe.
GRECO was
charged
with
multiple
state
offenses
ndultimately
madebond,
On May
8, 2016,
GRECO
texted
PETERSEN
hat
she
had been
arrested
he
prior
evening.
In
a subsequent
hone
call, GRECO
expressed
elief to
PETERSEN
hat he
officers
had
not
gone
nto
the safe.
In
GRECO'S
words,"so
like
I
'nas
scared
didn't
want
them o
get
ike a wanant
and
hen
go
in
that safe
vou
know
what I mean?
That could
be worse "
Basedon
my training and
experience,
believe hat GRECO
had a
signifrcani
quantityor
narcotics
or money
constitutingdrug
proceeds
or both in that safe.
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ISAAC
ORTIZ
Sellis
rescriptionPills and Fenta
8th
Street, Newington,
as a
Base of Operations
105. On March 28,2A76, t 7'.38p.m.n session 48,PETERSEN eceive call rom
ISAAC
ORTIZ. ORTIZ
asl,:ed o
you got
a
"100
pack"
n there? PETERSEN
said
yup.
ORTIZ
askedwhere
are
you?
Are
you
close? PETERSENsaid
yeah,
'm headed o my
parents
ight
now. ORTIZ saidokay.
PETERSENsaidare
you
at
your
house? ORTIZ
said
I'm home,
yeah."
PETERSEN
saidalnight, 'll be by there. ORTIZ said alright At7:56p.m., n session
656, PETERSEN nformed
)RTIZ
that I'm about o be
pulling
up. Alright, i'm
going
o
go
outside ight now. PETERSENsaid
alright.
Basedon my training and
experience, believe
hat
ORTIZ's
reference
o
"100
pack'o
s a
referenceo Xanax
pills
that come
n
100
pill quantities,
ORTIZ's driver's license
ists his
residence s 7728thStreet,
Newington,
CT.
106.
In
session 017, n March30,2016
at 7:38p.m., ETERSENeceived call rom
ORTIZ who askedwhat are
you
doing? PETERSEN eplied shit.
at
my crib. ORTIZ said
think
you're ready o bring me "another100packer," PETERSENsaidyeah. ORTIZ said I got that
"doughooor
you..."
ORTIZ
added
h, and,
uh....I misunderstood hat my boy was ellingme.
He
said
he
gets
hem for
3
dollars,unless could
get
hem or 2 he said. That's what
he
was
telling me. PETERSEN
saicloh,
alright. ORTIZ.replied
thought
or
sorne eason e
was elling
me he wanted o make2 apieee.
PETERSEN
said
everyone know
gets
hem off me at 3 bucks
dude,
and everyone know is selling hem
or anywhere
rom 5 to 7 bucks.
ORTIZ said
yeah,
that's
what I see hem for'.Five. PETERSEN hen added
don't
let anyone ell
you
different. And
if
anyonedoes ell
you
they're
getting
hem
or 2 bucksa
piece,
hey may
know
someone
who
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geISasmffi
ORTIZ
said
yeah,
exactly,
IIETERSEN
said
you
know?
ORTIZ responded
nd
think that's
why
he was
calling me
any\
ays.
PETERSEN
said
yeah.
ORTIZ
saidto
be honest
with
you,
but
I
don't
know. PETERSEN
sraid
eah
and
ORTIZ then
added
hat's alright hough,
don't care,
hey,
you
know
what? He
bought hem
anyways. PETERSEN
said
exactly.
so
girnmie,
ike
a
half
hour,
'll swing
by later.
Basedon
my training and
experience,
believe hat
ORTiZ has
money
(i.e.
"dough," comm{)n
slang or money)
or PETERSEN rom
the 100
pills
that were
supplied n their previous ransaction wo days earlier and hat their referenceo "script" again
underscores
hat hey are
refi:rring
o
prescription ills
for Xanax. At
8:02p.m., n session 025,
PETESREN
calledORTIZ and nformed him
that
he was "pulling up right now."
ORTIZ
resides
at 172
8flt
Street,Newington, CT.
