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Quentin Staggers at a 2017 homeless-rights protest on the Green.
A 47-year-old man targeted in an investigation of K2 dealing on the Green pleaded guilty in federal court Wednesday.
Quentin Staggers entered the plea — for possessing with intent to distribute K2, a synthetic cannabinoid — before U.S. District Judge Janet C. Hall. He was released on $100,000 bond pending a Jan. 16 scheduled sentencing. He faces up to 20 years in jail.
The arrest stems from a federal-state-local investigation into K2 dealing on the Green in July. Investigators said they found K2 packaging and residue in the trash at a Farren Avenue residence where Staggers had been staying. Staggers has also spent time living on the streets in New Haven and helped organize and lead a 2017 homeless rights protest.
Investigators have also questioned Staggers about the distribution of a bad batch of K2 that lead to 120 poisonings/overdoses on the Green in August.
The second half of this video shows a 2017 interview with Quentin Staggers on WNHH FM.