Woodbridge Police Charge Waterbury Man, 19, With Gun Offenses: PD

WOODBRIDGE, CT — A car crash last week led to the arrest of a 19-year-old Waterbury man who ran from cops after they tried to “secure” a gun in the man’s hoodie pocket, Woodbridge police said.

After a foot chase, police said they arrested Jordan Driffin who they said had a “loaded 9mm semi-automatic handgun with a high-capacity magazine and an obliterated serial number.” Police said they also found "marijuana packaged for sale and other drug paraphernalia."

Woodbridge police were called to the scene of a car accident Wednesday night at the intersection of Amity and Seymour roads and, while talking to driver Driffin, “observed what they believed to be a firearm concealed in the operator’s hooded sweatshirt pocket,” according to a news release from police Sgt. A. J. Cappiello.

Cappiello said Driffin “struggled with officers” before taking off on foot.

Police charged Driffin with criminal possession of a firearm, illegal weapon in a motor vehicle, illegal alteration of a firearm’s identification, illegal possession of a high-capacity magazine, interfering with an officer, and possession of marijuana with intent to sell.

Driffin is being held at the New Haven Correctional Center on $100,000 bond and is due back in court on those charges on Dec. 8.