107. ORTIZ spoke o PETERSEN
on other
occasions nd orderedadditional
quantities
of Xanax:
April 8, 2016,6:2i8p.rn.,
ession
966
(Ortiz
"seeing f I
could
get
a 50
packer"
which
PETERSEN
agreed
o
provide;
PETERSEN indicatedhe was at
his
parents-l30
Sunrise
Avenue-and that he could be at ORTIZ'S shortly;session 969 conftms they met at
6:36p.m.
at
ORTiZ's house);
AprllZc.t,2016,3:05p.m.,
ession
429
ORTIZ
nquii,ing do
you
havea 50
pack,"
followed by
a
confirnrationof
a
meetingat ORTIZ'S home at
6:17p.m.
hat day
n
session
493);May7,2016, I
1:0ia.m.,
session
366
ORTIZ
exts if
you
could
can
you please
bring me a 50 packat your nrother'shouse"). PETERSEN'Smother ives at 130Sunrise
Avenue. n
New
Britain.
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108. OnApriTg,
il
spoke on the
phone.
In
per,tiag;Lpart,
ORTIZ
mentioned
hat
I
was
gonna
call
you either
ater on
tonight or first
thing tomorro''v
morning.
PETERSEN
said alright,
and
whatr are
you
gonna
want? The whole
thing
right'i ORTIZ
said
yeah.
PETERSEN
said alright,
what
they
loved that
shit, right? ORTIZ
confirmed
yeah,
hey
did.
That's what
they old
me, they
said
t's
fire so.
PETERSEN said
exactly, of
course,
hat
shit
is fire. Later,
n the
call, ORTIZ
stated
hat
he
"gave
hem
out
lastnight"
so Iom
pretty
sure
hey'll be
calling
me tonight.
PETERSEN
asked
yeah,no one calledyou backcomplaining ight? ORTIZ eventuallystatednobody, didn't even
get
a
phone
call about
t. PE'|ERSEN
stated
eah,
haven't
eitler.
Not
one
phonecall saying
oh them
shits
are funny
or nothing
so. ORTIZ
said
nope,
only
got
a
text
saying
hat
how
much
was
"a
100
pack," PETERSIIN
said
yeah,
exactly
see,
hat
ells
you
right
there
hat
cats
are
liking these
shits
for sure.
O.RTIZ
hen
told
PETERSEN
he would
betting
a hold
him either
tonight
or first
thing
tomorro'w
morning.
109.
On April
10,
1016,
t 1l:30a.m.,
n session
349,ORTIZ
exted
PETERSEN
hat
I'm home
aying
dovm
now
they're
calling
me
for that.
PETERSEN
exted
back
you want me to
bring
that by."
In session
3
53,
ORTIZ
said
yeah
so could
start
geffing
eady.
At
I I :32p.m',
n
session
355,
PETERSEN
aidok.
At 1:39p,m.,
n
session
374,PETERSEN
exted
ORTIZ
you
got
me high
from
touching
trat
shit.
ORTIZ
said
got
to
use
gloves
ol. PETERSEN
said
used
rny ID normally I usea spooltandscoop t out. Basedon my trainingand experience, believe
that PETERSEN
provided
a
rluantity
of
fbntanyl
o
ORTIZ.
Fentanyl
can
be absorbecl
hror-rgh
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he
was
referring
o fentanyl
which
comes
n
powder
orm.
110'
On
April
11. he
oliowing
day,
n
session
624,
ORTIZ
and
PETERSEN
poke
by
phone.
ORTIZ
asked
did you get
another
ne
of those
hings?
PETERSEN
said
another
one
of
what?
ORTIZ
clarified
o{'what
you gave
me
yesterday.
PETERSEN
said
you
ready or
me
already?
ORTIZ
said
no,
nol right
now,
but I'rn
hoping
or
tomorrow.
PETERSEN
said
here's
like
15of
them
so.
ORTIZ
said
just
wanna now
before...PETERSEN
aid
yeah,
'll let
you
know when it startsgetting ow.'ORTIZ saidalright, ts straight.PETERSENaddedcausethat
shit
takes,
almost rvo
weeks
o
get
here
so.
ORTIZ
saidoh,
okay. PETERSEN
said
so as soon
as I
get
through
he
nextT
or 8 of them I'd
probably
put
the order
n.
ORTIZ
saidoh, okay.
PETERSEN
saidalright.
OR.TiZ
said
yes
sir.
So I might
be ready
omorow.
I'm
nor 100%
sure,
but I know
I'm almost
eadynow.
PETERSEN
saidalright,
he sooner
he better.
People
loving
that huh?
ORTIZ
saiilyeah, hey oving
it. PETERSEN
saidhow
about
hem other
things?
ORTIZ said
yeah,
hey like it
but I don't know
they
not call ing me for
that right now.
