2 Bridgeport Residents Tried To Sell Drugs to Cops: Milford PD

MILFORD, CT — Two Bridgeport residents are accused of trying to sell drugs to Milford police officers, police said. On Dec. 7, the Milford Police Department's Tactical Unit was conducting an anti-crime patrol in the parking lot of 111 Schoolhouse Road, Motel 6, police said.

Detectives were approached by a male and female, who offered to sell them drugs, police said. As detectives approached their vehicle they fled the parking lot and were later stopped on Schoolhouse Road near Interstate 95, police said. Detectives later recovered an amount of narcotics that was thrown from the vehicle, police said.

Police charged Lester Morris, 35, of Oakley Street and Anita Thompson, 30, of Bird Street. Morris is charged with possession of narcotics, conspiracy to commit sale of narcotics, possession of drug paraphernalia, interfering with arrest, and violation of a protective order. He was given a bond of $25,000.

Thompson is charged with conspiracy to commit sale of narcotics.