Hide And Sought: Totoket Road Fugitive Found In A Fair Haven Home's Closet

The in North Branford on Feb. 18 was discovered Tuesday morning in a Fair Haven home, and is currently being held at a detention center in Rhode Island.

A U.S. Marshals Fugitive Task Force - with the help of state probation officers and police from New Haven, Milford and Hamden – found Frank Annette hiding in a closet at 218 Pine St. at 10 a.m., according to Paul Winterhalder, a supervisory deputy U.S. marshal.

“You got me,” Annette said when the door swung open, according to Winterhalder.

Winterhalder said Annette did not resist and there was no one else in the house at the time of the arrest. Annette “had friend in the area,’” and after investigators canvassed the neighborhood, they determined he was in the house, Winterhalder said.  

North Branford Detective Sgt. Kenneth McNamara said he spoke to a U.S. marshal yesterday who told him Annette had been staying at the house in the Fair Haven section of New Haven since escaping police on Feb. 18.

Authorities believe Annette was running a narcotics operation between New Haven and Windsor, Vt., Winterhalder said.

The 34-year-old had been wanted on federal charges for narcotics distribution and possession of a firearm while trafficking narcotics, which was issued last September in Burlington, Vt.; and for conspiracy to distribute crack cocaine and narcotics.

The September warrant was from the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) and was issued to four other individuals who had already been arrested prior to Tuesday, Winterhalder said.

“There are four other defendants in the case,” he said.

The ATF delegated the apprehension responsibility to the U.S. marshals, Winterhalder said.

Winterhalder said Annette will be held at the Wyatt Detention Facility in Central Falls, R.I. until he is picked up and removed by Vermont U.S. marshals.

In case you missed it, click for an overview of the Totoket Road drama that happened on Feb. 18.