ELI SAMUEL O’FARRILL-FERNANDEZ, also known as “Maple,” was sentenced on Mar. 12 to 120 months in federal prison and five years of supervised release for trafficking cocaine, according to an announcement by David X. Sullivan, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut.
The sentencing follows a large-scale investigation into a drug trafficking organization operating out of Supreme Automotive, a car dealership on Main Street in New Britain. The case highlights ongoing efforts by law enforcement agencies to address narcotics distribution and related criminal activity in the region.
According to court documents and statements made in court, the FBI’s Northern Connecticut Gang Task Force and New Britain Police Department began investigating the organization led by Wilfredo Ortiz in 2024. Investigators used wiretaps, surveillance, and controlled purchases of narcotics—primarily cocaine—from Ortiz and other members of the conspiracy. O’Farrill-Fernandez was identified as a supplier who provided Ortiz with two kilograms of cocaine on September 24, 2024, and four kilograms on October 12, 2024.
O’Farrill-Fernandez, Ortiz, and others were arrested on November 14, 2024. During searches conducted at Supreme Automotive and other locations connected to the group, authorities seized more than five kilograms of cocaine, over 200 grams of fentanyl, about 30 grams of heroin, a kilogram press, seven firearms with ammunition, approximately $75,000 in cash, and 26 vehicles. At O’Farrill-Fernandez’s residence on Maple Street investigators found items used for processing and packaging narcotics including metal press plates for forming kilogram-size bricks.
O’Farrill-Fernandez has been detained since his arrest. He pleaded guilty on November 17, 2025 to conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute five kilograms or more of cocaine. Wilfredo Ortiz also pleaded guilty to the same charge and was sentenced on March 9 to 135 months imprisonment.
The investigation involved multiple agencies including the FBI’s Northern Connecticut Gang Task Force; Homeland Security Investigations; Drug Enforcement Administration; Internal Revenue Service – Criminal Investigation Division; U.S. Marshals Service; Connecticut State Police; several state departments; and numerous local police departments across Connecticut. The case is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorneys Natasha Freismuth, Reed Durham, and David Nelson.