BRIDGEPORT, Conn. — A man formerly of Reading, Pa. pleaded guilty in Bridgeport, Conn. on Tuesday to conspiracy to distribute, and to possess with intent to distribute, heroin and cocaine, according to a release from the U.S. Attorney for the District of Connecticut.
Israel Mendoza, 44, also known as “D-Nice” and “Israel Mandosa,” will be sentenced on March 10, 2025, and faces a maximum prison term of 20 years for using the U.S. Postal Service to mail narcotics to and from Connecticut.
According to court documents and statements made in court, in 2018, the U.S. Postal Inspection Service’s Narcotics and Bulk Cash Trafficking Task Force started an investigation into a narcotics trafficking operation based in Hartford that used U.S. Mail to ship parcels of drugs and drug proceeds…