Ansonia Man Had Drugs, Gun in Car With Kids: Police

A 21-year-old Ansonia man led officers on a chase Friday and was caught with drugs and a stolen handgun in the car with two children, according to police.

Police said Howard Rumley, Jr., 21, was driving without a license in the area of South Street in Ansonia on Friday. Officers tried to pull him over, but he drove off and led police on a car chase on Central and Beaver streets. He got away on North Main Street.

Shortly thereafter, officers spotted Rumley getting picked up in a different car on Beaver Street, near the ABC Learning Center daycare. Police stopped the vehicle and took Rumley into custody.

Police said a woman driving the car had two young children inside. Officers found Rumley with a stolen 9mm handgun, 8.4 grams of crack cocaine and 9 wax folders of heroin with him. Rumley is accused of stealing the gun from a home in Ansonia on Sept. 2.

He was arrested and charged with a number of motor vehicle violations, including reckless driving and engaging police in pursuit, along with weapon and drug charges, including theft of a firearm and possession of narcotics within 1500 feet of a daycare.

He was held on $500,000 bond and appeared in court Monday.

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