PETERSEN
said
yeah.
ORTIZ
then stated
o1hey
caliing me for
this stuff." PETERSEN
hen
said
oh of course hey are.
'cause
again
no one could
get
hat
man. ORTIZ
said
yeah.
PETERSEN
eplied
hat's so:nething,
hat's something hat
you
can control.
You
can almost
name
your
own number
on it. ORTIZ
answered
up,
I
keep t, I keep t
steady, hat
way
it
goes
quick. Towards he end of the conversation, RTIZ repeated o hopefully omorrow 'll be
calling
you
like hey
what up? PETERSEN
said
alright, and 'll
shoot t right
over.
Subsequently,
RTIZ alsomentioned
nd
arn working
on the
other
hing
still.
So
he same
Pase
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people...PETERSEN
aid
L:i
weekend. got
1000 f therrr
oming.Based
n
my training
andexperience,I
elieve
hat
PETERSEN
ndORTIZ
are
nitially
discussing
entanyl
n light
of
PETERSEN'S
eferencehat
"no
onecan
get
hat"
and hatORTIZcan name
our
own number."When
heydiscusshe
"other
hings"and
PETERSI|N
aid
hathe
will
getting
1000,"
he s referring
o
prescription
pil ls.
11 . OnMay 9,2016,
n
session
950 t approximately:26p.m., RTIZsaid
o,
'm
.'
almost one or youman,ahinost. ETERSENeplied lright, just ettingyouknow, here's
only one eft.
ORTIZ saidjust ne?
PETERSEN onfirmed
only one eft." ORTIZstated
okay
well,don't
get
id of
it.
I'll
be. 'm
going
o ry andsee f
L. .PETERSENdvised
'm
giving
t
to
the irst
person
hat
call,
you
ust
getting
fair warning
all. ORTIZ asked
kaybut
'
whenare
you going
o
get
more?
PETERSEN
aid
t
should
ehereeither
at heendof this
week,or at the endof
next week.
I ordered
ast
week,
but t takes
ike two threeweeks
o
get
here. ORTIZ said
hshit, think
'm
just
going
o mix and
match. 'm
going
o...cause
don't
want hat o
go
nowhere.
Besauseven
hougir
still
got
hatwhole
hing
yougave
me
ast ime.
-
I didn't evendip
n that
yet.
PETERSEN
aid
up.
ORTIZ
continued'butm. I'm
going
o see
what
give
you.
Let
me
seewhat
do
onight,
what come
up
with
tonight, hensee
what
happensomorrow.
PETERIiEN
aidalright.
ORTIZ hen
saidbut damn,
somebody ight
uck
with them U/i] fuckingcrazyightnow. Alright,youknowwhat et me see. might ustgo o
my bankaccount
nd
ust
grzrb
ome
ough.
PETERSEN
aidalright. ORTIZstated
cause
I'm
only ike "500
short."
PETERSEN aid
okayand hecall concluded
hortly hereafter,
ere,
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PETERSEN
dvised
ORTIZ hathehadonly
oneounce
f fentanyl
eft.
GivenPETERSEN'S
reference
hat he
orderedastweekand
hat
t
takes
tvvo
hreeweeks" o
arrive,
believe hathe
was eferring
o fentanyl
hatwason orderby
MCBzuARTY
andCASADEI which
s
ordered
through
he darknet
and
s
shippedrom overseas.
ORTIZ alsoadvised
hat he
wasshortsome
moneyowed o
PETERSENn order o obtain hat astounce.
112. On May I 1 201 ,
n
session286 t about :54p.m.,
RTIZcalled ETERSEN.
During hecall, n pertinent art,ORTIZ said I need icktacks nan " PETERSENaidhow
rnany?
ORTIZ
said
like
fiffy." PETERSEN
eplied lright, ow about that
other."
ORTIZ
responded
hat omorrow sirould
e
squared
ith
you.
PETERSEN aidalright. ORTIZ said
you
heard?PETERSEN
aictyup.
ORTIZ hensaidsoby
tomonow,
need
tick-tacks"
oday
for tomorrow
be
right here oom. PETERSEN
aidsounds
ood.
ORTIZ
saidand
still,still
wait or like tlree
quarters
o a whole
one.
PETERSEN
aid
damn...ORTIZ'm telling
you
nran, s fuckinuazy.
PETEITSENaid
eah.
