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24 June, 2018 – HOMICIDE INVESTIGATION

At 11:34 PM, Officers were dispatched to reported gunfire at 165 Maple Street. The call was changed to a person shot as they were en route. The victim, twenty-one year old Robert Faulk-Dill, of New Haven, had been shot multiple times in the head, back and groin. He was on the front porch when he was gunned down. He was rushed to the hospital, where, an hour and a half later, he was pronounced deceased.

Some residents reported hearing gunfire, but due to a power-outage, the city’s ShotSpotter® system wasn’t reporting and the area was dark.

Anyone who witnessed this crime or who may have information valuable to investigators is urged to phone police at 203-946-6316 or Text-A-Tip. Text “NHPD plus your message” to 274637 (CRIMES) Calls may be made anonymously.

27 June, 2018 – ALLEGED MASTURBATOR ARRESTED

At 3:05 PM, Officers were dispatched to the summit of East Rock Park regarding a report of an Hispanic man publicly masturbating. There have been other such sightings of the self-pleasurer in the area. Officers have been searching trails throughout the park for him.  

The twenty-four year old victim told the officers he’d spotted the man hiding in a bush. He said he had a clear view of the perp’s activity and decided to continue walking until he was far enough away to phone police. Officers located the suspect, Larry A Rice (6-22-1975), of Highland Street in West Haven, CT in a lower area of the park. He was identified by the victim and charged with public indecency and risk of injury of a child (Children were present in the area).

27 June, 2018 – COPS SEARCH FOR SLASHER – ALL THREE VICTIMS UNCOOPERATIVE

At 4:49 PM, Officers were dispatched to the Hospital to speak with a stabbing victim. Andrew Levern Blanding (10-23-1971), of Hemlock Street in West Haven, had suffered severe cuts to his scalp and neck. Once able to talk, he chose not to. Couldn’t remember where he was or how he ended up assaulted. He’s expected to pull through.

The officers started researching other calls that could be related. They found one outside Lou’s Lodge on Blatchley Avenue at Clay Street. An argument and fight involving three people including the victim. When detectives went to Blatchley Avenue and Clay Street, there were two other victims – each with hand lacerations.

The story is coming together but detectives haven’t reached their conclusion yet.

Anyone who witnessed this crime or who may have information valuable to investigators is urged to phone police at 203-946-6316 or Text-A-Tip. Text “NHPD plus your message” to 274637 (CRIMES) Calls may be made anonymously.

28 June, 2018 – HOME DAMAGED BY GUNFIRE

At 4:54 AM, Officers headed to a gunfire complaint in the area of Clover Place and Truman Street. ShotSpotter®reported four shots. Then, a Clover Street resident called the cops to report all four hit his house.

The homeowner said he’d been awoken by the gunfire and it was all captured on video. Sure enough, investigators saw the tape. In it one can see a dark colored small sedan driving slowly westbound on Truman. Its occupant fired the shots. Police are investigating.

29 June, 2018 – FATAL CRASH INVESTIGATION

At 5:34 PM , Officer Steven Teague responded to a serious crash at Whalley and Elsworth Avenues. A car had collided with a motorcyclist. The rider was badly injured and was being attended to by Firefighter/ EMTs.

Bobby Sunshine Pinkston, thirty-seven, of West Haven, CT, was rushed to Yale New Haven Hospital for treatment. Doctors were unable to save the critically injured man.

Members of the department’s Crash Reconstruction Team were dispatched and are investigating. Digital footage from a passing motorist’s vehicle’s forward and rear focused dash cameras show the motorcycle traveling east on Whalley. The involved car, a Nissan Maxima is seen turning left (south) onto Whalley from Elsworth. The impact itself is obscured by a stopped vehicle. The Nissan operator doesn’t stop and drives off after the crash. He stops on Argonne Street, where he’s confronted by a man who indicates he’s aware of the driver’s involvement in the crash. When the witness pulls out his phone to call police, the driver takes off running into a nearby apartment building.

The fleeing driver was described as a Latino man in his twenties, wearing an orange shirt and sporting a goatee. Two men on the porch of the apartment building told the cops they’d seen him get out of the Nissan and run inside. One said he asked the man if he was alright and offered to phone 911 for him. He said the man said " I`m okay, I need to call my wife, I hit a bike, I hit a bike."

