New Haven man pleads guilty to federal narcotics charge
Joshuwa Diaz, 34, made his plea in front of U.S. District Judge Vernon D. Oliver in Hartford. He pleaded guilty to possession with intent to distribute cocaine, cocaine base ('crack'), and fentanyl.
West Haven man, juvenile arrested after stolen vehicle crash on I-95 in Norwalk
Diaz faces up to 20 years imprisonment at his May 7 sentencing hearing.
He was released on a $50,000 bond pending the sentencing.
According to court records, Diaz was arrested last February, after a court-approved search of his apartment on Orange Street found about 75 grams of fentanyl, 278 grams of cocaine, 47 grams of crack cocaine, and a loaded P80 handgun with no serial number, also called a ghost gun.
Previously, in April of 2013, Diaz was sentenced in New Haven federal court to 78 months of imprisonment for distributing heroin.
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