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Date: July 10, 2025
Contact: newsroom@ci.irs.gov
David X. Sullivan, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that Joshuwa Diaz, of Bridgeport, was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge Vernon D. Oliver in Hartford to 60 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for trafficking narcotics.
According to court documents and statements made in court, Diaz was arrested on Feb. 16, 2024, after a court-authorized search of his apartment on Orange Street in New Haven revealed approximately 75 grams of fentanyl, 278 grams of cocaine, 47 grams of crack cocaine, and a loaded P80 handgun with no serial number (“ghost gun”).
On Feb. 11, 2025, Diaz pleaded guilty to possession with intent to distribute cocaine, cocaine base (“crack”), and fentanyl.
Diaz, who is released on a $50,000 bond, is required to report to prison on Sept. 10.
In April 2013, Diaz was sentenced in New Haven federal court to 78 months of imprisonment for distributing heroin.
This investigation was conducted by the Drug Enforcement Administration New Haven Task Force, which includes members from the DEA, Internal Revenue Service – Criminal Investigation Division, U.S. Marshals Service, Connecticut State Police and the New Haven, Waterbury, East Haven, Branford, West Haven, Ansonia, Meriden, Naugatuck, and Shelton Police Departments. The case was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Brendan J. Keefe.
IRS Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI) is the law enforcement arm of the IRS, responsible for conducting financial crime investigations, including tax fraud, narcotics trafficking, money laundering, public corruption, healthcare fraud, identity theft and more. IRS-CI special agents are the only federal law enforcement agents with investigative jurisdiction over violations of the Internal Revenue Code, obtaining a 90% federal conviction rate. The agency has 19 field offices located across the U.S. and 14 attaché posts abroad.