Crime Correspondent: Bridgeport

Jose R. Silva , William White

Jose R. Silva had been allowed to plead guilty three months ago to one count of deprivation of individual rights as a result of what authorities determined to be his relatively minor role in the police misconduct. He was sentenced by Senior U.S. District Judge Alan H. Nevas. Silva was one of six men caught in a joint state-federal investigation that focused on the city police department's narcotics unit and the principals in a family-owned, New Haven area bail bond business. Former police Lieutenant William White, the one-time head of the city narcotics squad and the senior figure implicated in the law enforcement sting, has admitted stealing tens of thousands of dollars of what he thought was drug money and taking thousands more in bribes from the bail bondsmen. He pleaded guilty to theft and bribery conspiracy and could be sentenced to four years in prison later this month. Federal prosecutors said in court in Bridgeport Monday that Silva was implicated in crimes with former Detective Justen Kasperzyk. Both men reported to White. On one occasion, prosecutors said Silva acquiesced while Kasperzyk improperly relocated confiscated narcotics during a drug raid to solidify a case against a suspect. Another time, prosecutors said Kasperzyk stole $1,000 confiscated during a drug raid and later gave $500 to Silva. Silva kept the money and did not report the theft, prosecutors said. Kasperzyk has pleaded guilty to theft of government property and a civil rights conspiracy. He is scheduled to be sentenced in March.

Jose R. Silva , William White

Jose R. Silva had been allowed to plead guilty three months ago to one count of deprivation of individual rights as a result of what authori...

Edwin Sanchez,Edgar Nieves, Jorge "Fat Georgie" Morales, Rivera, Ardilla, Jones and Estrada

Edwin Sanchez, 34, of Laurel Heights, Shelton. That's what Sanchez agreed to when he pleaded guilty Monday to operating for at least a decade what Assistant U.S. Attorney Alina Marquez Reynolds called "Bridgeport's most lucrative heroin trafficking operation." The prosecutor said Sanchez obtained heroin from people like Gilberto Rivera, a former Latin King official; Jorge Orlando Ardilla and others in New York. She said he then distributed it to people like Luke "Mega" Jones, and Frankie "The Terminator" Estrada, both of whom ran violent drug trafficking rings in the P.T. Barnum housing project. Rivera, Ardilla, Jones and Estrada have been convicted in previous unrelated cases and are serving lengthy federal prison terms. Also pleading guilty Monday were Edgar Nieves, 36, formerly of Broadbridge Avenue, and Jorge "Fat Georgie" Morales, 33, formerly of Hollister Street, both in Stratford. The pair was described by federal prosecutors as the top lieutenants in Sanchez's operation. Reynolds and Assistant U.S. Attorney Harold Chen told Senior U.S. District Judge Alan H. Nevas that they will recommend 30-year

Edwin Sanchez,Edgar Nieves, Jorge "Fat Georgie" Morales, Rivera, Ardilla, Jones and Estrada

Edwin Sanchez, 34, of Laurel Heights, Shelton. That's what Sanchez agreed to when he pleaded guilty Monday to operating for at least a d...