Man On Federal Supervised Release Pleaded Guilty To Selling Meth: Feds

NEW HAVEN, CT — DONALD OGMAN, 43, of New Haven, pleaded guilty Wednesday in U.S. District Court to methamphetamine and cocaine distribution offenses, according to Marc H. Silverman, Acting U.S. Attorney Connecticut.

Silverman said Ogman has been a leader of the Grape Street Crips, a violent New Haven gang. In 2012, the FBI arrested Ogman for offenses related to his role in GSC, including drug trafficking, the U.S, Attorney said. He pleaded guilty to narcotics offenses and, on March 10, 2015, was sentenced to 188 months of imprisonment and five years of supervised release, court records show

In August 2022, a federal judge granted Ogman’s motion for compassionate release, reduced Ogman’s sentence to time served, and he was released from prison, Silverman explained.

The federal prosecutor said that according to court documents and statements made in court Ogman resumed his drug trafficking activity while on federal supervised release, distributing multi-colored pills containing methamphetamine in and around New Haven. The investigation included surveillance, trash pulls, and controlled purchases of methamphetamine pills from Ogman in March and April 2024, Silverman noted.

On the date he was arrested, May 9, 2024, Silverman said searches of Ogman's "person and residence revealed additional quantities of methamphetamine, as well as crack cocaine."

Ogman pleaded guilty to one count of possession with intent to distribute, and distribution of, methamphetamine; three counts of possession with intent to distribute, and distribution of, 50 grams or more of methamphetamine; and one count of possession with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine and a quantity of cocaine, according to the Justice Department.

Detained since his arrest, Ogman is due to be sentenced July 9, and given his prior federal conviction for a serious drug felony, he faces a prison term of at least 10 years and additional penalties for violating the conditions of his supervised release, Silverman said.

This case was been investigated by the DEA New Haven District Office Task Force, the ATF, the New Haven and Hamden police departments. The NHDO Task Force includes members from the DEA, U.S. Marshals Service, Internal Revenue Service – Criminal Investigation Division, Connecticut State Police and the New Haven, Waterbury, East Haven, Branford, West Haven, Ansonia, Meriden, Naugatuck, and Shelton police departments.

The case is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorneys Stephanie T. Levick and Nathan J. Guevremont through the Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Forces (OCDETF) Program.