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Man Runs Drug Operation, Unlicensed Repair Shop Out Of CT Home, Police Say
A search of a Connecticut man’s home reportedly unveiled not only an unlicensed repair shop but uncovered an operation to manufacture crack cocaine, ketamine, and more.
The Tolland County incident occurred on Tuesday, June 4 in the town of Somers.
According to police, a search warrant was executed for 53-year-old Randy Matthew Guyette’s Hall Hill Road home.
Originally, authorities suspected that Guyette was running an unlicensed auto repair business.
However, upon arrival, Guyette was allegedly found to also be in charge of a drug operation.
Ketamine, crack cocaine, and prescription…
Man Charged With Drug Sales After Months-Long Danbury Investigation
A Fairfield County man was charged with alleged illegal drug sales after complaints from residents led to a months-long investigation.
Arpit Soni, age 28, of Danbury, was arrested on Thursday, June 6, following an investigation by the Danbury Police, Brookfield Police, and the Drug Enforcement Administration.
According to Erin Henry of the Danbury Police, detectives had received complaints from concerned citizens about illegal drug sales by Soni, who was the target of the investigation.
Detectives had court-authorized search warrants for Soni's person, car, and home. Detect…
Duo Nabbed In Norwalk Vape Shop Bust
Two vape shop employees were charged with the alleged possession of marijuana with intent to sell in Fairfield County after police seized more than seven pounds of pot at a vape shop not licensed to sell marijuana.
The two employees, Nusrat Shaika, age 20, of the Bronx, and MD Shohidul Joy, age 19, of Queens, were arrested on Thursday, April 11, during the execution of a search warrant at Smoke House 1 Vape Shop in Norwalk.
According to Sgt. Ryan Evarts of the Norwalk Police, officers from the Norwalk Police, and the state Department of Consumer Protection Smoke House, the warrant was…
DUI, Cocaine: Dangerous Driver Nabbed On I-95 In CT With Public's Help, Police Say
A Massachusetts woman was found with two baggies of cocaine after numerous 911 calls reported that she was driving dangerously on I-95 in Connecticut, officials say.
Nina Marie Fish, a 37-year-old from the Boston neighborhood of Dorchester, was arrested on Monday, July 31 around 6:35 p.m. in New Haven County after she was seen nearly crashing into multiple other vehicles on I-95 Northbound in Milford, Connecticut, according to the Connecticut State Police.
Multiple 911 calls reported a white Honda Accord, later determined to be driven by Fish, moving erratically on the inte…
3 Taken Into Custody, Including Man With Nunchucks, After Fairfield County Traffic Stop
Three men were arrested following a traffic stop in Fairfield County in which the driver was charged with having drug paraphernalia, homemade nunchucks, and failure to appear.
The incident took place in Westport on Wednesday, Oct. 12 around 8:30 p.m.
According to Lt. David Wolf of the Westport Police, an officer on routine patrol pulled a car over for a motor vehicle violation in the area of 379 Post Road East.
The driver, identified as Juan Velasco, age 40, of Bridgeport, reportedly admitted that his license was currently suspended and that the car he was driving was not…
Five Charged After Meth, Cocaine, Heroin Seized In Western Mass
Five people will be spending time behind bars after they were busted for various drug trafficking offenses in Western Massachusetts, authorities said.
All five are residents of Pittsfield, authorities said.
Michael Rogan, age 39, and Shane Rohane, age 38, were arrested after police at a residence at 291 First Street in Pittsfield on Thursday, June 8, Pittsfield Police said.
Police seized quantities of crystal meth, heroin, money and other drug paraphernalia during a search of the property and charged both men accordingly. Police believe this was the first seizure of crysta…
Man Faces Host Of Charges After Being Found Sleeping In Stolen Car, CT State Police Say
A man is facing a host of charges after police say he was found sleeping inside a stolen vehicle in Connecticut.
On Friday, Nov. 26, at approximately 2 p.m., Connecticut State Police troopers responded to the area of I-91, Exit 6 in New Haven after a report of an unresponsive man sitting in a parked vehicle.
Upon arrival, the man was determined to have been sleeping in the right shoulder of the I-91 southbound 6 entrance ramp, Connecticut State Police said.
He was identified as Edwin Leon-Guerrero, age 47, of New Haven.
During the investigation, troopers observed common in…
Four Western Mass Residents Nabbed With Cocaine, Heroin During Traffic Stop, Police Say
Three Western Mass men and a woman were arrested on drug charges during a routine traffic stop by Massachusetts State Police.
The two were arrested around 10:30 p.m., Friday, May 21, in Franklin County after Trooper Anthony Lavinge, stopped a black Hyundai sedan for speeding in a construction zone on Route 91 in Greenfield.
According to state police, during the stop, in which the two could not say who the vehicle belonged to or produce a registration, Trooper Lavinge noticed drug paraphernalia on the floor of the vehicle, said state police.
The driver, Alexandrea Chadwick, age 28, of Chadw…
CT Man Among Five Nabbed After 30 Pounds Of Suspected Heroin, Fentanyl Pills Seized
A Connecticut man is one of five who have been arrested in a wide-ranging narcotics organization in which officials seized more than $2 million in heroin and fentanyl.
Litchfield County resident Nolan Reynoso, 30, of Torrington, was arrested on Tuesday, Jan. 5, during a raid conducted by the NYPD, the DEA, and the New York State Police, said Bridget G. Brennan, New York City’s special narcotics prosecutor.
The takedown of the organization operating out of the Bronx came following the investigation which led to the dismantling of an alleged heroin packaging mill lo…
