Police arrested a Norwich dad who is accused of dealing drugs while he was watching his 4-year-old child.
Police set up surveillance on Fifth and North Main streets on Wednesday night to investigate drug dealing and found a man, identified as Dennis Reese, 39, selling narcotics in front of 29 Fifth Street, police said.
When police searched his home, they determined that Reese was responsible for watching his is 4-year-old child, who was in the house when he was selling the drugs, according to police.
When police searched Reese’s residence, they found more than half-an-ounce of crack cocaine packaged to sell, several 20 milligram oxycontin pills, a bottle of liquid morphine, around 70 grams of marijuana and $760 in cash, police said.
Reese was arrested and charged with several drug possession charges, operating a drug factory and risk of injury to a minor.
Reese, who police said is a convicted felon, was held in lieu of a $250,000 bond. He is due in court on July 17. It’s not clear if he has an attorney.
The Connecticut Department of Children and Families was contacted.
