Leonard C Boyle, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, and Lawrence Bobnick. Acting United States Marshal, announced that JOSE SOSTRE, 41, of Hartford, waived his right to be indicted and pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge Jeffrey A. Meyer in New Haven to escaping from the custody of the Attorney General.
According to court documents and statements made in court, on Nov. 28, 2012, Sostre was sentenced in New Haven federal court to 120 months of imprisonment and four years of supervised release for distributing heroin. In September 2020, Sostre was transferred to the Watkinson House Residential Reentry Center in Hartford to complete his prison term. On Nov. 24, 2020, Sostre left the facility without permission and did not return. He surrendered to the U.S. Marshals Service on Feb. 23, 2021.
Judge Meyer scheduled sentencing for Nov. 24, 2021, at which time Sostre faces a maximum term of imprisonment of five years.
This matter was investigated by the U.S. Marshals Service and is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Kenneth Gresham.
Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys
