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ATV ARRESTS PRESS OPORTUNITY: Sergeant Karl Jacobson and I will be available at the Police Impound, 710 Sherman Parkway (down below) between 3:00 and 3:30 PM today to discuss the ATV/ Dirt-bike roundup this past weekend. Half (ten) of the bikes will be there to be photographed. The other ten are off site.

These are the people arrested and the machines they were riding;

ARRESTS  

1 September, 2015 – ARMED CROOK ARRESTED AFTER ROBBERY

At about 1:00 AM, Officer Jacob Cedeno was dispatched to an Elm Street apartment to speak with someone reporting he’d been robbed.

In all, there were three victims. The men told the Officer they’d stopped to look at a bureau left curbside near their apartment. As they were deciding whether or not to take it, they were confronted by a man who brandished a revolver. They said the gunman pointed it at them and ordered them to hand over their valuables and phones. The crook reportedly had each victim unlock their phones and provide him with their passwords.

One by one, they handed the demanded items over to the robber. He left in car described by one of the victims as possibly being a dark colored Toyota Corolla. Two men who were waiting for the robber at the car. They left with him and were last seen heading north on the Ella T. Grasso Boulevard.

The victims described the robber. He is a black man who stands about six feet tall – perhaps a bit shorter. He has an average build. He wore black clothing including cargo-shorts. He had on a “White Sox” logoed baseball cap.

An attempt at tracking one of the victim’s phones equipped with a locating app proved futile as the thief had turned it off. An hour or so later, however the phone was on and was sending a signal. It was near Morse Street in the Newhallville neighborhood. The victim sent Officer Cedeno a screenshot of the ping and Cops converged on the area. Hamden Officers joined in as the “ping” was near the town line and on the Farmington Canal Trail.

As Officer Cedeno arrived in the area, he spotted a dark colored Honda occupied by three men. It was parked on Morse Street. As he cruised by, two of the men got out. The Officer did to after radioing his location. As Officer Cedeno spoke with the two suspects, Officers Jose Luna and Christopher Landucci pulled up to the car and its remaining occupant. A “White Sox” baseball cap was on the dash. Upon further inspection, they spotted the stock of a gun sticking out from beneath the driver’s seat.

The men were all handcuffed and the Officers began searching the car. They recovered a .380 caliber model P380 Davis Industries handgun. It was loaded and chambered and stuffed in the rear pouch of the driver’s seat. The gun beneath the seat was a .38 Smith & Wesson revolver – also loaded. Cash was on the seat. They found a cap with fake dread-locks sewed into it (perhaps a disguise) and a black ski mask. They found a wallet and a bunch of phones. Three Apple I-Phones and an HTC Cricket were either in, beneath or near the car.

The victims positively identified Karis Westley (1-17-1993) as the armed robber. Westley, a convicted felon, was arrested and charged with first degree robbery with a firearm, conspiracy to commit first degree robbery with a firearm, weapon in a motor vehicle, second degree larceny, conspiracy to commit second degree larceny carrying a pistol without a permit and criminal possession of a firearm. His pals were arrested too. Rajoun Julious (1-25-1992), also a convicted felon, was charged with conspiracy to commit first degree robbery with a firearm, weapon in a motor vehicle, second degree larceny, conspiracy to commit second degree larceny carrying a pistol without a permit and criminal possession of a firearm, possession of a controlled substance and possession of a controlled substance with the intent to sell.  Robert Fairweather (6-30-1992) was charged with conspiracy to commit first degree robbery with a firearm, weapon in a motor vehicle, second degree larceny, conspiracy to commit second degree larceny and carrying a pistol without a permit.

The guns weren’t reported stolen. The car wasn’t registered and was impounded.