A 35-year-old Norwich woman was sentenced Thursday in U.S. District Court to a year in prison and four years of supervised release for trafficking cocaine, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office.

Marybeth Harvey had pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in New Haven to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute cocaine.

At sentencing, Judge Jeffrey Alker Meyer also ordered Harvey to forfeit $4,800.

According to the government, in the summer of 2016, Paul Mott of Groton conspired with others to obtain and distribute cocaine. Mott regularly took orders for cocaine from Harvey and other co-conspirators and then drove to his supplier in the Bronx, N.Y., to obtain the drug.　

When he returned to Connecticut, Mott provided the cocaine to Harvey and others for further distribution, according to the government. Some of Mott's narcotics trafficking activity occurred at his restaurant, Caribbean American Kitchen to Go, located on Truman Street in New London.

Harvey and Mott were arrested on Aug. 8, 2016. On that date, a search of Harvey's residence found approximately 23 grams of cocaine. On May 9, 2017, she pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute cocaine.

Mott also pleaded guilty and, on Sept. 5, 2017, was sentenced to 60 months of imprisonment. He also was ordered to forfeit a 2013 Toyota 4Runner and approximately $3,494 that was seized from him at the time of his arrest.

The case was investigated by the FBI Northern Connecticut Safe Streets Task Force, Norwich Police Department, Waterford Police Department and Groton Town Police.

This case is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Patricia Stolfi Collins.