A man accused of fleeing the scene of a crash on Interstate 95 North in Madison was arrested on Tuesday night after knocking on doors in Madison and asking residents to use the phone, according to police.
Police said Richard Robert Pommer, 30, of New Haven, is a convicted felon and had drugs and weapons on him when police took him into custody.
The crash Pommer fled from happened on Interstate 95 north near exit 60 in Madison, according to police.
Officers found Pommer in a residential Madison neighborhood at 8:43 p.m. after receiving reports that he was knocking on doors, asking to use a telephone, police said.
He was taken into custody and taken to the Madison Police Department, where police found 54 folds of heroin marked “FOXY,” a Glock® Model 26 9mm pistol and 55 9mm bullets.
Pommer was wanted for escape in the first degree, as well as a parole re-arrest warrant and state police arrest warrant, police said.
Pommer was charged with criminal possession of a firearm, carrying a firearm without a permit, theft of a firearm, larceny in the fifth degree and illegal possession with intent to sell.
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He was held on a $100,000 bond and a remand order from the Connecticut Department of Corrections and is scheduled to appear at G.A. 23 today.
