16 & 17 February, 2018 – LIKELY TARGET OF GUNFIRE ARRESTED – CHARGED WITH MULTIPLE FELONIES
On Friday evening, Officers Nicole Motzer and Todd Kelly were sent to an apartment on Grace Street to investigate a reported domestic dispute. They met the forty-six year old woman who’d called.
She described being attacked by her ex-boyfriend Shywann Marquise Daluz (3-18-1975), of Hamden, CT, just minutes before the officers arrived. She said they’ve been separated for months. She has two protective-orders against him. Despite the orders, she claimed he showed up at her door. She described shielding her grandchildren as he attacked her. The officers saw the living room in disarray – the kind of disarray one would expect following a struggle. The victim had a visible abrasion, a bruise and a “grab mark”.
The woman told the cops she’s been the repeated victim of Daluz’ stalking – that he’d come to her home and watch her from an adjacent alleyway. She said he’d message her describing what he could see her wearing. The officers offered the victim medical assistance. She declined. They then went looking for her estranged ex-boyfriend. He lives in Hamden. HPD Officers searched for him and went to his home. He wasn’t there.
When the officers returned to Grace Street, the victim was receiving disturbing text messages from Daluz. In his messages, he suggested he’d harm himself. Additional officers were added to the search. Daluz was listed as an endangered missing person while the officers worked on a safety plan for the victim.
The officers wrote up an arrest warrant for Daluz. He’d be charged with breach of peace in the second degree, Assault in the third degree, criminal trespass in the first degree, stalking in the first degree, harassment in the second degree, two counts of criminal violation of a protective order and two counts of risk of injury to a minor. The search was on, though Daluz remained on the lam until the next day.
On Saturday, Officers Evan Kelly, Nicole Motzer, Stephen Jaques, Robert Stratton, Monique Moore, Jenna Davis, Annastassia Scott and Michael Maciver rushed to the area of State and Grace Streets. Several 911 callers reported hearing an argument followed by single gunshot.
Witnesses said a man and woman were arguing. The shot rang out and the woman could be heard screaming as she ran away. Some of the officers followed footprints in the recently fallen snow. The prints were small and likely a woman’s. They didn’t lead them to anyone involved.
One man told police he’d seen and heard the same thing. After the shot, he said a man and woman ran in one direction and two men, in the other.
The woman who’d reported the domestic dispute a day earlier, arrived. She told the officers her ex, Shywann Marquise Daluz, had just tried breaking into her Grace Street home through a basement window. She said her neighbor had warned her Daluz was trying to break in, had confronted him at her window and struggled to hold on to him for police. She said Daluz wriggled out of his jacket, which the neighbor kept. She told them Daluz was getting away and was probably heading home.
Officers Evan Kelly and Jenna Davis headed toward the man’s home in Hamden. They found him walking on the fifteen-hundred block of State Street. They put him in handcuffs and asked him about the gunshot.
He said he’d been shot at – and knows who pulled the trigger. Daluz was unharmed.
He was charged with criminal attempt to commit burglary in the third degree, criminal trespass in the first degree, stalking in the first degree, harassment in the second degree, two counts of criminal violation of a protective order and breach of peace in the second degree. These charges are independent of those for the earlier reported incident.
The investigation remains open. Officers are searching for the gunman.
19 February, 2018 – ARMED TRESPASSER ARRESTED AFTER STRUGGLE WITH COPS
At 5:00 PM, Officer Yonick Crawford was waved down by a man complaining a drug-dealer was conducting his business in the common hallway at his apartment building, located at 226 Elsworth Avenue. Crawford called for back-up and went inside.
The suspect was walking down the stairs. He looked at the officer standing below and said, “Oh shit”! He bladed his body away from the officer. The man obeyed Crawford’s command to remove his hand from his pocket.
Crawford asked if he lived there. He replied he didn’t. He presented his driver’s license. Crawford ran the name - Philip E. Pervis (7-30-1990), of The Ella T Grasso Boulevard in New Haven.
Officer Kenroy Taylor entered the building. Pervis put his hand back into his pocket. Take your hand out, commanded Taylor. He asked Pervis if he had any weapons on him. Pervis said he had a knife. Officer Crawford saw Pervis looking around as if he was weighing his options to escape. “You’re not going to get too far”, warned Crawford.
Officers Jacob Cedeno, Caitlin Zerella and Christopher Landucci entered the building as Pervis began fighting to remain free from being handcuffed. The officers took Pervis to the ground. Officer Cedeno removed Pervis’ knife – oh, and the loaded Deutche Werks .32 caliber handgun he had tucked inside his waistband.
Pervis was arrested and charged with criminal trespassing in the first degree, carrying a pistol without a permit and interfering with the cops.
21 February, 2018 – POLICE LOOKING FOR WOULD-BE BURGLAR
Apparently the same failure of a burglar was casing homes on Avon Street and Mitchell Drive between 2:30 and 3:20 AM. Officers were called to homes on both streets after a man wearing dark clothing and a green knit cap tried, unsuccessfully to break in (or at least trespass on the properties).
Officer Scott Durkin and Gary Gamarra went to 25 Avon Street at 2:30 AM. The woman who lives there said she heard noises by her back deck. She went to investigate and spotted a stranger peering inside through her glass door. Then he left.
Less than an hour later, the officers went to a similar complaint at 184 Mitchell Drive. The resident heard someone trying to crawl through a rear window. The crook never made it inside and was last seen running west, toward Orange Street.
Fingerprint Technician, Officer Paul Finch arrived. There wasn’t anything left to lift. Officers canvased the area but didn’t find the intruder.
There is no up-tick in burglaries but police are warning residents and business owners to check out their properties. Are you vulnerable? Can your home be better secured?
We should all be thinking about the well-known proverb, “A chain is only as strong as its weakest link”. Let’s customize that by replacing strong with “protected”. Here are some tips we hope you’ll find helpful.
New Haven Police Department
Burglary prevention tips
Good locks, bright lights, active block watches and some common sense can prevent most property crimes.
- Report suspicious people and vehicles to Police and your neighbors
- Keep doors & windows secured with good quality locks
- Add window casement locks or locking pin to keep windows ‘cracked’ a bit
- Secure window air conditioners to the sash and sill
- Set your burglar alarm – even when you’re at home
- Keep porch lights on all night
- Use motion sensors lights for driveways and back yards
- Trim back trees & shrubbery
- Never let strangers into your home
- Demand and verify identification of utility co. associates, poll takers & sales people.
- Make your home look occupied. Time lights, radios & televisions
- Avoid hiding keys outside. Give a spare to a trusted friend
- Never attach personal information to your key ring
- Arrange for mail pick up if away for more than a few days
- Maintain a clearly visible house number so emergency personnel can find you
- Keep valuables in a hidden secure spot or bank safety deposit box
- Get to know your neighbors
- Report nonworking street lights and tree canopies that are below the lights
- Engrave property with your phone number. Record serial numbers
- Don’t ignore audible alarms. Call the Police
- Keep all firearms out of sight and locked up
- Don’t leave ladders outside your home
- Set appropriate privacy settings on social media sites and check them often. If you must post vacation pictures, do so after you’ve returned.
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