Suspects Face Charges Following Greenwich Teen's Heroin Overdose

Greenwich Police say the arrest last week of a suspect on conspiracy at the sale of narcotics charge is the second arrest that stems from the heroin overdose of a Greenwich youth.

“On Dec. 26, in the afternoon, there was a near-death overdose at the Wendy’s at 428 W. Putnam Ave.,” police spokesman Lt. Kraig Gray said Thursday. “A local Greenwich youth was saved with the intervention of Greenwich Police and GEMS (Greenwich Emergency Medical Service). Narcan was used — it was a heroin overdose.”

According to Gray, Greenwich narcotics officers began an investigation “that coincided with an investigation with Port Chester Police who were investigating one of the suspects because he was selling there.”

On March 19, Greenwich Police arrested Michael J. Forgione-Dattilo, 25, of 860 North St., Greenwich. Forgione-Dattilo was released after posting $100,000 bond and is scheduled to appear March 30 in state Superior Court in Stamford.

Gray said that Forgione-Dattilo was a co-conspirator with a Port Chester, NY man who was arrested on drug-related charges in that town and was being held at the Westchester County Correctional Center in Valhalla, NY. Greenwich Police obtained an arrest warrant for Luis M. Santiago-Romero, 25 of 206 Locust St., who was charged with illegal distribution of narcotics and illegal possession of narcotics.

Gray said the unidentified Greenwich youth has since recovered from the overdose.

Santiago-Romero is being held in lieu of $100,000 bond and is scheduled to appear April 7 in state Superior Court in Stamford, according to the Connecticut Judicial Branch website.

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