Woman charged in drug-related death

TORRINGTON >> A Torrington woman is accused of providing heroin and crack cocaine to a man who later died, according to documents on file at Litchfield Superior Court.

Krista Rafferty, 28, of 44 East Albert Street, Torrington, was arrested March 13 and charged with sale of hallucinogen/narcotics, possession of narcotics — heroin, and possession of narcotics — cocaine, according to the Torrington Police Department.

Police were dispatched Nov. 2 just after 12 p.m. to respond to an untimely death in the city of Torrington, according to an affidavit seeking a warrant for her arrest. Rafferty illegally provided a man she met on a dating website with crack cocaine and heroin, after meeting up with him to provide companionship. Rafferty told police she was given $500, and there was ”cuddling and some kissing,” but no sex — at a local lodging establishment.

The man supplied $100 for the purchase of crack cocaine and money for two bundles of heroin, which Raffety purchased and they both used.

An additional $400 worth of crack cocaine was purchased during the early morning hours, which the couple also used.

Rafferty told police that she left the man at approximately 7 a.m., at which time he was “fine,” and told him she would come back after an appointment later in the day, according to the report.

Rafferty told police that she called the man later in the day, but that he did not pick up the phone, and that she did not go back to see him “because she though he went home or was mad at her.”

According to a medical examiner’s report, the cause of the man’s death was later determined to be “an acute intoxication from the combined effects” of a series of drugs, in-

cluding cocaine, heroin, and codeine, as well as the effects of hypertensive and atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease.

“There was no evidence of trauma, struggle or foul play associated with (the man’s) death and it has been determined that the manner of death was ‘(a)ccidental’ (substance abuse),” wrote a Torrington police officer in the affidavit.

Rafferty has not yet entered a plea in connection with this case, according to state records. She is being held on $100,000 bond and is next scheduled to appear in court on March 28.