Police: Drug-Related Arrests

The following arrest information was supplied by Middletown police. Inclusion in these reports does not indicate a conviction.

Two counts second-degree failure to appear, possession of less than half-an-hounce of cannabis: On April 17 at 8:45 p.m., Anders C. Helm, 31, of Reisman Trail, Higganum, was driving a Subaru Impreza on Wall Street in Middletown and failed to stop at Silver Street. The police report states that the officer saw a glass smoking pipe and 1.1 grams of marijuana. Helm was found with two outstanding warrants and charged with the above.

Use of drug paraphernalia: On April 19 at 9:52 a.m., police say Richard M. Gilbert, 45 of Weiss Road, Haddam, was a passenger in a Jeep Grand Cherokee driven by Melanie A. Lynch, 34, of Lookout Road, Westbrook, on West Lake Drive with an expired registration. Inside, the report says, the officer found a glass smoking pipe at Gilbert’s feet, later found with crack cocaine residue inside. A check of Gilbert's phone revealed text messages from people asking for pills, police say; Gilbert reportedly said the phone was his sister’s. Lynch’s eyes had pinpoint pupils, according to the report, and was found with copper wool in her purse, two prescription bottles for 80mg Oxycontin and 30mg Oxycodone tablets and empty, unopened and partially full beer cans and bottles. Lynch then turned over crack cocaine she kept in her pants, the report says. Both were arrested for the above; Lynch was also charged for possession of narcotics, improper signaling and operation of unregistered motor vehicle.