New Britain Man Pleads Guilty To Drug Distribution & Violating Post Release

Monday, November 4, 2024, 10:00 A.M. ET. 1 Minute Read, By Art Fletcher: Englebrook Independent News,

HARTFORD, CT.- On Wednesday, October 30, 2024, Akeem Manoo, 34, of New Britain, Connecticut, appeared in U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut and pleaded guilty before U.S. District Court Judge Vernon D. Oliver to Possession with Intent to Distribute Cocaine; and Violating the Terms of Supervised Release.

     During Wednesday’s hearing and following his allocution, Judge Oliver accepted the guilty plea and scheduled sentencing for January 22, 2025, at which time Manoo faces a maximum term of 20 years in federal prison for the narcotics distribution charge and five years for violating the terms of his supervised release.

     According to U.S. Attorney Vanessa Roberts Avery and documents filed with the court, on March 26, 2016, Manoo was sentenced in New Haven Federal Court to 120 months in federal prison and five years of supervised release following his conviction for participating in a gang-related narcotics trafficking conspiracy.

     Manoo was subsequently released from federal prison in November 2022, at which time he began his term of supervised release. On May 11, 2023, Manoo was taken into custody and charged following a motor vehicle stop by Police Officers of the Hartford Police Department. During the stop, Police Officers found him in possession of nearly a half-kilogram of cocaine.