Fentanyl Affidavit Connecticut

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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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z

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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98



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.

Pase

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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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98



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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[email protected]

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

Pase

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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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of

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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)

Pase25

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9ABPS1

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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-----Tes'id@FemnBtitain-padr:nifinitiated-a+raffie-stopotrthis-mal+sribj€et-as-

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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4of98



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

PaY

Page

5 of

98



{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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of98



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

smallof

Pase37

f 98



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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8of98



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:

Pase 9of 98



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

Facebook

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.

mail

priority

mail

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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at

approxrmately

0:37am,



-

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

Pase49

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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

email

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

Page

1

of 98



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

Page

2

of98



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.

Page 3 of

98

J



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

Pase 4 of98

ln

session()5,

nApril 2



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

Page

5

of

98



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.',

Page

6

of98



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.

Page

7 of

98



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,

Page 8 of98



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

Pase59 of 98



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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0

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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

,

Page

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98



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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2

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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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63

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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

Paee

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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

Paee

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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.

Pase

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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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74 of 98



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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f98



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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98



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

Page79 f 98



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.

Paee 0

of98



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

Page 1

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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,

Page 3 of 98



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

Page 4 of98



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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85 of

98



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

Page 6 of98



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

Page87 f

98



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

Page

8 of98



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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of

98



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

Pase90 of 98



irf"t*atitt

recentlyaclive. Web browsers,

e-mail

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'

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 /

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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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