Case DIH-0422

Ramon Gomez

Federal · Connecticut · Sentenced 2017

Brought a girl under 18 to a Groton motel for prostitution and sold heroin to Adele Bouthillier, who gave it to the girl; the girl died in May 2016. Heroin he supplied through James Butler also caused a Montville woman's death days later.

Court
Federal, District of Connecticut
State
Connecticut
Year of death
2016
Year sentenced
2017
Drugs
Heroin
Conduct
Commercial sale
Relationship
No direct contact
Conviction
Sex trafficking of a minor; heroin distribution
Plea or trial
Plea
Sentence
96 months imprisonment
Found through
Federal DOJ release search 2010–2026

This was a federal prosecution. For what Connecticut’s own law says about deaths caused by supplying drugs, see Connecticut in the state law guide.

Sources

  1. justice.govNew london man sentenced 62 months prison distributing heroin involved 2 overdoses

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