Connecticut man convicted of selling heroin gets nearly 4 years in prison

Wednesday, January 31, 2018
HARTFORD, Connecticut (WABC) -- A Connecticut man is facing more than three years behind bars for selling the deadly drug heroin and fleeing the area when he was caught.

A federal judge sentenced 30-year-old Luis "Cuko" Ortiz, of Hartford, to 46 months in prison Tuesday.
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According to court documents, Ortiz sold heroin to both FBI and Hartford police officers on 10 separate occasions in 2014.

He was arrested in October 2014. A search of his apartment discovered quantities of heroin and fentanyl, as well as a digital scale and grinder.

While he was out on bail as part of a drug rehabilitation program, he fled the state. Law enforcement officers caught up with him in Puerto Rico in June 2016.
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Ortiz later pleaded guilty to maintaining a drug-involved premises and one count of escape.

FBI's Northern Connecticut Violent Crime Gang Task Force and Hartford Police were both involved in the investigation.



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