Ansonia man, 37, arrested on multiple drug, weapons charges

Geoffrey Feliciano

ANSONIA - A city man was arrested March 18 on drug and gun charges stemming from a duffel bag found in May, 2024 in a hallway of an apartment building at 200 Main St.

Lt. Patrick Lynch said in a written release that Geoffrey Feliciano, 37, of Ansonia was taken into custody March 18 and charged with possession with intent to sell cocaine, possession with intent to sell narcotics, possession with intent to sell controlled substance, possession with intent to sell hallucinogen, possession with intent to sell marijuana, possession of a controlled substance 4 counts, possession of drug paraphernalia, theft of firearm, failure to obtain serial number firearm 4 counts, improper storage of firearm 7 counts, reckless endangerment first degree, and risk of injury. 

Feliciano posted $100,000 bond and he is due to appear April 9, 2025 at Derby Superior Court.

Lynch said when officers recovered the bag they located seven firearms, several different drugs including cocaine, marijuana, fentanyl, methamphetamine, tramadol, and ecstasy, and drug packaging material.

One of the guns in the bag was reported stolen from Trumbull in 2003. 

Detective Kristen Hunt and Detective Shawn Mendenhall continued the investigation using surveillance and video from the surrounding businesses. Lynch said they were able to identify a potential suspect through DNA and Detective Hunt was able to obtain an arrest warrant.

All arrestees are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.

This is a press release from Lt. Patrick Lynch.

Medication take back day slated at Bradley School in Derby

DERBY - The Derby Youth Service Bureau is partnering with the Derby Police Department and the Naugatuck Valley Health District to hold a medication take back day Oct. 28 from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. at Bradley School

This community service initiative is in unison with the national medication take back day and is in response to the public health crisis concerning the growing number of overdose deaths in our country, which has doubled in recent years.

 

This effort is intended to take back unwanted, un-used prescription drugs, which can make their way into the community and in the hands of young people. 

The inappropriate use of these drugs can lead to possible addiction and the desire to move toward a more dangerous illicit drug market. 

These illicit drugs, which are often tainted with fentanyl and other synthetic chemicals, are dangerous and have caused thousands of overdose deaths.

Medication take back day is one-step in helping to preventing these overdose tragedies.

 

For any questions contact John Saccu, Director, Youth Services Bureau, 860-883-7476.

This is a press release from Derby Public Schools.

Ansonia Police, DEA agents arrest 3 males on drug charges

ANSONIA - Ansonia Police in conjunction with the DEA New Haven Field Office Tuesday conducted surveillance in the north end of Ansonia to address quality of life, drug, and weapons issues. 

At about 2 p.m. officers and agents observed multiple possible drug transactions coming from a vehicle. When the vehicle was approached, there were three occupants all of whom were detained. 

The occupants were identified as Tremaine Cox, Kyree Pettway-Coverson, and Jeremiah Perkins, Lt. Patrick Lynch said in a written release.  

Pettway-Coverson was found with multiple folds of heroin in his lap. 

Cox had both powder cocaine and crack cocaine in his possession, he also had a fully loaded Glock 45 caliber handgun in his possession. The gun was registered to Cox and he had a valid pistol permit. 

The car was registered to Perkins and during a search of the car heroin, cocaine, fentanyl, a digital scale and packaging materials were found.

Tremaine Cox

Cox, 22, of Derby was charged with three counts of possession of a controlled substance, three counts of possession with intent to distribute, sale of narcotics, and possession of drug Paraphernalia. 

Cox was released on a $100,000 bond with a court date of July 11, 2023 at Derby Superior Court.

Kyree Pettway-Coverson

Pettway-Coverson, 24, of Ansonia was charged with three counts of possession of a controlled substance, three counts of possession with intent to distribute, and possession of drug paraphernalia. 

Pettway-Coverson was held on a $50,000 bond with a court date of June 28, 2023 [today] at Derby Superior Court.

