Hartford Man Faces Gun, Drug Charges After Chase: West Hartford PD

WEST HARTFORD/HARTFORD, CT — A Hartford man has been charged by West Hartford police after a brief chase ended with the suspect being found with a large cache of guns and drugs.

The West Hartford Police Department said Wednesday it has charged Tylon Butler, 36, of Hartford, with two counts of operating a drug factory; possession of a controlled substance within 1,500 feet of a school; possession of narcotics with intent to sell; possession of less than a half ounce of cocaine with intent to sell; criminal possession of a pistol; possession of a high-capacity magazine; first-degree motor vehicle theft; and having weapons in a motor vehicle.

For those charges, police said, Butler is being held on $250,000 bond.

In addition, according to police, Butler was charged with second-degree failure to appear in court for a warrant from the Willimantic Police Department, for which there is a $10,000 bond.

According to police, the chain of events began late Wednesday morning, when at about 11:50 a.m., WHPD officers saw a stolen vehicle out of Hartford going west on New Britain Avenue.

When police tried to stop the vehicle, the operator did not stop, prompting officers to use a tire deflation device, with the vehicle stopping near the intersection with South Main Street and the Interstate 84 overpass, police said.

The suspect in the vehicle, identified as Butler, was detained.

Police said a search of the vehicle resulted in the discovery of a loaded handgun, high-capacity magazine, ammunition, cocaine, marijuana, a "large amount" of cash and materials used for the packaging and sale of drugs.