Crime & Safety
Couple Charged with Selling Heroin: Wallingford Police
Police say the couple was making daily trips to Hartford to purchase heroin, some of which tested positive for Fentanyl, and reselling it.
WALLINGFORD, CT — Wallingford Police charged a local couple with selling heroin in town following a lengthy investigation and sting operation.
During the past several months, the Wallingford Police Department Narcotics Unit received information that Nathanael May was supplying numerous individuals in town with heroin, according to Lt. Michael Colavolpe. Police also learned that May and his girlfriend, Jacqueline Gambardella, were making daily trips to Hartford to purchase the heroin and returning to Wallingford to resell it, Colavolpe said.
With the use of a confidential informant, narcotics detectives arranged two separate purchases of heroin from May and Gambardella during the month of October, according to Colavolpe.
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Colavolpe also said that some of the heroin purchased from May tested positive for the presence of Fentanyl.
See also: Wallingford Police Interrupt Drug Deal, Seize 220 Bags of Heroin: PD
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On Nov. 3, Wallingford Police took Gambardella, 18, into custody after a motor vehicle stop. Gambardella, who lives with Gambardella on North Airline Road, was operating May’s vehicle and it was impounded, according to Colavolpe.
The next day, detectives saw May, 25, riding his bicycle on North Airline Road. When detectives approached May and identified themselves, May attempted to elude them, Colavolpe said.
After a short foot pursuit, May was taken into custody and was found to be in possession of 40 bags of heroin, according to Colavolpe.
May was charged with two counts of sale of narcotics, three counts of possession of narcotics and interfering with an officer. He was held on a $20,000 bond and was scheduled to be arraigned in Meriden Superior Court on Nov. 7.
Gambardella was charged with two counts of conspiracy to sell narcotics. She was released on a $1,000 bond and is scheduled to appear at Meriden Superior Court on Nov. 17.
The Wallingford Police Department continues to encourage those with information about the Illegal sales of narcotics to call their tip-line at 203-269-NARC (6272). Callers can remain anonymous.
Pictured: Nathanael May, 25, and Jacqueline Gambardella, 18, of Wallingford / via Wallingford Police Department
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