Four More Arrests In Ansonia Drug Probe

FILEAnsonia police arrested four people on drug charges Wednesday after raiding a home at 74 High St. in Ansonia for the second time in two months. 

Two of the people are already facing drug charges after the first raid on June 1.

Police said they found cash and drug paraphernalia at the home on Wednesday, after conducting a search at 3:45 p.m. with agents from the United States Drug Enforcement Agency. 

Police arrested one person at the house — Kassie Zimmerman, 25, of Waterbury. 

At the same time Wednesday, police served three arrest warrants after stopping a car on Maple Street, according to a press release issued by Ansonia Police Thursday morning. 

The three people arrested were: Roosevelt Scott, 23, of Waterbury; Thomas Hailey, 28, of Waterbury; and Brittany Gilliams, 22, of Waterbury. 

The suspects were previously identified by police in a search warrant as part of a large-scale drug dealing crew, identified as the ​“Zimmerman family and their associates.”

Click here to read a previous Valley Indy article about the alleged drug ring, and the Ansonia Police Department’s investigation into the group. 

One of the main targets of the Ansonia Police investigation — Javon Zimmerman — was shot and killed in front of a Derby bar in May. The suspect in that shooting — Cordaryl Silva — has been identified as an informant in the Ansonia police investigation.

“This action once again shows that this department continues to take aggressive actions against those who desire to sell drugs in Ansonia,” Ansonia Police Chief Kevin Hale said in a press release.

“Several of these suspects were arrested in the Valley-wide raids of June 1st of this year, yet they gained their release from jail and continued to conduct business in Ansonia and throughout the lower Naugatuck Valley,” Hale said. ​“We will continue to use whatever tools and efforts necessary within our authority to dismantle this organization.” 

Ansonia police issued the following charges Wednesday:

Roosevelt Scott

  • 5 counts of illegal sales of narcotics
  • 5 counts of possession of narcotics
  • 5 counts of conspiracy to sell narcotics
  • 5 Counts of conspiracy to possession narcotics
  • Possession within 1,500 feet of a school
  • Possession within 1,500 of a school with intent to sell.
  • Theft of a firearm
  • Criminal possession of a firearm (this stems from the June 1, 2012 search warrant executions)

Additionally, he was charged with a warrant by Derby Police for sale of narcotics.

Scott’s total bond was $675,000 and he will be arraigned at Derby Superior Court on July 12, according to police.

Thomas Hailey

  • 7 counts of illegal sales of narcotics
  • 7 counts of possession of narcotics
  • 7 counts of conspiracy to sell narcotics
  • 7 Counts of conspiracy to possess narcotics
  • Possession within 1,500 feet of a school
  • Possession within 1,500 of a school with intent to sell.

Hailey’s total bond was $380,000 and he will be arraigned at Derby Superior Court on July 12, police said.

Kassie Zimmerman

  • Illegal sales of narcotics
  • Possession of narcotics
  • Conspiracy to sell narcotics
  • Conspiracy to possess narcotics

Police said she was held on $75,000 bond and given a court date of July 25 at Superior Court in Derby.

Brittany Gilliams

  • Possession with intent to sell narcotics
  • Possession of narcotics
  • Conspiracy to sell narcotics
  • Conspiracy to possession narcotics
  • Possession within 1,500 feet of a school
  • Possession within 1,500 of a school with intent to sell.

Police said she was held on $50,000 bond and given a court date of July 25. 

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