Hartford Food Market Owner Charged With Dealing Drugs, Illegally Possessing Guns: Feds

HARTFORD, CT — A federal grand jury has indicted a Hartford food market owner, charging him with illegal firearms possession and narcotics distribution charges.

David X. Sullivan, U.S. attorney for Connecticut, and Jarod Forget, special agent in charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England, said Monday that Reymon Rojas, also known as Reymond Rojas, 40, of Hartford, was charged last month in a five-count indictment with narcotics distribution and firearm possession offenses.

On Dec 5, he appeared before U.S. Magistrate Judge Thomas O. Farrish in Hartford and pleaded not guilty to the charges.

As alleged in court documents and statements made in court, in June 2025, the DEA received information that Rojas, who co-owns the Los Bandoleros market at 717 Albany Ave. in Hartford, was trafficking narcotics.

Between July and October 2025, investigators made controlled purchases of fentanyl and cocaine from Rojas, some of which occurred at the market, Sullivan said.

Rojas was arrested on Nov. 3, 2025.

On that date, a court-authorized search of Rojas’ Park Street apartment revealed approximately 500 baggies of fentanyl, hundreds of counterfeit pills containing suspected fentanyl, a distribution quantity of cocaine, and a kilogram drug press, Sullivan said.

According to authorities, a search of the Los Bandoleros market revealed a safe containing hundreds of grams of fentanyl powder, approximately 1,500 sleeves of fentanyl, narcotics packaging and processing materials, and a loaded .45 caliber firearm.

A search of Rojas’ vehicle revealed distribution quantities of fentanyl, counterfeit pills, cocaine, and crack cocaine, Sullivan said.

It is alleged that Rojas’s criminal history includes state felony convictions for drug and robbery offenses, he said.

On Nov. 12, a federal grand jury in Hartford returned an indictment charging Rojas with one count of possession with intent to distribute 400 grams or more of fentanyl; two counts of possession with intent to distribute 40 grams or more of fentanyl and a quantity of cocaine; one count of unlawful possession of a firearm by a felon; and one count of possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime.

Authorities said Rojas, if convicted, could face decades to life behind bars.

Rojas also faces enhanced penalties based on his previous conviction for a serious violent felony.

Rojas has been detained since his arrest.

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