Gang member sentenced to 5 years in prison in Hartford

HARTFORD, CT — A Connecticut gang member was sentenced to five years in federal prison for trafficking narcotics in southwestern Connecticut.

Modeste Adodo, 29, of New Haven, was sentenced Tuesday by U.S. District Judge Michael P. Shea to 60 months of imprisonment and three years of supervised release for trafficking narcotics.

According to court documents and statements made in court, in 2022, the FBI Bridgeport Safe Streets Task Force conducted controlled purchases of narcotics from Adodo while investigating gang activity in Bridgeport.

Adodo is a member and purported leader of the 150 gang based on Bridgeport’s West Side.

A subsequent wiretap investigation determined that Christian Pichardo was supplying Adodo and other distributors with fentanyl, heroin, crack and powder cocaine, and opioid pills.

Some of the drugs seized during the investigation had been cut with fentanyl analogues, nitazines, and xylazine.

Nitazines are synthetic opioids stronger than fentanyl, and xylazine is a large animal tranquilizer.

A wiretap also intercepted Adodo discussing his possession of firearms and transferring a firearm to a gang associate.

Adodo was arrested on Aug. 5, 2024.

On Sept. 16, he pleaded guilty to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute controlled substances.

Adodo is released on a $100,000 bond and is required to report to prison on Feb. 10.

Pichardo pleaded guilty and on July 14 was sentenced to 12 years of imprisonment.

The matter was investigated by the FBI’s Bridgeport Safe Streets Task Force, the Drug Enforcement Administration, and the Bridgeport, Stratford, and Norwalk Police Departments.