Convicted Felon Arrested on Gun, Drug Charges: Hamden PD

Hamden Police have charged a 22-year-old man with illegal possession of a firearm by a convicted felon and drug charges following a joint investigation with New Haven police into local gang activity.

The Hamden Police Department Street Interdiction Team, along with the New Haven Police Department Shooting Task Force, began an investigation relating to local gang activity in September of 2015, according to Capt. Ronald Smith.

Smith said the investigation led to the identification of Curtis Cobb, who had been involved in the illegal possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.

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On Nov. 13, 2015, officers executed a search-and-seizure warrant at Cobb’s residence, 655 Fitch Street, Apartment D-7 in Hamden. Officers seized a .38-caliber handgun, 3 firearm magazines, ammunition, 9 tin foil folds of PCP and 13.9 grams of marijuana.

A Hamden Police Department Street Interdiction Team member submitted an arrest warrant application for Cobb to the court, which was approved, according to Smith.

Cobb turned himself in at Hamden Police Headquarters on Feb. 18.

Cobb, 22, was charged with criminal possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, possession of narcotics, possession of narcotics with the intent to sell, possession of marijuana and possession of marijuana with the intent to sell.

Cobb, who was detained on a court-ordered $60,000 bond, is scheduled to appear in Meriden Superior Court on Feb. 29.

The F.B.I. Safe Streets Task Force and the Hamden Police Department Emergency Service Unit assisted in the execution of the search and seizure warrant.