Cheshire Man Sentenced For Bringing Drugs Into Corrections Facility

CHESHIRE, CT — A Cheshire man who authorities said brought drugs into a state correctional facility where he worked as a corrections officer has been sentenced to prison.

Nicholas Kosa, 29, was recently sentenced to five years in prison, suspended after three years served, followed by three years of probation execution suspended after three years to serve and three years of probation, New Haven Judicial District State’s Attorney John P. Doyle Jr. announced.

Kosa pleaded guilty in June to one count of sale or possession with intent to sell a controlled substance.

According to court records, the Department of Corrections notified the Connecticut State Police that one of their corrections officers was suspected of bringing drugs into the New Haven Correctional Center at 245 Whalley Avenue.

Authorities said the investigation found that Kosa, a corrections officer at the facility, admitted to having suboxone and cocaine in his duffel bag at work.

Kosa told state police that he was bringing in the “contraband for an inmate but was not looking to get compensation for it,” according to a news release.

“He also admitted to bringing suboxone to the facility to distribute to an inmate the previous week,” officials wrote in the news release. “A total of 31 Suboxone strips and 3.7 grams of cocaine were located in a blue latex glove among the defendant’s possessions.”