ORTIZsaid hat'show
heywant
you
o
get
U/{
thatone
U/i]
figured
ou
already id.
PETERSEN sked
hathappened? RTIZ
esponded
that's
why
I
want
you
o hold
o thatother
one. PETERSEN aidoh
s
still
there.
ORTIZ
answeredlrightsweet,
o hat's
good,
opefully...PETERSEN
hey're eally
two
of them."
'Cause
there'sone
or
you
and want o
give
someone
n
Enfield
and was
going o front
t to
him" but can't [U/l] take n thearmbuthedidn't eelcomfortable.ORTIZsaidohno?
PETERSEN
aid
nah,hedor,'t
want o owe
me,he'soneof them
guys
hat ike
o
pay
or
everything p front. But he
be
grabbing
hem,
he
wholes
ff me anyway.So was ike
yo
ust
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takm
ORTIZ
said damn, wish i could... one day
I'm
going
o
be
ike that.
PETERSENsaid
yup.
ORTIZ laughedand
said hat's
my
goal.
PETERSENsaid so here's wo of them right now. If
you
want one, here'sonly
gcing
to be one eft after hat.
ORTIZ
confirmed
yeah
'm
gonna
want
one omorrow.
PETER-SEN aidalright.
ORTIZ
addeddefinite...but n...are
you
going
o
come over here? PETERSE,TJ
aid
yeah,
'11
ome
o
you.
ORTIZ saidalright and
addedand
'l l
see
you
in
a
few, I'll
be
here PETERSENconfirmed
alright
see
you
in
a few. Here,based
on
my training and experience, believe hat ORTIZ when he asked or 50 tick-tacks asked or a
quantity
of 50
prescription
:ills.
When hey discussedthat
other," ORTIZ and
PETERSEN
discussed
he fentanyl hey had spokenabout
n their
prior
conversation.PETERSEN explained
that he had wo left, meaninEitwo uncesand hat he had ntended o
"'front"
one,meaning
give
on
credit, o a customer n Enfield
(likely
ENRIQUEZ) but that his customer
referred
o
pay
up
front
and
not
take
narcotics
on credit.
The conversation oncluded y ORTIZ he would be ready
for an ounce
of
fentanyl
the
lbllowing day and that
PETERSEN would
be
on his
way
to
ORTIZ's
residencen a few.minuteswith the
pills.
113. On May 72,2016,at 7:1
1p.m.,PETERSEN
poke o ORTIZ andasked f he was
home. ORTIZ confirmed hat
he
was
home.
PETERSENsaid 'm bringing
you
the ast
bit
that's
eft. I believe
hat PEIIERSENwas efening
to
the
ast ounceof fentanyl
hey
discussed
n
their conversationhe day beforewhich is referencedn paragraph11. PETERSENsays will
be
at
you
in
5 minutes.
Precision ocation
nformation or TargetTelephone
placed
PETERSEN
t7:28p.m.
n the areaof 1728tt'Street
n Newingron.
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114.
Based
on the
foregoing
acts,
believe hat
he subject
premises
or which search
warrants
are all locations
which
members
f
this drug rafficking ring
utilizes
as bases
f
operations
or
their narcotics
distribution.
Frequentiy,n
my training
and experience
nd
hat
of
others
agents
articipating
n
this
investigation,
hesestash ocations
and residences
lsocontain
other ndicia
of drug
trafficking, including
records
of
drug trafficking
activity
such as edgers
showing
quantities
provided
and monies owed, drug
paraphemalia
such
as scalesand
packaging
material,associates'elephoire umbersand ocations,and recordsof travel n connectionwith
drug trafficking
activity.
In this
particular
case, believe that such ruits, instrumentalities
and/or
evidence
of the argetr;' onspiracy o distributeand distribution
of controlledsubstances
will
be
present
n
the subject
premises.
