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Demetrios "Jimmy" Papadakos, was sentenced Wenesday by Senior U.S. District Judge Warren W. Eginton in Bridgeport federal court to 121 months of imprisonment, U.S. Attorney Deirdre M. Daly said. That will be followed by four years of supervised release.
He was charged after a yearlong investigation into the distribution of oxycodone, cocaine and marijuana in Fairfield County. A total of 16 individuals were charged and convicted in the case.
According to court documents and statements made in court, Papadakos and Alfred Catino, also of Danbury, were longtime associates who headed the narcotics trafficking ring.
The investigation revealed that Papadakos facilitated the purchase and distribution of more than 6,800 oxycodone 30 milligram pills and more than a kilogram of cocaine.
He traveled to Florida to purchase wholesale quantities of oxycodone and traveled to New York to acquire oxycodone and cocaine, received prescriptions for oxycodone from a corrupt doctor to whom he had loaned a large sum of money, and obtained oxycodone from a co-defendant who had obtained pills from people with legitimate prescriptions in exchange for cash.
Papadakos has been detained since his arrest on May 8, 2012. On June 23, 2014, he pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute and to possess with intent to distribute cocaine, oxycodone and marijuana.
His criminal history spans 40 years and includes six federal felony convictions, one state felony conviction and multiple misdemeanor convictions, most of which are related to drug trafficking.
Catino has also pleaded guilty and awaits sentencing.
This case was investigated by the DEA’s Bridgeport High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area Task Force and the Norwalk Police Department, with assistance provided by the Connecticut State Police and the Bridgeport, Stamford, Stratford and Westport Police Departments. The case was prosecuted Assistant U.S. Attorneys Vanessa Richards and Michael Runowicz.
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