A joint investigation by the Bridgeport Police and the Stamford Police culminated on Wednesday with the arrest of a 30-year-old parolee on gun and drug charges.
Joseph Humphrey of Stamford was taken into custody after Task Force Officers executed a search warrant at Humphrey’s apartment in Stamford. The Emergency Services Units from Bridgeport and Stamford assisted in the raid.
Police seized an illegal gun, ammunition and drugs packaged for sale from the apartment.
Joseph Humphrey was charged with:
Criminal Possession of a Firearm
Criminal Possession of Ammunition
Illegal Transfer of a Firearm
Theft of a Firearm
Illegal Possession of High-Capacity Magazine
Possession of Narcotics
Possession of Narcotics with Intent to Sell
Operating a Drug Factory
Humphrey has ties to Bridgeport and Stamford.
Humphrey was given a bond of $250,000. He was detained by the Connecticut State Department of Parole and will be eventually remanded back into the custody of the Department of Corrections.
He is scheduled to appear in court on November 18th, 2026.
“Our Task Force Officers, Patrol Officers, and Detectives are regularly taking dangerous individuals off the streets,” said Chief Roderick Porter. “I am proud and I know our citizens are as well.”