A man already facing multiple narcotics and weapons charges in connection to a drug factory bust in Bridgeport a few weeks ago has been arrested again on further similar charges.
State police arrested Michael A. Young, 43, of Bridgeport twice in a larger joint narcotics investigation spanning Oct. 29 to Nov. 18 involving a collaboration between the Connecticut State Police Gang Task Force, the Statewide Narcotics Task Force and the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA).
During more than three weeks of investigating, the team served multiple search and seizure warrants at several locations in the Bridgeport area. In total, investigators confiscated about 220 pounds of synthetic marijuana, about 19 pounds of marijuana, about 96 baggies containing 30 grams of heroin, 22 pounds of assorted synthetic narcotics including methamphetamine, bath salts and"Molly" – a type of MDMA or "psychoactive drug" similar to ecstasy, according to the National Institute of Drug Abuse's website. Police also recovered five stolen handguns, about 187 rounds of ammunition, a stolen vehicle, about $22,000, chemicals to make the drugs and packaging materials.
State police first arrested Young and Lawrence "Kevin" Gaithers, 36, in a drug factory bust at a three-story factory turned office building at 955 Connecticut Avenue in Bridgeport on Nov. 5. Young is in custody at Bridgeport Correctional Center on a $450,000 court-set bond for the original charges and police arrested him there a second time on Tuesday morning at 10 a.m.
When state police arrested him the first time, they discovered he had three different driver's licenses with his photo, each using a different name and state.
Police charged him Nov. 18 with operating a drug factory, possession of narcotics with intent to sell, criminal possession of a firearm, theft of a firearm, criminal possession of a stun gun, possession of narcotics with intent to sell within 1,500 feet of a school, possession of marijuana with intent to sell, possession of marijuana with intent to sell within 1,500 feet of school, possession of controlled substance with intent to sell, possession of a controlled substance with intent to sell within 1,500 feet of a school and second degree forgery.
Young remains in custody on an additional $500,000 surety bond and is scheduled to appear in Bridgeport Superior Court on Nov. 19.
