Police Nab Bethel Man for 'Suspected Heroin'

BETHEL, CT — State police have charged a local man on drug and criminal impersonation charges.

Troopers pulled Jesse J. Belansky, 37, of Bethel, over on Interstate 84 Monday shortly before 8 p.m., for making an unsafe lane change between Exits 16 and 15., according to the police report.

Police observed that Belansky's car's registration did not match the car he was driving. After further investigation, police found Belansky, who initially provided a false identity, to be in possession of 10 bags of "suspected heroin," according to the report.

This was not the first conversation Belansky had with law enforcement. In September 2015, he was charged with multiple offenses after police said he drove over 85 miles per hour and drove the wrong way on Route 7 while trying to flee from state troopers on his motorcycle.

Belansky was taken into custody and charged with improper passing, possession of a controlled substance, misuse of a marker plate, criminal impersonation, operating an unregistered vehicle and failure to have insurance.

Belansky was held on $5,000 bond and arraigned at the Superior Court in Waterbury Superior Court the next day.