Case Against Suspect who Provided DMT to Newtown Teen Continues

A former Newtown resident facing two counts of selling hallucinogenic drug charges to 17-year-old Danielle Jacobsen had his case in state Superior Court in Bridgeport continued to Sept. 8.

Quentin Ham, 22, of  North Richland Hills, Texas, formerly of Newtown, appeared in state Superior Court in Bridgeport on Tuesday where his lawyer Joseph DaSilva and prosecutor Bob Satti agreed to a continuance, the lawyers said.

Ham was charged by Monroe Police with the sale of DMT, or Dimethyltryptamine to Jacobsen. The two and others attended a gathering in a Monroe condominium unit where Ham allegedly provided DMT, police said.

Jacobsen, a Newtown High School senior who had plans to become a clinical massage therapist, was found dead in a pond near the condominium on May 30, police said.

Ham also faces breach of peace, reckless endangerment and carrying a pistol without a permit charges in connection with an alleged suicide attempt near the Big Y supermarket in Newtown after Jacobsen was found dead. He is due in state Superior Court in Danbury  on August 6 to answer to those charges.

Ham, currently being held in custody at Bridgeport Correctional Facility is due in Danbury Superior Court on August 6 to submit a plea against charges of breach of peace, reckless endangerment and carrying a pistol without a permit.

Ham pleaded not guilty to the drug selling charges in Bridgport Superior Court on June 22.

Just prior to a brief court appearance Tuesday, Ham's lawyer, Joeseph DaSilva and prosecutor Bob Satti met with Superior Court Judge George Thim and agreed to a continuance.

Following Ham's court appearance, DaSilva would not comment but said he is still working on the case.

 "We are continuing the conversation and will see where we are," he said. "We have some more homework to do."

Satti would not comment on the case but said that the continuance was mutually agreed upon by both parties.