Bridgeport Crack Dealer Sentenced To Six Years In Federal Prison

BRIDGEPORT, Conn. – Jonathan Colon, 27, of Bridgeport, has been sentenced to serve 72 months in prison followed by four years of supervised release for possessing crack cocaine with intent to distribute, according to Deirdre M. Daly, U.S. attorney for the District of Connecticut.

by Javier Simon

12/05/2014 4:00 a.m.

Colon was sentenced in Bridgeport by Senior U.S. District Judge Warren E. Eginton .

According to court documents and statements made in court, on Jan. 10, 2013, police executed a search warrant at Colon’s apartment on Birmingham Street in Bridgeport and found about 62 grams of crack cocaine packaged for street sale. Officers also located a loaded .223 caliber Bushmaster XM15-E2S assault rifle under Colon’s mattress. Colon, who was in the apartment at the time of the search, admitted to officers that he purchased the rifle the previous day for a combination of cash and crack. Colon has been detained since his arrest on January 10, 2013. On July 25, 2013, he pleaded guilty to one count of possession with intent to distribute 28 grams or more of cocaine base or crack cocaine, according to Daly's press release.

Colon’s criminal history includes multiple felony convictions. In December 2008, he was arrested for possessing a .45 caliber automatic handgun and crack cocaine and subsequently served three years in prison for that offense. He was arrested in the latest case about six weeks after his release from state prison. The latest case was investigated by the FBI’s Bridgeport Safe Streets Task Force and was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Rahul Kale.

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