(New Haven, CT) – New Haven Judicial District State’s Attorney John P. Doyle, Jr. today announced that the Honorable Frank A. Iannotti on August 14, 2024, sentenced Nicholas Kosa, age 29, of Cheshire, to five years in prison, execution suspended after three years to serve and three years of probation, for conveying narcotics into a state corrections facility.
On June 5, 2024, Kosa pleaded guilty to one count of Sale or Possession with Intent to Sell a Controlled Substance, in violation of Connecticut General Statute § 21a-277(a)(1)(A).
According to court records, the Department of Corrections notified the Connecticut State Police that one of their Corrections Officers was suspected of conveying narcotics into the New Haven Correctional Center, 245 Whalley Avenue, a Connecticut Department of Corrections facility. The investigation found that the defendant, a corrections officer at the facility, admitted to having Suboxone and cocaine in his duffel bag at work. The defendant informed State Police that he was bringing in the contraband for an inmate but was not looking to get compensation for it. He also admitted to bringing Suboxone to the facility to distribute to an inmate the previous week. A total of 31 Suboxone strips and 3.7 grams of cocaine were located in a blue latex glove among the defendant’s possessions.
State’s Attorney Doyle would like to extend his gratitude to Connecticut State Police Troop I, under the command of Captain Benjamin Borelli, and the Connecticut Department of Correction’s Security Division, who were assisted by the Statewide Narcotics Task Force, for their collaborative efforts in this investigation.
The case was prosecuted by Supervisory Assistant State’s Attorney David Strollo and Senior Assistant State’s Attorney Jennifer Lindade.