Police: Bail Bondsman Seen Buying Heroin

NEW BRITAIN - A Newington bail bondsman was arrested on a drug charge Monday after he allegedly bought heroin from a dealer Special Service Unit members had under surveillance, police said.

Stephen Angelillo, 37, of 84 Dowd St., Newington was tailed and stopped by officers after the transaction took place Monday on Trinity Street in New Britain. Police were originally watching Mitchell Lurry who would meet customers on Trinity Street so they wouldn’t know his actual address when they saw Angelillo show up to make a buy, Sgt. Jerry Chrostowski said.

Angelillo had 13 packets of heroin with him when his car was pulled over, police said. He was charged with possession of narcotics and released on bond. Lurry was found with more than $10,000 in heroin and $29,000 in cash after unit members searched his home and car Monday.


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Child Star Leif Garrett Arrested on Drug Charges

What's going on with former child stars these days? A week after Gary Coleman spent a weekend in jail, fellow ex-child star Leif Garrett found himself locked up for two days this week on drug charges.

The singer-actor, who reached teen idol status in the 1970s, was arrested Monday morning at a downtown Los Angeles Metrolink station for possession of a controlled substance, TMZ reports. He was booked but was unable to make bail until early Wednesday morning.

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