On August 14, 25-year-old Ryan Santos from New Milford was arrested by Danbury Police for a variety of drug offenses after members of the Special Investigations Division and Patrol executed a search and seizure warrant issued for his person, car and phone. As he was caring for a 20-month-old toddler at the time of his arrest, he was additionally charged with risk of injury to a child.
Santos was the focus of a several week investigation related to drug sales throughout the Danbury area. The investigation was initiated after investigators received citizen complaints regarding Santos’ illegal activity. Based on a further investigation, which revealed activity consistent with drug trafficking, the superior court issued the above-mentioned search warrants.
On this day, in the interest of executing the search and seizure warrants listed above, investigators established a surveillance of Santos and his vehicle. At approximately 1 p.m., after watching him engage in suspicious activity, he was followed to a local bank. As he approached the teller in the drive-thru, he was apprehended before he was able to make a transaction. It was at that time investigators noticed the toddler in a child safety seat, located in the rear passenger area. During a subsequent search of Santos and his car, he was found to be in possession of heroin packaged for sale, a substantial amount of U.S. currency and drug paraphernalia.
The vehicle was later towed from the area and the toddler was turned over to the care of DCF.
Charges:
Possession of a controlled substance
Possession of a controlled substance with the intent to sell <1/2 oz of heroin
Poss. of drug para.
Risk of injury to a child BOND: $20,000.