Moments later, Officer John Brangi stopped the suspect after witnesses pointed him out. An angry crowd gathered and the driver, Luis Lala (11-3-1990), of Ellsworth avenue in New Haven, was taken into custody.

Lala was arrested and charged with evading responsibility involving the death of a person, negligent homicide with a motor vehicle, operating a motor vehicle without a license, illegal operation under the influence of alcohol or drugs and making an improper turn.

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30 June, 2018 – TRIPLE SHOOTING INVESTIGATION(UPDATED ON 2 July, 2018)

At 11:20 PM , Officers responded to the area of Wayfarer Street and Wilmot Road to investigate a reported shooting. Two women had suffered gunshot wounds.

The Winslow Augustine Field on Wilmot Road was the location of a cookout drawing may people. Detectives and uniformed officers headed to the area. As some of the party-goers left, gunfire rang out. Officers just blocks away, heard the shots and rushed to the scene.

Tulani Nettles, nineteen, of Hamden, CT suffered wounds to her right shoulder. Whitney Robinson, nineteen, of New Haven was shot in her abdomen. Neither women were critically wounded and were taken to area hospitals for treatment and were listed in stable condition. Nettles told detectives she’d attended the party.

Soon after, Andrew Sanator Fowlin (4-1-1991), of New Haven, walked into the hospital. He’d suffered a bullet graze wound to his face and sought treatment. Fowlin told detectives he’d attended the party.

Detectives from the department’s Major Crimes Unit and Bureau of Identification are investigating.

Anyone who witnessed this crime or who may have information valuable to investigators is urged to phone police at 203-946-6316 or Text-A-Tip. Text “NHPD plus your message” to 274637 (CRIMES) Calls may be made anonymously.

1 July, 2018 – BRAWL BROKEN UP

At 1:22 AM , Police were called toShotSpotter® reported gunfire on the double-digit block of Truman Street. As Sergeant Abbate arrived, he heard two “pops” and confronted a brawl in progress involving dozens of people. His commands to disperse were heeded by some. Abbate saw someone on the ground.

Officer Raul Perierra arrived after the sergeant’s pepper-spray was deployed. Perierra disappeared from Abbate’s view as the two struggled to pull apart the combatants. Other officers arrived and got the group separated.

The guy on the ground hadn’t been shot. The pops had been fireworks – including those that set off theShotSpotter® system. The brawl involved adults attending a “children’s party” that had extended past one o’clock in the morning.

1 July, 2018 – SHOOTING INVESTIGATION

At 2:14 AM , Officers headed to Bouchet Lane. A caller reported her sister had been shot in the head and was being driven to the hospital.

Investigators interviewed the driver of the car that brought the twenty-four year old victim in. He’d parked a distance from the hospital and initially refused to cooperate. Eventually, police were told he and the victim were in his BMW – parked on Bouchet Lane, when someone shot the victim through the car’s windshield.

The cops took the car once they found it parked nearby.

The victim, who’s injuries aren’t life-threatening, said she didn’t see the shooter. Detectives are investigating several leads.

1 July, 2018 – SHOOTING INVESTIGATION

At 2:16 AM , Officers were posted at the Yale New Haven Hospital Emergency Room entrance due to a large crowd that had gathered.

Unrelated to that, Raen Garian Sessions (4-10-1991), of New Haven, walked past and asked to speak with the triage nurse. He said he’d been shot. He refused to cooperate with investigators. His thigh wound isn’t life-threatening.

Although detectives are on the case, no crime scene was located

NOTES FROM GROUP SESSIONS

SAFETY

Facilitator:  Leonard Jihad & Sheldon Tucker

• Better communication and trust between the police and community

  • Visit the Police Academy to talk with cadets about community concerns

  • Meet with the Area/District Manager to discuss how to build trust

    • Person(s) Responsible: ?

      • Deadline:

• More Community Outreach

  • Involve community in the selection of Street Outreach Workers

    • Person(s) Responsible: ?

      • Deadline:

• Community Upgrades

  • Lights

  • Cameras

  • The cutting of tree branches that block the view of cameras is happening now

    • Person(s) Responsible: ?