Jeremiah Perkins

Perkins, 25, of Waterbury was charged with charged with three counts of possession of a controlled substance, three counts of possession with intent to distribute, and possession of drug paraphernalia. 

Perkins was released on a $50,000 bond with a court date of July 11, 2023 at Derby Superior Court.

Lynch said a total of 268 folds of heroin, fentanyl, and cocaine were seized, along with $890 in cash and the Glock handgun.

This is a press release from Lt. Patrick Lynch.

Ansonia man, 28, faces multiple drug charges

Daqwon Graham

ANSONIA - Ansonia Police today executed a search warrant on Howard Avenue which was the result of an investigation into the distribution of narcotics. 

Police recovered a large quantity of drugs and cash. Seized were 448 grams of cocaine, 186 grams of crack, 10 grams of Fentanyl, and $100,000 in cash, Lt. Patrick Lynch said in a written release.

Daqwon Graham, 28, of Ansonia was arrested and charged with possession of narcotics, possession of narcotics with intent to sell, possession of narcotics within 200 feet of a school, possession of narcotics with intent to sell within 200 feet of a school, police said.

Graham posted a $150,000 bond and will be arraigned April 12 at Derby Superior Court.

The DEA New Haven Task Force assisted in the investigation with the New Haven Police Department Criminal Intelligence Unit & Shooting Task Force and Connecticut State Police Violent Crime Task Force.

The DEA New Haven Task Force includes personnel from the DEA, U.S. Marshals Service, Internal Revenue Service – Criminal Investigation Division, Connecticut State Police, New Haven, Waterbury, East Haven, Branford, West Haven, Ansonia, Meriden, Naugatuck, and Shelton Police Departments.

This is a press release from Ansonia Police Lt. Patrick Lynch.

Ansonia man faces weapons, drug charges in March 8 incident

Eric Warren

ANSONIA - Police said Eric Warren was arrested by warrant Tuesday after he turned himself in to the Ansonia Police Department for his involvement in the March 8, 2023 gun investigation on Prospect Street in Ansonia.

 

Warren, 50, of Ansonia was charged with two counts of Criminal Possession of a Firearm, Possession of Narcotics, Possession of Narcotics with Intent to Sell, Possession of Drug Paraphernalia and Disorderly Conduct. 

Two handguns were seized during the service of a search warrant at Warren’s home, also seized was approximately three ounces of crack and packaging materials, police said.

Warren posted a $75,000 bond and was scheduled to appear Wednesday (March 15)  at Derby Superior Court.

This is a press release from Lt. Patrick Lynch. 

 

Waterbury man found in Colony Park in Ansonia with drugs, stolen handgun

Jeremiah Perkins

ANSONIA - Police investigated a suspicious activity complaint at about 3:45 p.m. Jan. 4 at Colony Park.

Officers located two males in the parking lot and one of them provided his proper date of birth but a false name. 

The male was later identified as Jeremiah Perkins, 24, of Waterbury, police said. 

He was found to be in possession of 350 folds of fentanyl, 2.5 grams of crack cocaine, a 9mm Beretta handgun reported stolen from a home in Ansonia and $3,640 in cash.

Perkins was charged with possession of a controlled substance with intent to distribute, possession of fentanyl, possession of crack cocaine, criminal possession of a firearm, and stealing a firearm. 

He posted a $100,000 bond and is scheduled to appear Jan. 18 at Derby Superior Court.

This is a press release from Lt. Patrick Lynch.  

Ansonia man charged with firearm theft, possession, intent to sell drugs

Zaire Flowers

ANSONIA - Police assisted by the Connecticut State Police Emergency Response Team served a search warrant at 4:45 a.m. today on Fourth Street. 

A stolen firearm, drugs and drug paraphernalia were seized, Lt. Patrick Lynch said in a prepared release.

The handgun recovered was reported stolen to the Connecticut State Police Troop A in 2017. The drugs seized were crack cocaine and sub-oxone.

