New Haven Jailer Gets Prison For Selling Suboxone, Cocaine Inside: SA

NEW HAVEN, CT — New Haven Judicial District State’s Attorney John P. Doyle, Jr. said last week that Nicholas Kosa, 29, of Cheshire, was sentenced to five years in prison, for conveying narcotics into a state corrections' facility.

His sentence will be suspended after serving three years in prison and then will have three years of probation, Doyle said.

On June 5, Kosa pleaded guilty 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 conveying narcotics into the New Haven Correctional Center, 245 Whalley Ave., according to Dolye.

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

Kosa told state police that he was "bringing in the contraband for an inmate but was not looking to get compensation for it," per the State's Attorney.

"He also admitted to bringing Suboxone to the facility to distribute to an inmate the previous week," Doyle said, adding that a "total of 31 Suboxone strips and 3.7 grams of cocaine were located in a blue latex glove among the defendant’s possessions."