By Tiffany Williams –
Frank Jamont Best, also known as “JB,” and “Cash,” 50, of Bridgeport, CT, was sentenced Friday by U.S. District Judge Victor A. Bolden in New Haven to approximately 37 months in prison, time already served, and three years of supervised release for conspiracy to distribute and to possess with intent to distribute kilogram quantities of heroin and fentanyl.
In 2019, the Drug Enforcement Administration’s Bridgeport High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA) Task Force began investigating an organization that was distributing heroin, fentanyl, and crack cocaine in and around Bridgeport, CT.
During their investigation, Task Force members made four controlled purchases of heroin and fentanyl from Best. The investigation, which included court-authorized wiretaps and hundreds of consensual recordings, revealed that Frank Best’s uncles, Wallace Best and Jeffrey Thomas, were supplying Frank Best and others with narcotics.
Frank Best was arrested on September 30, 2020, and has been detained since August 27, 2021, after he violated conditions of his pretrial release and his bond was revoked.
On October 14, 2022, a jury found Frank Best, Wallace Best, Thomas and Cox guilty of one count of conspiracy to distribute and to possess with intent to distribute kilogram quantities of heroin and fentanyl.
Frank Best’s criminal history includes multiple felony convictions, including a federal conviction in 1999 for trafficking narcotics, for which he was sentenced to 41 months of imprisonment, and a federal conviction in 2006 for possession of a firearm by a felon, for which he was sentenced to 70 months in prison, and an additional 10 months in imprison for violating the conditions of his supervised release.