Ansonia Drug Trafficker Pleads Guilty To A Federal Drug Crime

Sunday, July 27, 2025, 7:15 A.M. ET. 2 Minute Read, By Art Fletcher: Englebrook Independent News,

HARTFORD, CT.- A 31-year-old Ansonia, Connecticut, man, who is a known large-scale fentanyl dealer, learned he could potentially be facing up to life in federal prison after pleading guilty last Wednesday to a federal drug trafficking crime.

     According to U.S. Attorney David X. Sullivan, on Wednesday, July 23, 2025, Daqwon Graham, also known as “Seagull” and “Energy,” 31, of Ansonia, Connecticut, appeared in the 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 400 Grams or More of a Controlled Substance, Fentanyl.

Graham Is Facing The Possibility Of Life In Federal Prison

     Following entering his guilty plea on Wednesday, Judge Oliver accepted the plea and scheduled sentencing for October 16, 2025, in Federal Court in Hartford, Connecticut. At that time, Graham faces a mandatory minimum of 10 years and up to life in federal prison, at least four years and up to a lifetime of supervised release, and a fine of up to $10 million. At sentencing, a U.S. District Court Judge will determine the term of imprisonment based on the seriousness of the offense and Graham’s prior criminal history.

Graham Drug Distribution Linked To Fatal Overdoses

     According to court documents and statements made during Wednesday’s plea hearing, during a narcotics investigation, the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration’s Bridgeport High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area Task Force and the Stamford Police Department identified Graham as a large-scale distributor within Fairfield County, Connecticut. Investigators were also able to connect Graham’s drug trafficking activities to an overdose death of a man that occurred in March 2023, in Branford, Connecticut, and a fatal overdose of a woman in October 2024, in Shelton, Connecticut.

     In January and February of 2025, during the course of the investigation, Investigators made multiple controlled buys of fentanyl from Graham. On February 26, 2025, following the controlled buys, Graham was taken into custody on High Ridge Road in Stamford, Connecticut. At the time of his arrest, Graham was in possession of more than 400 grams of fentanyl. Graham has remained in custody since his arrest.

     U.S. Attorney Sullivan commended the investigative work of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s Bridgeport High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area Task Force and the Stamford Police Department, which resulted in Graham’s guilty plea on Wednesday.