A Bristol man described by prosecutors as a dangerous drug dealer was scheduled to be sentenced Wednesday for fentanyl, but the hearing was delayed because of a technical glitch.
A federal judge in New Haven was prepared to sentence 38-year-old Elkie Crump during a virtual hearing at 2 p.m.
But Crump could not participate because the wifi connection from the Wyatt Federal Detention Facility in Central Falls, Rhode Island, where he is being held, failed. Technicians couldn’t restore it, so court officials plan to reschedule it.
Prosecutors want Judge Janet C. Hall to send Crump to prison for six and a half years.