Deported Dominican National Pleads Guilty to Federal Cocaine Trafficking Charge in Connecticut

By Tiffany Williams –

NEW HAVEN, Conn. — A Dominican Republic citizen who authorities say was unlawfully residing in the United States has pleaded guilty in federal court to a cocaine trafficking offense after an undercover Drug Enforcement Administration investigation led to his arrest in Waterbury and the later seizure of two handguns from a residence in Ansonia.

Felix Jimenez, 38, pleaded guilty Friday in U.S. District Court in New Haven to possession with intent to distribute 500 grams or more of cocaine.

According to federal court documents, members of the Drug Enforcement Administration New Haven District Office Task Force coordinated a purchase of cocaine with an individual in New York.

On April 9, 2026, Jimenez drove to a meeting location in Waterbury and provided approximately one kilogram of cocaine to an undercover officer.

After the transaction, task force officers converged on the location. Authorities said Jimenez drove his vehicle into several law enforcement vehicles before fleeing at a high rate of speed.

Investigators located Jimenez a short distance away hiding inside a closet at an autobody shop in Waterbury, where he was taken into custody.

Federal authorities said Jimenez has remained detained since his arrest.

According to court documents, while incarcerated, Jimenez was overheard during a telephone conversation with his girlfriend discussing the possession of firearms at a residence they shared in Ansonia.

Law enforcement later conducted a court-authorized search of the residence and seized two handguns, according to prosecutors.

Jimenez pleaded guilty to possession with intent to distribute 500 grams or more of cocaine. The offense carries a mandatory minimum prison sentence of five years and a maximum prison sentence of 40 years under federal law.

He is scheduled to be sentenced on Oct. 23.

Federal prosecutors said Jimenez was deported to the Dominican Republic in 2019 after being convicted of a prior federal offense.