Crime & Safety
Bridgeport Man Found With Crack In His Pants: Stamford PD
The suspect will appear before a judge on Jan. 4, 2023.
STAMFORD, CT — A Bridgeport man will be seeing a judge after the new year after being arrested in Stamford this week on crack cocaine and forgery charges, including 167 bags of crack found in his groin area.
Stamford police said Friday that Eric Alcin, 26, of 605 Noble Ave., Apt. 1, Bridgeport, was charged with possession of narcotics with intent to sell; possession of drug paraphernalia; 40 counts of first-degree forgery; and interfering with police.
Police said he will appear in court Jan. 4, 2023.
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According to information released Friday by Stamford Police Department Assistant Chief Rich Conklin, Stamford officers Wednesday observed "some erratic driving in the area of Altantic and Dock street.
Eventually, police pulled over the vehicle at the Marriot Hotel, 243 Tresser Blvd., police said.
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The driver, a female, "immediately started to cry and began to act very irrational about being pulled over," according to Stamford police.
Police said Alcin, who has "lengthy firearm and narcotics history with the SPD," was the front-seat passenger.
"Alcin appeared very nervous and we had him step out of the vehicle so we could figure out exactly what was going on," Conklin wrote Friday morning.
Police said Alcin appeared to try and reach back into the vehicle, which police told him he shouldn't do.
According to police, Alcin refused and "we had to grab him, at which point he attempted to reach into his front, waist band area."
After a "brief struggle," police said they were able to detain the suspect and, during a pat down, an SPD officer felt a package consistent with narcotics in Alcin's front pants pocket.
There, police said they found six backs of crack cocaine (2.1 grams total).
A subsequent search of Alcin, police said, led to officers finding a single, knotted bag with 167 bags of crack (32.9 grams) located in his "groin area."
In addition, police said, they found 10 counterfeit $100 bills, 10 counterfeit $50 bills and 20 counterfeit $20 bills, Conklin wrote.
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