Man facing charges after police tried to seize guns
State troopers forced to track down firearms after searching home
A Canterbury man faces multiple gun charges after state police tried to seize three guns from his home in February and were initially unable to find any of them, later learning one of the guns had been given to a relative and another had been ditched in a storm drain.
Timothy Glaude, 46, was arrested Thursday on two counts of illegal sale, transfer or delivery of a pistol or revolver and a single count each of tampering with evidence, illegal sale, transfer or delivery of a long gun and failure to store firearms when subject to a risk protection order, according to Connecticut State Police.
He was taken into custody at the
Adult Probation Office in Danielson and later posted a $60,000 bond. He is scheduled to appear in Danielson Superior Court on April 17.
According to the arrest warrant affidavit, state police on Feb. 28 obtained a risk protection order and warrant to seize Glaude’s guns after he was arrested a day earlier on unrelated charges. Court records show he was arrested by troopers on charges of reckless driving, interfering with police and disobeying the signal of an officer, among other offenses.
State police, using a K-9 trained in firearm detection, searched Glaude’s home and found multiple types of ammunition but no guns despite three firearms being registered in his name, the warrant affidavit said. Troopers found more ammunition in a locked safe but no firearms were inside, the warrant affidavit said.
When troopers spoke to Glaude while he was in state custody in connection with his initial arrest, he said he no longer had a shotgun that was registered to him and he had given it away to a relative, according to the warrant affidavit. He also told police his other guns “should be in the safe,” the warrant affidavit said.
Troopers noted in the warrant Glaude is known to be “confrontational” and “aggressive toward” police and has previously been involved in 24 calls for service since February 2023. State police also said he is known to use drugs and alcohol and has lured troopers to his home previously through “false” 911 calls, the warrant affidavit said.
State police wrote in the warrant affidavit they believe Glaude had either “transferred” or “sold” his firearms or that he was “intentionally concealing” them.
According to the warrant affidavit, state police on March 13 received a tip indicating someone had dumped a .380 caliber pistol in a storm drain in Canterbury on Route 14, in an area between Cumberland Farms and Walgreens, sometime between January and February.
A state police sergeant responded to the area and checked a number of storm drains, finding in one of them what appeared to be the warning label typically found on a handgun case, the warrant affidavit said. With assistance from multiple state Department of Transportation workers, the grate on the drain was removed and it was discovered that the label had actually originated from Walgreens.
However, upon searching the storm drain further, crews found what appeared to be a firearm. Using a high-powered magnet, they were able to pull out a Ruger .380 caliber pistol. The gun was not loaded.
State police found that the gun was one of the firearms registered to Glaude that had been missing, the warrant affidavit said.
According to the warrant affidavit, state police were later contacted by Glaude’s wife, who said she had found a Glock 43X 9mm pistol in the home she shares with her husband. The pistol was seized and was found to be registered to Glaude, state police wrote.
The gun had been found in a cabinet in the living room of the home, where troopers had searched when they carried out the risk warrant, the warrant affidavit said.
State police also contacted the relative who Glaude said had his shotgun, the warrant affidavit said. The man looked through his guns and, on March 14, contacted police and reported that he had found the shotgun, which was subsequently turned over to authorities, according to the warrant affidavit.