State Database: Dozens Of Hamden Residents Wanted For Arrest

According to a state database, dozens of Hamden residents (or perhaps former Hamden residents) are wanted by the state police.

All court-issued arrest warrants are available for public viewing on the Connecticut Judicial Branch's website under a state law passed several years ago, and expanded in the last year, that seeks to increase public access to court records. The warrants database can be searched by town, allowing residents of a community to see, at any given time, who is wanted in their towns. The database can also be searched by court and by a defendant’s name.

The warrants listed on the site are those issued only from the judicial bench, largely for violation of probation, failure to appear in court and to a lesser degree, orders to incarcerate those who were previously convicted but not jailed.

They do not include warrants sought by local police departments, which are typically for more serious charges. At any given time in any community in the state there could be dozens, even hundreds, of residents with bench warrants pending against them. 

That case is true in Hamden. To see the list of Hamden residents who have warrants out for their arrest, click here.