Crime & Safety
Man Charged With Gun & Drug Offenses While On Supervised Release
A Waterford man on supervised release from his 5-year federal prison sentence for drug trafficking now faces firearms charges.
BROOKFIELD, CT — A man arrested by Brookfield police in 2022 for theft has been indicted on firearms charges.
D'Metrius "Meech" Woodward, 29, of Waterbury, had been sentenced in federal court to 60 months of imprisonment, followed by five years of supervised release, for his participation in a narcotics trafficking conspiracy. He was released from federal prison in January 2018. On November 21, 2022, while Johnson was on supervised release, Brookfield Police arrested him on state charges related to the theft of catalytic converters.
On the day of his arrest by the Brookfield PD, a search of Johnson’s Waterbury residence revealed a Ruger 57 semiautomatic pistol, a Glock 31 semiautomatic pistol, a Ruger LCP handgun, ammunition, approximately 89 grams of cocaine, and pills containing MDMA ("ecstasy"), according to police.
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The investigation is being led by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) and the Waterbury Police Department, with assistance from the Brookfield Police Department.
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