A Georgia man received a 10-year federal prison sentence Tuesday for shipping methamphetamine pills to Connecticut in packages through the mail.
Tyrone Brown, 33, of Lithonia, Georgia, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Stefan R. Underhill in Bridgeport to 120 months in prison and five years of supervised release after previously pleading guilty to conspiracy to distribute and to possess with intent to distribute 500 grams or more of methamphetamine on Sept. 2, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Connecticut.
Court records show that, between January 2022 and March 2024, Brown reportedly mailed packages containing methamphetamine pills from Georgia to addresses in New Haven that were associated with Gregory Grant and others.
Investigators reportedly identified 79 suspicious packages shipped from Brown to Grant during that time, according to court records. In January 2023, investigators conducted a court-authorized search of an intercepted package and reportedly found 16 ziplock sandwich bags containing more than four kilograms of multicolored methamphetamine pills and a firearm, court records show.
According to court records, the investigation also revealed that “Grant made multiple payments to Brown during the conspiracy.”
Brown was arrested on April 7. During a search of his residence on that date, investigators reportedly recovered numerous pills and a handgun, court records show. He has been detained since his arrest.
Grant, a New Haven resident, pleaded guilty on March 12 and is detained while awaiting sentencing, according to court records.
The investigation was conducted by the U.S. Postal Inspection Service and the Narcotics and Bulk Cash Trafficking Task Force, which includes members from the U.S. Postal Inspection Service, the U.S. Postal Service Office of the Inspector General and the Hartford, Plainville and Meriden Police Departments.