Crime & Safety
Hartford Man Sentenced To Prison For Dealing Narcotics: Feds
The 33-year-old had already been released from prison on a similar conviction before being arrested again earlier this year.
HARTFORD, CT — A Hartford man will spend nearly six years in a federal prison for dealing narcotics.
David X. Sullivan, U.S. attorney for Connecticut, said Jordan Flythe, 33, also known as “T,” of Hartford, was sentenced Thursday by U.S. District Judge Victor A. Bolden in New Haven to 70 months of imprisonment and four years of supervised release for distributing fentanyl and cocaine.
According to court documents and statements made in court, on March 31, 2021, Flythe was sentenced in Hartford federal court to 36 months of imprisonment for distributing fentanyl and crack cocaine.
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He was eventually released from federal prison in September 2022, Sullivan said.
In August 2024, the Drug Enforcement Administration’s Hartford Task Force and Middletown Police Department determined Flythe was distributing fentanyl and other narcotics in Middletown, he said.
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Between August and November 2024, investigators made multiple controlled purchases of fentanyl from Flythe, according to Sullivan.
On Dec. 18, 2024, a court-authorized search of Flythe’s residence on Adelaide Street in Hartford revealed approximately 240 grams of fentanyl mixed with xylazine and other additives, and approximately 160 grams of cocaine, officials said.
Flythe has been detained since his arrest on March 6, 2025.
On June 10, 2025, he pleaded guilty to possession with intent to distribute 40 grams or more of fentanyl and a quantity of cocaine.
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