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25 October, 2015 – BURGLARS CAUGHT IN THE ACT
At 11:32 PM, Officer Jason Bandy was dispatched to a burglary in progress at 57 Girard Avenue house. The house isn’t lived in. A witness reported a maroon car pulled up and the two men who got out entered the home. They didn’t belong there.
The car was unoccupied and running when Officer Bandy arrived. It was parked in front of the described home. Other Officers and a police canine arrived as well. they positioned themselves around the property. Officer Bandy spotted two men running through the house. He ordered them to come outside.
Soon afterward, one of the men, Ruben Gonzalez (5-15-1978), of Garden Street in New Haven, made a break for the getaway car. “Xander”, the police canine met him half way, preventing his escape. After seeing that, his partner, Joel Vasquez Rosario (12-1-1978), of Woodward Avenue in New Haven, decided to surrender to Officers.
Officer Bandy spoke with both men. Gonzalez told him he and his associate were out for a drive when he needed to use a bathroom. He said Rosario told him to drive to 57 Girard Avenue as the property was vacant and he could relieve himself there. He said afterwards, he followed Gonzalez inside. When asked what happened next, he replied, the cops showed up.
Rosario offered up a different scenario. He said he’d been kicked out of his house and needed a place to stay. He admitted forcing open the front door (evident to the Officers) and going inside. When asked what happened next, he replied, the cops showed up. Rosario seemed nervous. By the end of his conversation with Officer Bandy, he’d given up the heroin in the car and that Gonzalez, who drove the car, had a suspended license.
When Officers went to retrieve the heroin, they discovered cocaine as well. The drugs, accompanying paraphernalia, packaging materials and a digital scale were all confiscated. Nearly a thousand dollars was also confiscated.
The men were arrested and charged with burglary in the second degree, larceny in the fourth degree, criminal mischief in the second degree and a trifecta of narcotics crimes.
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