 

Zaire Flowers, age 22, of Ansonia was arrested and charged with Theft of a Firearm, 2 counts of Possession of a Controlled Substance, 2 counts of Possession of a Controlled Substance with Intent to Sell, Possession of a Controlled Substance Within 1500 Feet of a School, Possession of Drug Paraphernalia, and Possession of Drug Paraphernalia Within 1500 Feet of a School. 

Flowers was held on a $50,000 bond.

This is a press release from Lt. Patrick Lynch.

 

Derby Public Schools to host online parent workshop on drug trends

DERBY - BHcare and the Derby Youth Service Bureau are hosting a series of workshops for parents.

Next week's will cover current drug trends, including prescribed opioids.

Join here: https://us02web.zoom.us/.../tZEqcOygqT0iHtVY6Ap3eqx8qHqHa...

Pandemic postpones 6th annual Overdose Awareness 5K Walk/Run

Klarides, Klarides-Ditria hail bill to increase fentanyl penalties

HARTFORD - State Representatives Themis Klarides, R-Derby, and Nicole Klarides-Ditria, R-Seymour, last week praised passage of legislation to increase penalties for the dealing and manufacturing of fentanyl and fentanyl derivatives. 

House Republican Leader Themis Klarides submitted the bill in an effort to legislatively address the opioid crisis and curtail the growing use and distribution of fentanyl and fentanyl laced drugs throughout Connecticut. 
Last August Connecticut made national news when in less than 24 hours 95 individuals overdosed in New Haven, almost all on the historic New Haven Green Park. 

 “We need to protect our communities, opioids are destroying the lives of our state and fentanyl has taken this to a new level.  When our own police officers and forensic teams have to take extra safety measures when handling fentanyl at a crime scene and have medical responders nearby in case they themselves come in contact with the lethal substance, how can Senate and House leadership not call this bill for a vote? Not that long ago, that truck carrying enough fentanyl to kill everyone in this state rolled right through our backyard. I implore our state Senators to call this bill to the floor and vote in favor of protecting all of our citizens from fentanyl,” Klarides said.  

"Fentanyl is a dangerous drug that is linked to killing thousands of individuals suffering from drug addiction," Klarides-Ditria said, a co-sponsor of the bill. "Making the penalties for selling fentanyl harsh will hopefully deter individuals from selling or manufacturing this dangerous drug."

The bill would change the definition of narcotic substance to include fentanyl the same category as heroin. As the law is currently written, fentanyl is listed as a synthetic drug, which is a lesser penalty.  
Three years ago, state police pulled over a truck in Derby carrying 55 pounds of fentanyl—a narcotic substance that federal drug monitors say is as much as 50 times more powerful than heroin and 100 times more powerful than morphine, the U.S. Center for Disease Control recently declared fentanyl the deadliest drug in America. 
They seized 55 pounds of fentanyl equaled almost 15 million lethal doses; the population of Connecticut is 3.57 million individuals, the driver of the tractor trailer received a sentencing of 30 months in prison. New York (about an hour drive from Derby) has become a national distribution hub for fentanyl, with 35 pounds seized in 2016, to a total of 491 pounds of fentanyl seized in 2017.

Over the past several years Connecticut has seen an incline of overdose deaths involving fentanyl. The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner, states there were 1,033 overdose deaths in Connecticut in 2017, 677 of which were fentanyl related deaths, compared to188 in 2015.

The bill now awaits action in the Senate.

This is a press release from the House Republicans' office.

Local police departments listed for expired medication disposal

This Saturday - April 27 - is National Drug Take Back Day! 
Check in with your local Police Department to find out where you can drop off your unused and expired medications. Also, check out any of these 24/7 locations.


*Shared from the Alliance for Prevention and Wellness Facebook page.

5K in Shelton to benefit BHcare's Alliance for Prevention & Wellness