A Connecticut man on parole for homicide received a five-year federal prison sentence in Maine for trafficking cocaine and fentanyl.
Cyrus Griffin, 42, was sentenced Tuesday by U.S. District Judge Stacey D. Neumann to 60 months in prison, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Maine. Griffin pleaded guilty on April 1, 2025.
Court records show that the Maine State Police stopped Griffin on Interstate 95 on Oct. 25, 2024. According to court records, Griffin was on parole for a homicide and was not supposed to leave Connecticut.
Court records show Griffin was found with $2,000 in cash and a “quantity of suspected drugs.” Inside the vehicle, state police also reportedly found a handgun under the driver’s seat, drug paraphernalia, suspected cocaine and suspected fentanyl.
According to court records, subsequent testing confirmed “almost a pound of cocaine from the seizure and approximately 135 grams of fentanyl, as well as a suspected cutting agent and processing paraphernalia.”