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In New Haven County, police officers in Waterbury assigned to the department’s Vice and Intelligence Division executed a search warrant at a William Street apartment following an investigation into drug sales in the region.
At the apartment, investigators located suspect Quentin Boone, age 28, who was with a second man, Litchfield County resident Douglas Elliott, age 34, of Torrington, both of whom are convicted felons with prior narcotic felony-related convictions which prohibits either from possessing any firearms or ammunition.
During the search of the residence, a Waterbury Police Department spokesperson said that officers seized:
- 375 bags of heroin;
- 2.6 grams of crack cocaine;
- A box with 32 live rounds of 9mm ammunition;
- $3,277 in cash.
Police noted that Elliot is also currently on supervised parole.
- Boone and Elliot were charged with:
- Two counts of criminal possession of narcotics with intent to sell;
- Operation of a drug factor;
- Criminal possession of a firearm/ammunition.
Both men were held on a $150,000 surety bond and were arraigned on Friday, June 3, with Elliot being remanded into the custody of the Connecticut Department of Corrections.
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