HARTFORD, CT — A Bristol man was sentenced to more than 11 years in federal prison for trafficking narcotics from a New Britain car dealership.
Wilfredo Ortiz, also known as “Will” and “P,” 45, of Bristol, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Michael P. Shea to 135 months of imprisonment and five years of supervised release.
According to court documents and statements made in court, in 2024, the FBI’s Northern Connecticut Gang Task Force and New Britain Police Department investigated a drug trafficking organization, headed by Ortiz, that was operating out of Supreme Automotive, a car dealership located on Main Street in New Britain.
The investigation included the use of court-authorized wiretaps, physical and electronic surveillance, and several controlled purchases of narcotics, primarily cocaine, from Ortiz and other members of the conspiracy.
Three controlled purchases from Ortiz involved more than a kilogram of cocaine.
Intercepted communications also revealed Ortiz’s connection to firearms.
Ortiz and other members of this drug trafficking organization were arrested on Nov. 14, 2024.
In association with the arrests, investigators conducted court authorized searches of Supreme Automotive and residences and other locations connected to the drug trafficking organization and seized more than five kilograms of cocaine, more than 200 grams of fentanyl, approximately 30 grams of heroin, a kilogram press, seven firearms, ammunition, approximately $75,000 in cash, and 26 vehicles.
Ortiz has been detained since his arrest.
On Nov. 10, 2025, he pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute and to possess with intent to distribute five kilograms or more of cocaine.
In 1999, Ortiz was sentenced in New Britain Superior Court to 27 years of imprisonment for murder and robbery offenses stemming from a convenience store robbery in August 1998 during which a codefendant shot and killed one employee and wounded another employee.
