Ansonia police on Thursday arrested a Dwight Street man on trespassing and gun possession charges.
According to a prepared statement from police, officers from the department’s anti-crime unit were conducting an investigation about 5:30 p.m. Thursday at the housing complex when they saw Antrell Whitehurst, 22, who “is known to have a barment notice from the housing projects.”
Whitehurst left the area but was located a short time later on North Main Street by Fourth Street, police said.
Police said officers from the anti-crime unit tried to stop Whitehurst and speak to him but he walked away, police said.
He “then went behind a building on North Main Street and then re-emerged a short time later,” and after cops stopped him they went to the area where Whitehurst had gone behind a building and found a .38 caliber revolver.
Whitehurst was charged with first-degree criminal trespass, carrying a firearm without a permit, criminal possession of a firearm, and interfering with an officer.
He is free after posting $1,500 bond in the case, according to Judicial Branch records. He is scheduled to appear at Superior Court in Derby Jan. 24.