Bridgeport Man Accused Of Drug Dealing In Stamford: Police

BRIDGEPORT, CT — A Bridgeport man accused of selling drugs in the Stamford area was arrested this week, and officers recovered large amounts of cocaine and fentanyl, according to the Stamford Police Department.

In conjunction with the SPD, Bridgeport police, Drug Enforcement Administration-Bridgeport Office, and the FBI Bridgeport Safe Streets Task Force, Edwin Abrams, 42, was taken into custody after he left his Wells Street apartment in Bridgeport late in the morning on Wednesday, Assistant Stamford Police Chief Richard Conklin said.

"Our narcotics and organized crime crew, through intel, realized that a lot of the drugs he was selling were reaching the streets here in Stamford, so we began an investigation," Conklin said, noting that Abrams has previous drug convictions stretching back to 1998.

When he was arrested, Abrams had $10,693 in cash in his possession, Conklin said. A search of Abrams' residence recovered an additional $1,313 in cash, approximately 112 grams of cocaine, 73 grams of fentanyl, packaging material and scales, Conklin added.

An arrest warrant charged Abrams with three counts of sale of narcotics, which stemmed from controlled purchases with officers, Conklin said. The charges came with a court-set bond of $100,000 and a court date of July 31, but because Abrams is on "special parole" until 2030, a parole officer remanded him to custody.

Conklin thanked the agencies involved for their help on the case.

"This was more of a regional strategy by our narcotics and organized crime squad in Stamford," Conklin said. "Their intel in an investigation showed that Abrams was supplying a large swath throughout this region, and it's a very important case where he was taken into custody."

— By Richard Kaufman, Patch Staff