CT man arrested after allegedly fleeing vehicle with fentanyl inside, escaping through drain pipe

CT man arrested after allegedly fleeing vehicle with fentanyl inside, escaping through drain pipe

A Manchester man faces charges for allegedly leading a state trooper on a pursuit in Vernon in February which ended when his engine blew and he reportedly took off into a wooded area before escaping by crawling through a drain pipe. Troopers obtained an arrest warrant for Jaylenn Baez, 29, after a K-9 found a stolen firearm in the area where police believe he escaped and later discovered more than 60 grams of suspected fentanyl in the vehicle th…

Man crawls into sewage pipe to avoid arrest in Wethersfield: police

A man that was wanted on several charges crawled into a sewage pipe to try to elude officers in Wethersfield over the weekend, police said. Wethersfield police said they made contact with the man in their town, and later determined that he had a warrant out for his arrest. The warrant stems from an incident in February 2025 in which the man led officers in a pursuit, but his car’s engine blew and he ran off. State police said K9 Zeke led trooper…