14 December, 2018 – DUI CHECKPOINT ANNOUNCEMENT
The New Haven Police Traffic Division will conduct a DUI/ Traffic Safety Checkpoint, beginning on Friday, December 14th at 7:00 PM and concluding on Saturday, December 15th at 3:00 AM. The checkpoint location will be on College Street at George Street.
11 December, 2018 – BANK ROBBERY
At 6:51 PM, Officers were dispatched to the People’s Bank at 112 Amity Road, regarding a bank robbery.
The teller had been threatened by the robber, who stated he’d shoot the teller if he wasn’t given the bank’s cash. The robber passed a note to the teller. She told police it was illegible and alerted the branch manager, who also couldn’t decipher the note. The frustrated robber told them he had a gun. A gun wasn’t seen.
The teller handed over the cash from her drawer and the crook took it and left the bank.
Bank employees described the thief as a white man with a medium build (neither fat, nor thin), standing between 5’10” and 6’00” tall. He wore a brown jacket over a grey hooded sweatshirt. His eyes are blue/ green. His knuckles were bloodied with cracks in the skin and he “smelled bad”.
Detectives are investigating similarities to recent bank robberies in nearby towns – though there is no certainty it’s the same guy.
9 December, 2018 – COPS DEESCALATE A VIOLENT SITUATION
At 7:59 PM, Officers were dispatched to a reported fight at a home on Adeline Street. Dispatchers told responding officers that one of those involved was said to have a knife. Someone may have been stabbed.
Officers met with the twenty-one year old victim. He said he’d been looking after an emotionally disturbed woman while her care-taker was away. He said the woman became violent, took hold of a knife and attacked him. His lip was sliced open. He said he left to treat his wound and returned moments later to try to calm the woman down. She cracked him across the face with her crutch. The impact split open his forehead. He retreated and phoned police.
Officers Christian Carfora, Matthew Curran and Jonathan Caron entered the apartment. The woman was hole up in her bedroom. They knocked at the door and asked her to open it. She barricaded it instead, using a metal chain. The cops spoke to her, again asking her to open the door. She told them she wouldn’t because she was asleep. The officers managed to open the door. The woman was in bed. She took all of her clothes. She had nothing in her hands but reached beneath a pillow and retrieved the knife. Officer Carfora had his Taser at the ready and promised the disturbed woman he’d use it, should she not put down the knife. She eventually did.
The officers handcuffed the woman. Both she and the victim were taken to the hospital – the victim for treatment of his injuries, and the perpetrator, for an evaluation. The woman had two outstanding warrants. She was placed under arrest – charged with breach of peace in the second degree, assault in the third degree, threatening in the second degree and interfering with police. Her detention was continued under police guard at the hospital. The victim was not related to or in a relationship with the perpetrator. His injuries are not considered serious.
Police supervisors expressed great praise for those officers in how they handled this volatile situation and the restraint they used in dealing with a violent situation involving someone who’s emotionally disturbed.
8 December, 2018 – NEW HAVEN MAN UNDER ARREST – CHARGED WITH DOMESTIC ASSAULT
At 3:21 AM, Officers were dispatched to an assault in progress at an apartment on the double-digit block of Donna Drive. When they pulled up and went inside, a bloodied woman met them in the rear staircase. She told Sergeant Louis DeCrescenzo and Officer Ruben Para that she’d been
The victim told them she’d been stabbed by “Desohn” and that he was still inside. The victim, who’s injuries were minor cuts to a nostril and finger, was sent to the hospital for treatment.
Officer Nicholas Gogliettino and company went inside and grabbed the suspect. He said he was Desohn Wilson (4-3-1989) and he lived there with the woman. Officer Brendan Hawley found a knife – believed to have been used in this crime, on the floor. It was entered into evidence.
A four year old boy and one year old girl were at the home during the alleged assault. Cops got in touch with relatives who came to pick up the kids.
The officers heard the fight started with a couple punches and escalated. Later on, at the hospital, the victim’s story changed. She said she hadn’t been assaulted and had cut herself accidentally.
Desohn Wilson was arrested and charged with third degree assault, second degree threatening, second degree breach of peace and two counts of risk of injury to minors. He was also served with an outstanding warrant for violating a protective order in 2017. His bond on the warrant is $35,000.00 He was sent to lock-up.
Officers contacted the state of Connecticut Department of Children and Families and the Yale Child Study Services to look into the best needs of the involved children.
