Drug Dealer Arrested After Crash, Foot Pursuit: Stratford Police

STRATFORD, CT — A suspected drug dealer from Stratford was arrested after crashing his vehicle while fleeing from police on Thursday. Robert Heyward, 35, ran from the crash scene and was taken into custody after a foot pursuit, police said. The arrest concluded a nearly year-long investigation, according to Capt. Frank Eannotti.

Eannotti said Stratford Narcotics Detectives, with the assistance of the Bridgeport Tactical Narcotics Team and the Connecticut State Police Gang Unit, executed search-and-seizure warrants on Stratford and Bridgeport residences on Thursday, Sept. 21.

Heyward fled the scene, engaging officers in a vehicle pursuit before crashing his vehicle, according to Eannotti. Heyward then fled the vehicle on foot where he was taken into custody after a foot pursuit.

Eannotti said a search of both the Stratford and Bridgeport residences yielded more than 500 grams of powder cocaine, 50 grams of crack cocaine packaged for street sale, a large amount of raw, bulk heroin, items to process the narcotics for street sale and a large amount of cash.

Heyward, who is currently out on parole for narcotics sales, was arrested on four counts of sale of narcotics, possession with intent to sell cocaine, possession with intent to sell heroin, operating a drug factory, sale of narcotics within 1,500 feet of a prohibited place and interfering with a search warrant.

Heyward was remanded into custody and is awaiting a court appearance on Sept. 29, according to Eannotti.

Pictured: Robert Heyward, 35, of Stratford / via the Stratford Police Department

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