Ansonia Police Department
Dupre
ANSONIA – An Ansonia man was arrested and charged in connection to a narcotics sale that led to a 40-year-old woman’s death, police said.
Michael Dupre, 51, was arrested on a warrant March 4, police said in a press release. He is charged with operating a drug factory, three counts of selling narcotics, two counts of selling hallucinogenics, misrepresentation of a controlled substance, and sale of a controlled substance in public housing. He was held on a $150,000 bond.
Police say Dupre sold counterfeit Xanax pills to a 40-year-old woman who was found dead in his Woodlawn Avenue apartment in January 2024. It’s the second overdose death police have charged Dupre in connection to.
Dupre was previously arrested in October 2024 after police said he sold counterfeit Xanax pills to another victim, a 24-year-old woman, who died after taking them. Click here for a previous story.
According to a previous arrest warrant, the pills Dupre is accused of selling contained substances like methadone and bromazelam – a benzodiazepine with no approved clinical use – instead of Xanax.
Of six pills seized and tested after the 40-year-old woman’s death, all tested negative for Xanax.
The police investigation into both deaths was led by Detective Jonathan Troesser.
Dupre’s next court date is April 1 at Superior Court in Derby.
