A Bridgeport man was sentenced to a year and a half in federal prison for trafficking methamphetamines.
Michael Mihalko, 42, of Bridgeport, was sentenced Thursday by U.S. District Judge Robert N. Chatigny in Hartford to 18 months in prison and three years of supervised release, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Connecticut.
Mihalko pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute and to possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine on Oct. 12, 2023.
Court records show that, in 2022, the U.S. Postal Inspection Service identified a series of packages which were suspected to contain controlled substances mailed to the Norwich residence of Joseph Wilk, Jr. and a P.O. Box in Norwich that Wilk reportedly opened.
“On Nov. 21, 2022, investigators conducted a court-authorized search of a suspicious USPS Priority Express parcel mailed from California to the P.O. Box and found that it contained more than one pound of pure methamphetamine,” the U.S. Attorney’s Office said.
According to court records, it was determined that Mihalko was tracking the package.
Wilk reportedly picked up the package in Norwich on Dec. 8. 2022, and drove to his home. Shortly after, officers from the Norwich Police Department arrived at his residence and received consent to search the home. Court records show that investigators reportedly located and seized “approximately 2.575 kilograms of methamphetamine, approximately 16 grams of ecstasy, items used to process and package narcotics, two handguns, and $1,740 in cash.”
“The investigation revealed that several parcels suspected to contain narcotics were mailed to Wilk between May and December 2022,” according to court records. “After Wilk received methamphetamine that had been mailed to him, he would deliver some of it to Mihalko, who at the time was living in the Boston area, and distribute some of his to his own customers in Southeastern Connecticut and Rhode Island.”
During an interview with Mihalko, he reportedly admitted that he was responsible for sending the package and numerous others, court records show.
Mihalko has been detained since Sept. 15, 2025, “after he violated the conditions of his release and his bond was revoked,” according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office.
Wilk also pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute and to possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine and has been sentenced.
The investigation was conducted by the U.S. Postal Inspection Service’s Narcotics and Bulk Cash Trafficking Task Force and the Norwich Police Department, the U.S. Attorney’s Office said.