A New York man came to Connecticut to deal drugs. He brought samples.

A New York man who was dealing drugs in Connecticut was sentenced to three years in prison, according to federal authorities.

Orlando Jimenez. 48, of Yonkers, New York, also was sentenced this week by U.S. District Judge Jeffrey A. Meyer in New Haven to three years of supervised release, for distributing fentanyl, according to federal authorities.

Authorities, citing court documents and statements made in court, said that, in meetings in Norwalk that were arranged and monitored in 2021 by members of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s Bridgeport High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area Task Force, Jimenez “provided samples of narcotics to an individual working with law enforcement.”

Further, Jimenez told an individual that two kilograms of fentanyl would sell for $38,000 per kilogram, federal authorities said.

Jimenez then met the individual in Norwalk in August 2021 and sold him about 100 grams of suspected fentanyl for $3,800, federal authorities said in a statement. “Subsequent laboratory testing of the substance Jimenez provided determined it to be a mixture of fentanyl and ADB-Butinaca, a synthetic cannabinoid similar to ‘K2’ or ‘Spice.’”

Jimenez was arrested when he traveled to Norwalk to sell two kilograms of suspected fentanyl, federal authorities said, and then told investigators he had two kilograms of heroin in his vehicle.  “Investigators located and seized two rectangle-shaped bricks from the vehicle. Laboratory testing of the bricks of suspected narcotics determined them to contain mostly ADB-Butinaca, and less than one percent of fentanyl.”

Jimenez pleaded guilty on Feb. 1, 2023 to possession with intent to distribute fentanyl. He is free on a $150,000 bond, and must report to prison on Sept. 5, federal authorities said in the statement.

The investigation was done by the Drug Enforcement Administration’s Bridgeport High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area Task Force, which includes personnel from the DEA Bridgeport Resident Office, Connecticut State Police, and the Bridgeport, Danbury, Milford, Norwalk, Stamford, and Stratford police departments.