Former Hamden Man Sentenced In Drug Trafficking Ring: Feds

Hamden CT

16 March, 2022

10:29 AM

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HAMDEN, CT — A former Hamden man has been sentenced to more than 24 years in prison on drug, gun and money laundering offenses, according to officials. Andrew Davis, a 41-year-old Jamaican citizen who last lived in Hamden, was sentenced Tuesday to 295 months in prison on the federal charges, U.S. Attorney for Connecticut Leonard C. Boyle announced. In 2013, authorities began investigating people who were moving large amounts of marijuana from the Southwestern United States to Connecticut. During the investigation, investigators intercepted four packages, each containing approximately 8 kilograms of marijuana, from the U.S. Mail, and made multiple controlled purchases of the drug from a member of the trafficking ring, according to a news release. Davis was arrested in February 2017, after investigators conducted court-authorized searches of a Hamden apartment that Davis shared with his girlfriend, Shanice Goffe; a storage unit in West Haven that was rented in Goffe's name, and two Bridgeport apartments that Davis maintained under different aliases, according to officials. "A search of the Hamden residence revealed more than one pound of marijuana, a loaded 9mm handgun, boxes of .45 caliber ammunition, $62,409 in cash, and numerous false identifications, including a U.S. passport, all of which contained a photo of Davis," officials wrote in the news release. "A search of the storage unit revealed approximately 33 kilograms of marijuana, ammunition and firearm magazines, additional false identifications, and $350,100 in cash. A search of a Bridgeport apartment rented in the name of "Cordel Freckleton" yielded one firearm, and a search of an apartment rented in the name of "Andrew Carter" revealed more than 60 pounds of marijuana and two firearms, one of which was stolen. "Investigators also seized a 2014 BMW X6, a 2016 Honda Accord, and a 2008 Honda Odyssey, all of which were registered to Goffe and had been purchased with proceeds of the marijuana trafficking enterprise." Authorities also found that Davis, using the name "Steve Williams," was under investigation in 2008 for marijuana trafficking. "In August 2008, Bridgeport Police conducted a search of Davis's Bridgeport apartment and discovered a fake identification, photos of Davis/Williams, three firearms, extended magazines, ammunition, drug packaging paraphernalia, marijuana packaged for resale, and eight UPS receipts for packages that had not arrived. Bridgeport Police subsequently seized the UPS packages, which contained a total of more than 75 pounds of marijuana," the news release states. "'Williams' was never located. "At the time of Davis's federal arrest on February 1, 2017, investigators seized more than 40 identification cards with false names, including the names of the addressees of the 2008 Bridgeport packages. When presented to U.S. Marshals and asked his name, Davis said, Let's go with Steve Williams.'" Davis was found guilty in December 2018 of one count of conspiracy to distribute and to possess with intent to distribute 100 kilograms or more of marijuana, one count of possession with intent to distribute 50 kilograms or more of marijuana, one count of possession of firearms in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, and one count of conspiracy to commit money laundering. Davis faces immigration proceedings when he completes his prison term, according to officials. Goffe pleaded guilty in November 2017 to one count of conspiracy to distribute and to possess with intent to distribute 50 kilograms or more of marijuana, and one count of conspiracy to commit money laundering. She was sentenced in February 2018 to 30 months in prison.