Wolcott Man Pleads Not Guilty To More Than 20 Drug Charges

By Justin Muszynski, The Bristol Press

December 15, 2021

A Wolcott man allegedly found with numerous drugs in Southington earlier this year has pleaded not guilty to a slew of charges.

Peter Rolny, 47, stood before a judge on Monday in New Britain Superior Court, where he entered not guilty pleas to 20 counts of illegal possession of narcotics and one count each of possession of narcotics with intent to sell, possession of crack cocaine with intent to sell, failure to keep narcotics in original containers and possession of a controlled substance within 1500 feet of a school zone.

Rolny is free from custody and is due back in court for a pretrial hearing on Jan. 19.

According to Southington police, officers on Jan. 7, around 11 p.m., were dispatched to the area of Sun Valley Drive on the report of a suspicious vehicle.

Police pulled over Rolny not far from this area and, after searching the vehicle, reported finding nearly $1,000, over 400 pills, 87 wax paper folds of heroin and just over 30 grams of crack cocaine. He denied any knowledge of the drugs.

Police said some of the pills were in unlabeled containers.

At the time of the arrest, police said a local neighborhood watch group assisted in reporting the suspicious activity that led to the search of the vehicle.

Justin Muszynski can be reached at 860-973-1809 or jmuszynski@bristolpress.com.