NORWALK, Conn. An anonymous tip led to the arrest of two men on charges of possessing heroin Tuesday, Norwalk Police say.
Officer Mark Suda had been told that Frederick Tate, 39, of 23 North Main St., Norwalk, was going to New York to pick up a large quantity of heroin, Officer Carleton Giles said. Tate has an extensive criminal history dating back to the early 1990s, and Suda recognized him and stopped the car he was in. An armed Cos Cob man who was with Tate was also charged, Giles said.
The account according to Giles:
Tate was the passenger in a white, four-door Buick driven by Jeffrey Grim, 49, which Suda stopped at 1:30 p.m. at the intersection of North Water and Marshall streets. Officers found 15 blue glassine envelopes of suspected heroin on Tate, and 20 glassine envelopes of suspected heroin on Grim, who also had a loaded .380 Smith and Wesson handgun in a holster. He had a permit for the gun.
Tate had a blank pill bottle, two skinny cut straws, two rubber bands and two glassine baggy ends. Stamford police service dogs assisted in the search, and nothing else was found in the vehicle.
Both men were charged with possession of narcotics, illegal possession near a school, sale/possession within distance of a school, conspiracy and illegal manufacture/distribution/sale/prescription drugs. Tate was also charged with possession of paraphernalia near a school. Bond for both was $50,000.
Also on the police blotter:
? An 85-year-old was injured in an assault, police say. The man's son, William Flanagan, 51, of 92 Rowayton Woods Drive, was arrested and charged in the incident.
Giles said the father went to check on Flanagan at his condo because he thought his son had stopped taking his medication. The father was attacked and thrown down a short flight of stairs and hiis arm was cut, police said.
Flanagan was charged with assault on a victim more than 60-years-old, second degree, and breach of peace, second degree. Bond was $5,000.
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