115. Based
upon ttLe otality of the
facts and
circumstances
et
forth herein, and based
on
my training and
experienc:end consultations ith
fellow law enforcement
fficers, know:
(a)
that narcotics
raffickers
must maintain
on hand
U.S. currency n order
o
maintain
and inance heir orL-going arcotics usiness;
(b)
that narcotics raffickersmaintainbooks,
ecords, eceipts,
otes, edgers,
money
orders and other
papers elating
to
the
transportation.
eceipts,sale
and
distribution
of
controlled
substances. hat the aforementioned ooks,
ecords, eceipts,notes, edgers,
tc,o
re
maintainedwheretraffickershaveready access o them -- frequently at their residences ndstash
houses,ncluding
n the
garalles
t those ocations;
(c)
that
persons
nvolved n narcotics rafficking conceal n
their residences
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agents
and
diluents,
arge
amounts
of currency,
inancial
instruments,precious
metals,
ewelry
and
other
items
of value
and/orproceeds
of drug
transactions;
and he
evidence
of financial
transactions
elating
to
obtairdng,
ransferring,
secreting
or spending
of
sums of
money made
from
narcotics
rafficking
ac:iivities;
(d)
that
t is common
or narcotic
raffickers
o hide contraband, roceeds
f
drug
sales
ard records
of drug ransactions
n
secure
ocations
within
their residences
nd
stash
houses,ncludingattached nd detached arages,or readyaccess nd or concealment f these
items
from
law enforcement
uthorities;
(e)
that
narcotic raffickers
commonly
maintain
addresses
r telephone
numbers
n
books,
papers,
ellular
elephones
r electronic
organizers
which reflectnarnes,
addresses
nd/or
telephone
numbersof
their clients and
associatesn the
drug trafhcking
organization.
Traffickers
alsc
maintain
photographs
and videotapes
of
participants
and
associates
n narcotic
rafficking
activity, and
property
acquired
as a consequence
f narcotics
trafficking
activities;
and
(0
that
narcotic raffickers
commonlyhave n
their
possession,
r
at their
residences,
ncluding
n
garalSes
t those esidences,
irearms
or other
weapons hat
areused o
protect
and
securea drug trafficker's
property.
i 16. Basedon the erforementionednformation, believe here s probable auseo
believe
hat fruits, nstrumentalities
nd/orevidence
f violations
of Title 21,
United
StatesCode,
Sections
8a1(aX1)
and 846
(possession
ith intent
o distribute
controlledsubstances
nd
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iry--
records
and notations
eflecting he receipt,distribution
and saleof controlledsubstances.
uch
as receipts, edgers, otrUoot ,'records f
*rto*ars,
eustomers' elephone umbers
and
addresses, nd sources
of
supply,
documents
bearing he
namesof the
purported
addressee
and/or he residentssuch as
pa.ssports,
isas,
credit
receipts or
interstateand/or
foreign
travel,
paraphemalia
sed o weigh,
and
package arcotics
or
distributionsuchas scales
nd
plastic
bags,and other
items
more
spr:eifically
set
orlh in
Attachment A hereto
and o
the application
for a searchaird seizurewarrant. Accordingly, i request hat searchwarrants be ssued or each
of
the subject
premises.
computers,
Electron;ic
Storage
and
Forensic
Analysis
-JOHN
CASADEI
II7. As
described
bove,
here
s
probabiecause
o beiieve hat
CASADEI
uses
a
computer o
facilitate
he
acqu.isition
f controlled
substances
or distributionand
he
payment
for thosesubstances.
Evidenrle
f
CASADEI'S
drug
trafficking
activity
might
be found
n
data
stored
on
computer
hard drives,
electronic
storage evices
or
other storage
media.
Thus,
he
searchwarrant
applied
for would authorize
he
seizure
of computers
rom CASADEI'S
residence,
nd
any electronic
;toragemedia
or,
potentially, he copying
of
electronically
tored
information,
all
under
Rule 41(e)
2) (B).
I 18.
Based
on my training
and
experience
nd after
consultationwith
other
aw
enforcement ersonnelwith te:clrnical xpertisen theforensicanalysisof computerdata, know
that electronic
devices
an $tore
nformation
br long
periods
of
time. Similarly,
hings
hat
have
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ffi
information
can sometimes
e
recovered
with
forensics
ools'
1
19.
I
submit
hat
.fcomputers,
lectronic
torage
evices
r storage
edia
s
describedbove
re ound
on
CASADEi'S
premises,here
s
probable auseo believe
hose
recordswill
be
storedon
hat
computer
r
storage
medium,
or
at
east
he ollowing
easons:
(a)
Based
on
my
knowledge,
raining,
and
experience,
know
that
computer
files or rernnants
of such
iles
can be
recovered
months
or even
years
after
they have
been
downloaded
onto
a storage
medium,
deleted,or viewed via the
Intemet.
Illectronic
iles downloaded
o
a storage
medium
can
be
stored
or
years
at
little
or
no cost.
