Thursday, May 17, 2012
Police will be conducting enforcement throughout town as part of the state Department of Transportation's "Click It or Ticket" campaign.
The Hamden Police Department will be conducting “Seatbelt Enforcement” on May 22 through May 24 between 7 a.m. and 11 a.m., and 3 p.m. and 7 p.m. Enforcement will be conducted at various locations throughout town, including Skiff Street, State Street, Putnam Avenue and Evergreen Avenue. This campaign, which is intended to both educate the motoring public and keep those traveling in motor vehicles safe, is part of a Department of Transportation “Click It or Ticket” campaign.
Wednesday, May 16, 2012
A woman waiting for a bus on Dixwell Avenue Tuesday was the victim, according to police.
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Wednesday, May 16
Police are looking for the person responsible for a purse snatching that occured Tuesday on Dixwell Avenue. A 25-year-old woman was waiting at a bus stop at the intersection of Dixwell Avenue and Arch Street around noon Tuesday when a teen, described as a dark-skinned male about 14 to 17 years old with a thin build and wearing a sweatshirt and black winter hat, grabbed her purse from her arm, according to police spokesman Capt. Ronald Smith. "The victim chased the individual on foot towards the rear of St. Ann’s Church," Smith said. "A further search for the individual by Hamden Police was unsuccessful." The victim lost personal belongings and a small amount of money, Smith said. Anyone with information is asked to contact Detective …
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Tuesday, May 15, 2012
Two young children were home while their parents argued and a loaded gun was left on a coffee table, according to police
A Hamden man was arrested Monday after officers, called to his home for a domestic dispute, found a loaded gun within reach of his two children. At about 8:30 p.m. Monday Hamden Police were called to 18 Albertson Rd. on the report of a family dispute, police spokesman Capt. Ronald Smith said. When he arrived, Off. Mark Sheppard found that Gregory Humphries, 32, and his 27-year-old girlfriend had gotten into an argument, Smith said. Humphries had grabbed her arm, keeping her from leaving the bathroom, Smith said. After Humphries released her, the woman saw a gun on a table in the living room, Smith said, and police found the fully-loaded semi-automatic handgun on the coffee table. The gun's safety mechanism was not on, Smith said. …
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Sunday, May 13, 2012
Some of the more "interesting" police reports this week.
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Sunday, May 13
Five Naugatuck teens were arrested on trespassing charges after police said they were caught on the roof of Naugatuck High School, attempting to do free running, also known as "parkour." -- A Hamden man was arrested for firing a gun to scare two children who were on his property looking for a stick to fix a broken bicycle. -- A man in Milford was arrested for stealing a $130 pair of boots from Sears at the Westfield Connecticut Post Mall. -- A Milford man was arrested in North Haven for allegedly drinking and driving. Two days later, the department arrested him again – this time for allegedly shoplifting. -- A Stratford man was arrested last weekend for allegedly filiming up an unknowing woman's dress at the Westfield Connecticut Post…
Saturday, May 12, 2012
A verbal argument turned physical Thursday, according to police.
A Dixwell Avenue man was arrested Thursday after he allegedly strangled his girlfriend "for a long period of time," according to police. At about 6:15 p.m., Hamden Police got a report of an assult at 1166 Dixwell Ave., Apt. 3, police spokesman Capt. Ronald Smith said. There, a 50-year-old woman told Officer Robert O’Neill that she was in her boyfriend's car when the two started arguing, Smith said. The argument soon turned physical, the woman told police, and her boyfriend, identified as Anthony Highsmith, 49, of 1160 Dixwell Ave., Apt. 10, assaulted her. She told police she then fell to the ground while Highsmith strangled her “for a long period of time,” Smith said. She suffered head and neck injuries, as well as a bloody nose, Smith …
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Friday, May 11, 2012
T.J. Mathis was killed last September in New Haven.
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Friday, May 11
New Haven police made an arrest this week in the shooting death of former Hamden High School basketball star T.J. Mathis. Mathis, 25, was shot last September in New Haven. The New Haven Independent reports that solving the case remained a priority for New Haven detectives. Read Mathis' obituary here
Wednesday, May 9, 2012
A young woman was assaulted and robbed early Sunday morning in the area of Goodrich Street and Dixwell Avenue, according to police.
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Wednesday, May 9
Hamden Police are investigating an early morning street robbery and assault, according to police spokesman Capt. Ronald Smith. In the early morning hours Sunday, police got a report of a street robbery and assault in the area of Goodrich Street and Dixwell Avenue, Smith said. When officers got there, they found an 18-year-old woman who said she was walking on Goodrich Street when eight black men approached her, Smith said. One, described as about 5'5", heavy set and dressed in black, demanded she hand over her belongings, Smith said, and when she refused, the man grabbed her by the hair and threw her to the ground. "While on the ground, she was repeatedly punched in the head," Smith said. "The 18 year-old suffered a head injury. Her …
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Do news organizations that publish 911 call audio help or harm the communities they serve?
The initial shockwave that swept through Fairfield County last week after the Ramsey family tragedy changed to disgust following the decision of area news outlets to publish the graphic 911 recording, during which Mrs. Ramsey told the dispatcher that her husband was lying dead “in a pool of blood.” Patch received access to the tape but did not publish a link to it. As an American writer who considers the First Amendment our most cherished right, I believe that making 911 tapes available to the public is essential to community safety; however, are we not also human beings? Did the tape need to be released so soon after Mr. Ramsey’s tragic demise? And how—if at all—did the tape’s release advance the public’s understanding of this heinous …
Tuesday, May 8, 2012
One of the youth's bicycles had broken and they were searching for a stick when he fired warning shots for them to leave, according to police.
A Park Road man is facing charges after he allegedly fired a gun to scare two children off his property. Hamden Police got a report involving the discharge of a firearm on May 4, police spokesman Capt. Ronald Smith said Tuesday. When police arrived, they found two New Haven youth ages 15 and 12 who told police that they were riding their bicycles on Park Road when one became disabled, Smith said. The two then went onto private property looking for a stick to use to fix the bike, he said. As they were looking, Richard Pinney, 32, of Park Road, came outside and yelled for the children to leave, Smith said. The children saw that Pinney had a gun tucked in his pants and they took off, he said. "While running southbound on Park Road, the …
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Wilton’s patricide story proves the news media adage—"If It Bleeds, It Leads"—but how many gory details and rumors are too many?
Extra! Extra! Read all about it! And I mean ALL about it. If you wanted to find out all the gory details about last week’s horrific killing in Wilton, CT, it was extraordinarily easy to do so. Read how a father, found brutally slain, was lying ‘in a pool of blood.’ Listen to the 911 call to hear the anguish of the wife of the victim—also the mother of the accused. Learn how the victim’s son admitted to police that he committed the act, and all the things he was rumored to have said after his arrest. Inquiring minds want to know! Rumblings started happening almost immediately, as the first ‘breaking news’ alerts began hitting the Web just a short time after the actual murder took place—perhaps only an hour or two after at the most. It …
Shahid Abdul Karim
8:59 am on Thursday, May 10, 2012
This is not a new issue, these types of incidents are everyday ongoing except in this case "reported." Let's think about all the other horrible incidents that happen but "never" reported. We want to flush out any negative elements that affect the quality of life for the citizens of Hamden. more ›