Man gets 10 yrs for cocaine trafficking

HAMDEN, Conn. (WTNH) -- A Hamden man has been sentenced to ten years behind bars for his involvement in a cocaine trafficking case.

Nelson Perez-Guzman, 38, was sentenced yesterday to 120 months of imprisonment followed my five months of supervised release.

Guzman along with 25 others were charged as a result of an FBI New Haven Safe Streets Task Force investigation in 2010. The investigation included the use of court-authorized wiretaps that recorded defendants on numerous occasions arranging the purchase and distribution of kilograms of cocaine.

On Jan 13, 2012, Guzman pleaded guilty to two counts of conspiring to distribute and to possess with intent to distribute five kilograms or more of cocaine.

Guzman was also charged in the District of Puerto Rico for participating in a separate drug distribution conspiracy. The second count to which he pleaded guilty satisfied his federal criminal liability as to this offense, and the charges against him in Puerto Rico will be dismissed.

Guzman was arrested on December 17, 2010. A search of his Hamden residence on that date revealed more than one kilogram of cocaine and $14,394 in cash.