Ansonia man, 44, faces DUI, motor vehicle, firearm charges

Angel Sosa

ANSONIA - Police were investigating a one-car accident at about 9:50 p.m. Feb. 14 on Elm Street when another vehicle traveling on Elm Street struck a stopped marked cruiser - which had its emergency lights activated - then fled the scene, Lt. Patrick Lynch said in a release Thursday.

Officers located the evading vehicle on East Main Street and took the driver, Angel Sosa, into custody.

Police located 2 loaded handgun magazines on Sosa and a loaded 9mm Sig Sauer handgun in the back seat of the vehicle.

Sosa, 44, of Ansonia was charged with DUI, evading responsibility, carrying a firearm under the influence, and failing to move over when approaching a stopped emergency vehicle. 

Sosa refused to submit to testing for DUI. 

He was released on a $7,500 bond to be arraigned on Feb. 27 at Derby Superior Court

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

This is a press release from Lt. Patrick Lynch.

Ansonia Police charge 2 men, juvenile in electric bike robbery

Sheldon Haley

Kylen Sanders

ANSONIA - The Ansonia Police Department Tuesday responded to a reported armed robbery in which a juvenile victim was robbed of his electric bike. The victim indicated that the suspect took the bike after displaying a firearm.  

Responding officers observed another suspect operating the stolen bike shortly after the incident and found the bike abandoned on Sunset Drive where it was recovered, Lt. Patrick Lynch said in a release.  

Additional officers and detective personnel were conducting surveillance and patrols in the area.  They were able to locate a vehicle that was suspected of containing one of the suspects.   

A motor vehicle stop was conducted on the vehicle, and one of the suspects, a 17-year-old juvenile, was located in the vehicle and taken into custody.  Officers recovered a loaded firearm and narcotics from the 17-year old juvenile suspect.

The 17-year old suspect was charged with conspiracy to commit robbery 1st degree, carrying a pistol without a permit, larceny 2nd degree, interfering with a police officer and possession of a controlled substance (2 counts). 

The juvenile was ordered detained and transported to the Juvenile Detention Center in Bridgeport.

The other suspect has been identified and an additional arrest is expected in the robbery investigation, Lynch said.

As a result of the motor vehicle stop where the robbery suspect was located, additional narcotics were located in the vehicle and the two other occupants of the vehicle were taken into custody on narcotics charges. 

While in custody, one of the suspects attempted to conceal additional narcotics on his person and resisted being searched but those narcotics were recovered.

Sheldon Haley, 45, of Ansonia was charged with possession of a controlled substance. He was released after posting a $5,000 bond.

Kylen Sanders, 31, of West Haven was charged with possession of a controlled substance (2 counts), possession of narcotics with intent, tampering with evidence, and interfering with a police officer. 

Sanders also refused to be processed/fingerprinted and was additionally charged with failure to be fingerprinted. 

He was held on a $50,000 bond and arraigned today in Derby Superior Court today.

More information will be released as needed. 

Lynch said the attached photo of Kylen Sanders is a photo from 2020 as he refused to be processed during last night's arrest.

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.