United States Drug Enforcement Administration

MILFORD, Conn. - Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that WILSON GUZMAN, JR., 39, of Milford, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Sarala V. Nagala in Hartford to a fentanyl trafficking offense.

According to court documents and statements made in court, a DEA New Haven Task Force investigation revealed that Guzman advertised various controlled substances, including fake oxycodone pills containing fentanyl and fake Adderall pills containing methamphetamine, and other drugs, through an encrypted phone messaging application.  He then distributed the drugs to customers in person and through the U.S. mail.  Guzman used locations in West Haven and North Haven to store and prepare narcotics for distribution.  Between June and August 2023, investigators made controlled purchases of drugs from Guzman, including more than 1,000 counterfeit pills containing fentanyl, counterfeit Adderall containing methamphetamine, and psilocybin mushrooms.

Guzman was arrested on September 6, 2023.  On that date investigators searched his Milford residence and the West Haven and North Haven locations and seized various controlled substances, including methamphetamine pills, Xanax pills, psilocybin mushrooms, and approximately 20 kilograms of marijuana, as well as an AR-15 style rifle and a Glock style Polymer 80 handgun that had no serial numbers (“ghost guns”).

Guzman pleaded guilty to distribution of 40 grams or more of fentanyl, an offense that carries a mandatory minimum term of imprisonment of five years and a maximum term of imprisonment of 40 years.  Judge Nagala scheduled sentencing for August 9, 2024.  Guzman is detained pending sentencing.

This matter is being investigated by the Drug Enforcement Administration’s New Haven Task Force, and the East Haven Police Department, West Haven Police Department, New Haven Police Department, Connecticut State Police, Internal Revenue Service – Criminal Investigation, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), and the U.S. Marshals Service.  The case is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Daniel E. Cummings.