On 01/12/2024, at approximately 9:00 a.m., Detectives assigned to the Statewide Narcotics Task Force (SNTF) North Central Office, assisted members of Troop H – Hartford with a Narcotics Interdiction Operation at the New Britain CT Fastrak Bus Station.
Troopers assigned to the CT Fastrak conducted surveillance in the area and observed activities consistent with hand-to-hand narcotics transactions take place. The Troopers’ observations, including suspect descriptions, were relayed to nearby Detectives and Troopers who converged on the area of the bus station and detained three individuals observed conducting suspected narcotics transactions. In an effort to thwart Detectives and Troopers approaching the station, additional unidentified individuals observed to be involved in the suspected transactions entered a CT Fastrak bus and attempted to conceal narcotics on the bus.
CT State Police K-9 “General” was deployed and located hidden narcotics underneath seats on the bus. As a result, Detectives seized 16 bundles of suspected Heroin/Fentanyl, 17 Oxycodone Pills, narcotics paraphernalia, and over $400.00 in cash proceeds from the sale of narcotics.
Based upon information obtained during the on-scene investigation, the three detained individuals were placed under arrest and transported to Troop H in Hartford for processing:
Sammy Lee Trimmier, DOB 11/21/1983, of Hartford:
C.G.S. 21a-277, Sale of Narcotic Substance
C.G.S. 53a-48/21a-277 Conspiracy to Commit Sale of Narcotic Substance
C.G.S. 21a-279(a)(1), Possession of a Controlled Substance
C.G.S. 53a-222, Violations of Conditions of Release in the First Degree
Christopher Hicks, DOB 04/28/2003, of Hartford:
C.G.S. 53a-48/21a-277, Conspiracy to Commit Sale of Narcotic Substance (2 counts)
C.G.S. 53a-48/53a-222, Conspiracy to Commit Violation of Conditions of Release
Christian Ruben Garcia, DOB 08/11/1995, of East Hartford:
C.G.S. 21a-267, Possession of Drug Paraphernalia
C.G.S. 53a-48/21a-277, Conspiracy to Commit Sale of Narcotic Substance
Each of the individuals listed above were held on $100,000 cash/surety bonds, pending their scheduled arraignments at New Britain Superior Court, on 01/16/2024.
Trimmier was also found to be the subject of an active PRAWN re-arrest warrant, for the charge C.G.S. 53a-172, Failure to Appear in the First Degree, with a court-set bond of $200,000.