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The incident occurred in Ridgefield at around 10:30 a.m. on Wednesday, April 10, in the area of 786 Ridgebury Road.
According to Capt. Jeff Raines of the Ridgefield Police, officers responded to a motorcycle accident report and found the vehicle lying in the roadway but no rider.
During a search of the area, officers found a jacket and a backpack in a nearby yard containing a "large amount" of narcotics and a firearm, Raines said.
He added that a short time later, officers located the driver hiding in the back of a nearby vehicle.
The driver, identified as New Haven County resident Tyrone Barham, age 38, of Waterbury, was arrested and charged with:
- Criminal possession of a firearm
- Possession of a controlled substance
- Sale of narcotic substance
- Possession of drug paraphernalia
- Evading responsibility
- Illegal operation of a motor vehicle under suspension
- Failure to maintain lane
- Traveling unreasonably fast
- Operating a motorcycle without an endorsement
- Failure to renew registration
He was held on a $100,000 bond, which he could not post.
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