42 year old Roman Santiago Jr of Danbury has pleaded guilty in federal court to trafficking cocaine through the mail from Puerto Rico to Connecticut. Prosecutors say shipments sent between September 2024 and February 2025 were intercepted by the U S Postal Inspection Service, with each package carrying about two kilograms of cocaine. Investigators seized more than 11 kilograms of cocaine overall, along with fentanyl found during a search of Santiago’s home at the time of his arrest in February 2025. Santiago now faces a mandatory minimum of 10 years in prison, with sentencing scheduled for July 23.
Ed Histed
Ed launched his radio career in 1975 and has spent more than five decades in the broadcasting industry. During that time, he has served in a wide range of roles including Air Personality, News Director, Sales Manager, Operations Manager, and General Manager at numerous radio stations in various markets across the country. Beyond on-air and management responsibilities, Ed has also worked extensively on the technical side of broadcasting. His background includes RF engineering and information technology, with particular experience configuring digital automation systems and remote voice-tracking platforms used by stations across the country. Ed was also among a select group of industry professionals invited by Google to its California headquarters following the company’s acquisition of Scott Studios. He was one of just 12 broadcasters nationwide chosen to participate in discussions and provide input during the design and rollout of Google’s digital broadcast automation platform. Although the majority of Ed’s career—spanning roughly four decades—was rooted in music radio, he transitioned into news and information programming in 2012. He says the move into spoken-word broadcasting was a natural evolution after decades of experience in multiple areas of the industry.