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Norwalk Man, 51, Gets 32-Month Prison Term For Trafficking Cocaine

NORWALK, Conn. -- A 51-year-old Norwalk man was sentenced Friday to 32 months in federal prison for trafficking cocaine in Fairfield County as part of a wide drug ring.

John Yerinides was also sentenced by Senior U.S. District Judge Warren W. Eginton in Bridgeport to three years of supervised release, said U.S. Attorney for Connecticut Deirdre M. Daly. His prison sentence includes time served.

This matter stems from a year-long investigation headed by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration’s Bridgeport High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area Task Force and Norwalk Police Department into the distribution of oxycodone, cocaine and marijuana in Fairfield County. Sixteen individuals were charged and convicted as a result of this investigation.

According to court documents and statements made in court, Yerinides was intercepted 180 times over a court-authorized wiretap engaging in telephonic and text communications with Konstantinos Zografidis, who was identified as a primary distributor of oxycodone and cocaine. 

The investigation revealed that Yerinides was predominantly obtaining large quantities of cocaine from Zografidis for further distribution.

Yerinides has been detained since his arrest on June 12, 2012. On April 17, 2014, he pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to distribute and to possess with intent to distribute cocaine.

Zografidis has pleaded guilty and awaits sentencing.

This DEA’and Norwalk Police were assisted by Connecticut State Police and the Bridgeport, Stamford, Stratford and Westport Police departments. 

The case was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorneys Vanessa Richards and Michael Runowicz.

 

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