Warrant Served In Connection With Middletown Drug-Related Pursuit

MIDDLETOWN, CT — Charges have been filed in an investigation into drug activity in Middletown that led to a chase last spring, police said.

The Dec. 1 warrant arrest of 33-year-old East Hartford resident Jermaine Wilson stemmed from a June 12 operation by the Middletown Police Department's Street Crimes Unit. He is known on the street as "Youngin," according to a warrant.

According to a warrant, officers received a tip that day about potential narcotics transactions by Wilson at his usual territory near Liberty Street, Main Street and other areas of town.

Undercover officers later in the day witnessed a transaction between a woman and Wilson at Liberty and Main streets, according to a warrant. A pursuit ensued between detectives and a white, heavily tinted Acura after the sale that included a 70 mph jaunt on Newfield Street that included wrong-way driving and a sprint through Cromwell and onto Interstate 91, according to a warrant.

The chase caused damage to two police vehicles, including one that was rammed intentionally, according to a warrant.

Wilson was able to get away, but police were able to eventually track him and serve the warrant. He has been charged with reckless driving, disobeying the signal of an officer, engaging police in a pursuit, evading responsibility after a crash with damage, unsafe passing, riving without a license and criminal attempt at assaulting a public safety officer. Wilson posted a $60,000 bond at his arraignment and is due back in court on Dec. 15, judicial system records show.