Even
when
iles
have
been
deleted,
hey
can
be
recovered
months
or
years
aterusing
orensic
ools.
This
is so because
hen
a
person deletes"
a
file on
a computer,
he
datacontained
n the file
does
not
actually
di.sappear;
ather,
hat
data
emains
on
the storage
medium
until
it
is
ovenvritten
by
new
data;
(b)
Therelbre,
deleted
iles, or
remnants
f deleted
iles,
may reside
n free
space r
slack
space-that
s, in space
n
the storage
medium
hat
s
not
currently
1rcing sedby an
active
ile-for
long
periods
of time
before
hey
are
overwritte,n.
n addition,
a
computer's
operating
ystem
may
also
keep
a
recordof
,Jeleted
ata
n a "swap".or
"recovery" ile;
(c)
Wholly
apart
rom
user-generated
iles,
computer
storage
media-in
particular,
computers'
ntemal
hard drives-contain
lectronic
evidence
f
how
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a computer: as
beenused,what
tt has beenused
or, and
who has used
t. I o
give
a few examples,
his forensic
evidence
an
ake he form of operating
systemcorLfigurations,
rtifacts
rom operating
system or
application
operation,
ile system
data structures,
and virrual
memory
"swap" or
paging
files. Conputer
users ypically
do
not
orase
or delete
his evidence.
because
special
soffware
s
typically
required
or that task.
However, it
is technically
possible
o
delete
his
information;
and
(d)
Simila.r{y,
iles that have
been
viewed
via the Internet
are sometimes
automaticarlly
ownloaded
nto a temporary
nternetdirectory
or
"cache."
]p;A.
Forensic
Evidr:nce.
As further
described
n
the attachments,
his
application
seeks
permission o locate
not only
computer
iles
that
might serve
as direct
evidence
of
the
crimes
described n
the warrant,
but also
or forensic
electronic
evidence
hat
establishes
ow
any
computers, lectronic
torage
evices
and other
storage
media were
used,
he
purposeof
their
use,who
used
hem,and
when.
There
s
probablecause o believe
hat
this
forensicelectronic
evidence
will
be
on any
comlluter,
electronic
storage
evice
or
storage
medium
ocatedon
or in
the
premises
ecause:
(a)
Dataon
the storage
medium
can
provide
evidence
of a
file
that
was
once
on
the storage
mediumbut
hassincebeendeletedor edited,or of a deleted
portion
of a file
(such
as
a
paragraph
hat
has been
deleted rom a
word
processing,ile). Virtual
memory
paging
systems
an eave races
of
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irf"t*atitt
recentlyaclive. Web browsers,
progfams'
and chat
proglams
store
configuration
nformation
on
the storage
medium
that can
reveal nformation
such
as online
nicknames
and
passwords.
Operating
systems
can
record
additional
.information,
such
as he
attachrnent
f
peripherals, he
attachment
of
USB
flash
storage
evices
r
other
external
storage
media,
and
he
times
the
compurcr
was
in use.
Computer
ile systems
can
record
nformation
about
the
dates
iles
were
cleated
and
he
sequence
n
which
they
were created,
although
his
information
can
ater be
falsified;
(b)
Forensic
evidence
on
a
computer
or storage
medium
canalso
ndicate
who
has
used
or
controlled
he
computer
oI,
stolage
medium,
This
"user
attribution"
evidence
s
analogous
o
the
search
or "indicia
of
occupancy"
while exeoutinga search
warrant
at
a residence.
For
example,
egistry
information,
configuration
iles,
user
profiles,
e-mail'
address
ooks,
..chat,"
instant
messaging
ogs,
photogtaphs,
he
presence r absence
f
malware,
urd
corespondence
and
he
dataassociated
ith
the
foregoing,
such
as
ile
creation
and
ast-accessed
ates)
may
be
evidence
f
who
used
or
controlled
he
computer
or
storage
medium
at
a
relevant
ime;
(c) A
person
with
appropriate
arniliarity
with
how
a computer
works can,
after
exanrining
his
forensic
evidence
n its
propercontext,
draw
conelusions
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about
how'
when;
(d)
The
process f
identifying
he
exact
iles,
blocks,
egistry
entries,
ogs,
or
other
fornrs
of forensic
evidence
on a storage
medium
that are
necessary
o
draw
an aocurate
onclusion
s a
dynamic
process.While
it
is
possible o
specify
in
advance
he
records
o be sought,
computer
evidence
s not always
data
hat
c,an
e
merely
reviewed
by
a review
team
and
passed
along
o
investigat6rs.
