Man Sentenced To Federal Prison For Trafficking Fentanyl In Windsor

NEW HAVEN, CT — An East Hartford resident who pleaded guilty to fentanyl distribution charges was sentenced Tuesday to 15 months in prison by a federal judge.

The jail term of Omari Lewis, 25, will be followed by three years of supervised release. He was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Victor A. Bolden, according to Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut.

According to court documents and statements made in court, Lewis was identified as a street-level dealer of fentanyl pills after Windsor police intercepted a UPS package with about 3,000 counterfeit oxycodone pills containing fentanyl inside. An investigation revealed Lewis also used his SnapChat account to advertise the sale of counterfeit oxycodone pills, Avery said.

In Dec. 2021 and Jan. 2022, the Drug Enforcement Administration’s Tactical Diversion Squad made two controlled purchases of a total of more than 400 fentanyl pills from Lewis. He was arrested on June 13, 2023, and on Nov. 13, 2023, he pleaded guilty to possession with intent to distribute, and distribution of, fentanyl, Avery said.

Lewis, who is released on a $75,000 bond, is required to report to prison April 30.

The case was investigated by the DEA New Haven Tactical Diversion Squad and the Windsor Police Department.