A Georgia man has admitted to trafficking methamphetamine pills to Connecticut. Tyrone Brown, 33, of Lithonia, Georgia, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Stefan R. Underhill in Bridgeport to a methamphetamine trafficking offense.
According to court documents and statements made in court, between January 2022 and March 2024, Brown mailed parcels containing methamphetamine pills from Georgia to addresses in New Haven linked to Gregory Grant and others. Investigators identified about 79 suspicious parcels shipped from Brown to Grant during that period. In January 2023, investigators searched an intercepted parcel under a court order and found over four kilograms of multicolored methamphetamine pills in 16 ziplock sandwich bags along with a firearm. The investigation also showed that Grant made several payments to Brown as part of the conspiracy.
Brown pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute 500 grams or more of methamphetamine. This charge carries a mandatory minimum prison term of ten years and a maximum term of life imprisonment. Judge Underhill set sentencing for December 2.
Brown has been detained since his arrest on April 7, 2025.
Grant, who is from New Haven, pleaded guilty on March 12, 2025, and remains detained while awaiting sentencing.
"This investigation is being conducted by the U.S. Postal Inspection Service and the Narcotics and Bulk Cash Trafficking Task Force, which includes members from the U.S. Postal Inspection Service, the U.S. Postal Service – Office of the Inspector General, and the Hartford, Plainville, and Meriden Police Departments," according to the announcement. "The case is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorneys Nathaniel J. Gentile and Jocelyn Courtney Kaoutzanis."