Whether
datastored
on
a computer
s
evidence
may dependon
other
nformation
stored
on
the
computer
and the
application
of knowledge
about
hovr
a
computer
behaves.
Therefore,
contextual
nformation
necessary
to understand
other
evidenco
also
falls
within flre
scope
of
the warrant;
(e)
Furtherr,
n
finding
evidence
f
how
a
computer
was
used,
he
purposeof
its
use,
wlo
used
t, and
when,
sometimes
t is
necessary
o establish
hat
a
particular hing
is
not
present n
a storage
medium.
For example,
he
presence
lr
absence
f
counter-forensic
rogramsor anti-virus
programs
and
associatecl
ata)
may
be
relevant,
o
establishing
he user's
ntent;
(0 I knorv that
when
an
ndividual
uses
a computer
o
further criminal
activity,
he
ndividual's
computer
will
generally
serve
both
as an
instrumentality
or commiffing
the crime,and alsoas a storagemedium for
evidence
f the
crime.
The computer
s
an nstrumentality
f
the crime
because
l is
used
as
a means
of
committing
he
criminal
offense.
The
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compmer
my
traininl3
and
experience,
believe
that a
computer
used
o
commit
a
crime
of
this
type
may
contain:
data
hat
is evidence
of
how the
computer
was
used;
data
hat
ryas
sent
or
received;
notes
as o
how
the
criminal
conduct
was
achieved;
ecords
of Intemet
discussions
bout
he
crime;
and
other
ecords
that
ndicate
he
nature
of
the
offense'
121
Necessity
of
s
a thorough
search
f
a
premises
or
information
hat
might
be
stored
on
storagemediaoften
requires
he
seizure
of
the
physical storage
media
and
later
off-site
review
consistent
with
the
warrant.
In
lieu
of
removing
storage
media
rom
the
premises,
t is
sometimes
ossible
o make
an
image
copy
of
storage
media.
Generally
speaking,
maging
is
the
taking
of
a
complete
electronic
picture of the
computer's
data,
ncluding
all
hidden
sectors
nd
deleted
iles.
Either
seizureor imaging is often
n,3cessary
o
ensure
he accuracy
and
completeness
f
data
ecorded
on
the
storage
media,
and to
prevent
he
loss
of the
data
either
from
accidental
or
intentional
destruction.
This
is true
beciluse
f the
following:
(a)
The ime
required
or
an
examination.
As
noted
above,
not
all
evidence
takes
he:iorm
of
documents
nd
iles
that can
be
easily
viewed
on
site.
Analyzing
evidence
f
how
a
computer,
electronic
torage
evice
or
other
srorage
media
has
been
used,
what
it has beenused or, and who has used t
requires
onsiderable
ime,
and
aking
that
much
ime
on
premises
ould
be
unreasonlble.
As explained
above,
because
he
warrant
calls
or
forensic
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e]€JJronlc
thoroughll'
examine
storage
media
o
obtain
evidence.
Storage
media
can
store
a large
volume
of
information,
Reviewing
that
information
for
things
described
in he
warrant
can ake
weeks
or
months,
depending
on
the
volume
of data stored,
and
would
be
mpractical
and
nvasive
to attempt
on-site;
(b)
Technj.cal
equirements.
Computers,
lectronic
storage
evices
or
other
storage
media
can be
configured
n several
different
ways,
featuring
a
variety
of
differerLt
perating
ystems,
pplicatfon
oftware,
and
configurations'
Therefore.
earching
hem
sometimes
equires
ools
or
knowledge
hat
might
not
be
presenton
the
search
site.
The
vast array
of computer
hardware
and
software
available
makes
t diffllcult
o
know before
a
search
what
tools
or
knowledg:
will
be
required
o
analyze
he system
and
ts data
on
the
premises'
However,
aking
he
storage
media
off-site
and
reviewing
t in a
controlled
environment
will allow
its
examination
with the
proper
ools
and
knowledge;
(c)
Variety
of
forms of
electronic
media.
Records
soughtunder
his
warrant
could
be stored
n a variety
of storage
media
formats
that
may
require
off--site
reviewing
with
specialized
orensic
ools.
122.
Nature
f examination.
ased n he oregoing, ndconsistentith Rule
al(gX2XB),
he
warrant anr
applying
s o
CASADEI'S
remises ould
permit eizing,
imaging, r.otherwise
opying
computer
arddrive
or
otherstorage
media
hat
easonably
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appear
o
contain
some
or
all
Iaterreview of the hard drive, mediaor informationconsistent
with
the
warrant'
The
later
review
may
require
echniques,
ncluding
but
not
iimited
to computer-assisted
cans
of
the
entire
medium,
that
might
expose
nrany
parts of
a
hard
drive
to
human
nspection
n order
to determine
whether
t
is
evidence
escribed
y
the
warrant'
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Conclusion
123.
Basedon
the erforementioned
nformation,
here
s
probablecause o believe
and
do
believe
hat JOHN
CASADEI,
JARED
MCBzuARTY
and KYLE
PETERSEN
knowingly.
intentionally,
and
unlaurfullyconspired
o
distribute
and o
possess
ith
intent
o distribute,
400
grams
or more
of
fentanyl,
n violation
of
21 U.S.C.
$$
846,Sal(aXl)
and 841(bX1XA)
nd
hat
KYLE
PETERSEN
knowingty
and
ntentionally
possessed
ith the
intent
to
distribute,
and
did
distribute,
entanyl
n
violationof
21
U.S.C.
$$
841(aX1)
nd
841(bX1XC).
Further.
here
s
probable
ause
o believe
ancl
do believe
hat CARLOS
ENRIQUEZ,ISSAC
ORTiZ,
DOMINIQUE
GRECO.
JESUS
CORREA,
a.k.a.
Jumbo,"
CHARLES
ORCUTT
and
TOMASZ
ZIOBRON
knowingly,
ntenr.ionally
nd
unlawfully
conspired
o distribute,
and
o
possess
ith
intent o
distribute.
conholle<i
ubstances
n
violation
of
21
U.S.C'
$$
846,
841(a)(1)
and
34l(bxlXC).
Accordingly,
. equest
hat
criminal
complaints
e issued
or
each
of
these
individuals.
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124. As arrests
ol these
ndividuals
and
he execution
of search
warants
is
planned
for Thursday,May 19, respectfirilyrequest hat this affidavit and he searchwarrantandarrest
warrant
papers
be
sealedas
pubiic
disclosure
of
planned enforcement
activity may
eopardize
he
safety
of law
enforcement
personnel
participating in
that activity
and
may lead
he targets
o
destroy
or
othenvise onceal
evidence
f
their illegal
activity.
Subscribed
and sworn
o before
me
Ttus
Fftay
of
May,,-t
20
1
F, f..Hartford,
Co-nn{ctii}"
l /
\
lsl
I
- " - -
'
\ '
/
'+n-7
/a4
lTbN: DONNA F. MARTNEZ
TINITED
STATES
MAGIS:IRATE
JUDGE
Task
Force
Officer,
DEA
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ATTACHMENT
A
{trtems
o be
Seized)
a'
United
Statersurrency,
money
orders
and
other
financial
inst-uments;
b'
books.
ecords.
eceipts,
otes, edgers,
nd
other
papers
and
documentation
relating
to
the
transprortation,
eceipt,
sale and
distribution
of conh^olled
ubstances;
c.
proceeds
of clrug
sales
and records
of drug
fi'ansactions;
recious
metals,
ewehy
and
other
items
of
vaiue that
may ssrrtltute proceeds
of drug
transactions;
he
evidence
of financial
transactions
eJating
o obtaining,
ransferring,
secreting
or
spending
of sums
of
money
made
fronr
engaging
n nhrcotics
r.affrcking
activities;
d.
contraband.quantities
of nareotics,
scales,cutting
agents
and diiuents
and drug
packaging
materials;
e.
addresses
r telephone
numbers
n books,
papers,
cellular
telephones
or
eiecfi'onic
organizers,
and their
electronically
storedcontents,
which reflect
names.addresses,
telephone
numbers
of
and ext
messages
o or from their
associates nd/or
clients n
narcotic
ftafficking
a.ctivity;photographs
nd videotapes
of
participants
and associates
n
narcotic
t'afficking a.ctivity
and
property
acquiredas a
consequence f
narcotics
traffi
cking
activiti es
f.
firearms,
amrnunition
and
other
weapons;
g.
safesand other securestoragecontainers
and their contents;
h.
identification
documer)6-andeys evidencing
a
possessory
nterest n
premises,
vehicles
and storage
ontaine$,
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