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Man Sentenced For Distributing Heroin To Fairfield County Overdose Victim

A drug dealer is behind bars for supplying heroin that led to an overdose in Fairfield County.

U.S. District Court in New Haven.

U.S. District Court in New Haven.

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Waterbury resident Andre Reed, 26, has been sentenced to 18 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for distributing heroin to a female Danbury overdose victim. 

The arrest comes as part of a statewide initiative targeting drug dealers who distribute heroin, fentanyl and opioids that cause overdoses.

Shortly after 11:30 p.m. on March 1, 2016, members of the Danbury Police Department were dispatched to a service station, where there was a report of a “woman in distress in a restroom.”

At the service station, police found the woman on her knees, with her face on the floor, taking deep, gasping breaths every 20 seconds. She was also holding a syringe.

John Durham, the United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, said that the woman was transported to a local hospital, where she was placed on life support. She has since recovered.

Reed was arrested on Dec. 21 last year. He pleaded guilty on April 4 to one count of distribution of heroin. He's been remanded into the custody of the Connecticut Department of Corrections.

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