      • Deadline:

• Organize

  • Talk to youth to teach them about our work as a collective

  • What are Black men doing to honor each other?

    • Person(s) Responsible: ?

      • Deadline:

JOBS

Facilitator(s):  Arthur Edwards, Gary Gates, Rodney Williams

• Identify Resources

  • Person(s) Responsible: ?

    • Deadline:

• Network Collaborate

  • Person(s) Responsible: ?

    • Deadline:

• Mentorship Training Program

  • Person(s) Responsible: ?

    • Deadline:

• Increase Youth Employment & Job Training

  • Person(s) Responsible: ?

    • Deadline:

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      EDUCATION

      Facilitator(s):  Gemma Lumpkin & Ife Waters

       

      • Restoring the Village System (Create Support System)

        • Person(s) Responsible: ?

          • Deadline:

      • Build Student Voice (Disengaged Students)

        • Person(s) Responsible: ?

          • Deadline:

      • Increase attendance and City-wide Parent Team Meetings

        • Person(s) Responsible: ?

          • Deadline:

      • Making BOE accountable for updating policies

        • Person(s) Responsible: ?

          • Deadline:

      • Meet parents where they are at (Sport events, etc…)

        • Person(s) Responsible: ?

          • Deadline:

      • Connect kids to safe adults

        • Person(s) Responsible: ?

          • Deadline:

       

      YOUTH

      Facilitator(s):  Kyisha Velasquez

       

      • Meet w/youth to find out what they want/reach out through social media possibly w/survey.  Find youth who will send messages out.  

        • Persons Responsibilities: Krystal, Dearie & Samera

          • Deadline:  8/15/17

      • Identify pastors & churches that will allow use of their buildings for youth activities

        • Person Responsible:  Steve

          • Deadline:  8/15/17

      • Identify adults willing to work w/kids where they are on a consistent basis – go canvassing

        • Person Responsible:  Kyisha, Niki

          • Deadline:  8/15/17

      • Identify community businesses and organizations to see what they are willing to give us access to use (i.e. kitchen, office, etc…).  

        • Person(s) Reponsible:  Steve

          • Deadline:  8/15/17

      • Healing circles to allow kids time to process their hurt and anger.   Attend an overnight camp (Camp Farnum, etc…) by the end of August.   

        • Person(s) Responsible:  Barbara, Steve, Samera, Krystal, Kyisha & Holly

          • Deadline:  8/15/17

      
      
      

      COMMUNITY BUILDING

      Facilitator(s):  Barbara Vereen

       

      • Merge Facebook pages – Newhallville

      • • • Revitalization & Rebuild

          • Newhallville Resource Center

          • A Taste of Newhallville

            • Person(s) Responsible: ?

              • Deadline:

        • Support Community Beautification Project

          • Collaborate

          • Partner w/city for clean-up days

          • Neighborhood Garden

            • Person(s) Responsible: ?

              • Deadline:

        • Block Parties

          • Educate on Process

            • Person(s) Responsible: ?

              • Deadline:

        • Stores Giving Back

          • Person(s) Responsible: ?

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        • Gathering Clergy for church involvement

          • Person(s) Responsible: ?

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          • 
            Let me begin by thanking you for your participation in the Newhallville Grassroots Action Planning meeting on Tuesday night at Lincoln Bassett School.  It was truly exciting to be in a room full of passionate community leaders (like you) working together to improve the lives of Newhallville residents.

        • Our next meeting will be on Tuesday, August 14^th, 2017 at Lincoln Bassett School – 5:30pm.  The meeting will focus on the following:

           

          1)   Updates and/or revisions on the tasks that individuals volunteered to complete within their group

          2)   Review of existing resources (technical assistance and/or funding) earmarked specifically for Newhallville residents

          3)   Identification and solicitation of new resources that can support community leaders, organizations and/or institutions operating within Newhallville

           

          If you have any questions or additional suggestions for the next meeting, please feel free to contact me via email.  I look forward to your continued leadership in our next meeting. 

           Kermit Carolina carolinakermit@gmail.com

           

          "You're either part of the solution or part of the problem."  - (Leroy) Eldridge Cleaver

           

          “Bringing the gifts that my ancestors gave, I am the dream and the hope of the slave.  I Rise!  I Rise! I Rise!”

          -Maya Angelou