Police Charge Man with Weapons, Drugs, After Danbury Chase

DANBURY, CT -- State Police tried to conduct a motor vehicle stop on a Pontiac Grand Am shortly after 12:30 a.m. Friday morning when the driver instead tried to evade the troopers, the police report said.

The police gave chase, and successfully deployed "stop sticks" -- tire deflation devices. The pursuit came to an end on Brinsmade Lane in Sherman.

The driver of the Grand Am resisted arrest, according to police, who used a tazer to subdue him.

Upon investigation, police discovered there was an outstanding arrest warrant out for the driver, Edward Lasch, 32, issued by Litchfield Judicial District Courthouse in Torrington. Lasch had failed to appear in court to answer charges of larceny in the third degree, criminal mischief in the first degree and criminal trover in the second degree.

Lasch, of 7 Possum Drive in New Fairfield, was arrested and charged with criminal possession of a firearm by a felon, possession of a loaded rifle in a vehicle, four counts of weapons in a motor vehicle, carrying a firearm under the influence, assault on public safety, possession of drugs, reckless endangerment in the first degree, possession of less than an ounce of marijuana, possession of drug paraphernalia, possession of narcotics with intent to sell, engaging police in a pursuit, illegal operation of a motor vehicle while under suspension, reckless driving, misuse of plates, criminal mischief in the fourth degree, and speeding.

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Lasch was scheduled to be arraigned on the charges at Danbury Superior Court on Friday.

Photos of Edward Lasch, and the contents of his car, provided by Connecticut State Police.