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NEW HAVEN MAN CHARGED WITH WEEKEND SHOOTING OF THIRTEEN YEAR OLD

New Haven | On July 22^nd, at 2:57 PM, Officers rushed to the area of Shelton Avenue and Ivy Street after it was reported a person had been shot. The victim, a thirteen year old boy, had been shot in his leg. He was rushed to Yale New Haven Hospital for treatment, where thankfully he remained alert with a non-life threatening wound.

Detectives worked tirelessly on this case and secured a warrant for the arrest of Charles Worthington (7-3-1996), of 39 Lilac Street in New Haven.

Worthington was picked up on Tuesday morning, 25 July, at his home. He has been charged with assault in the first degree, carrying a pistol without a permit and risk of injury. He is being held on a one million dollar bond.

Assistant Chief Achilles Generoso had great praise for those that worked the case. “We had a dedicated crew of investigators on this. We reached out and received the expert assistance from State’s Attorney Pat Griffin and his team as well as the US Marshals Task Force, our Intelligence division, our Narcotics Enforcement Unit and Major Crimes Division. This was an around-the-clock operation that resulted in the speedy arrest of a man suspected to have shot a teenager”, said Generoso.

Head of Detectives, Lt. Herbie Johnson also praised SA Griffin and those involved in the case. “This was a crime solved by not only law enforcement, but by members of our community as well. We place great value on the relationships we have with folks in the neighborhoods we serve”, said Johnson. “The case’s lead investigator, Detective Dennis O’Connell and his supervisor, Sergeant Ron Perry worked this case for three days straight through”, he said. “We are grateful for the arrest made today”.

The New Haven Police department is currently investigating several shooting cases occurring over the last two weeks. Two of these investigations involve minors who have been shot - one succumbing to his injuries.

“News of this arrest underscores citywide determination to hold accountable those who perpetuate violence on New Haven streets and who blatantly disregard the welfare of others,” Mayor Toni N. Harp said. “I’m grateful to the officers and detectives of the New Haven Police Department for their thorough investigation ahead of today’s arrest, and their overall commitment to the safety of all of us in New Haven.”

Chief Anthony Campbell said yesterday; “Although we take all crimes seriously, it is particularly tragic when the youth of our city are the victims of gun violence. This is a situation which cannot and will not be tolerated. This is the time where both the New Haven Police Department and the community can utilize the relationships which have been built over the years to ensure that this type of behavior stops immediately”!

“We strive each and every day to bring justice to those in our community who’ve been wronged. Success happens through collaboration and hinges on working with our community. There is no place in New Haven for those who do not value the safety of every member of our community and the sanctity of life”.

“As a result of these recent shootings the New Haven Police Department has deployed multiple additional resources to the areas which are being affected by this violence. Although this may help reduce the probability of additional shootings, it is imperative that the community step up and work with Police to bring justice to the victims of these horrible incidents. Now is the time for the community to take charge and to join us at the NHPD in a way that it has not done before. This violence must stop immediately”.

“Any and all information can make a difference and information can be provided anonymously at 203-946-6304. We look forward to continuing to work together with this community, our community, the community that we love to ensure that everyone is safe and Justice prevails. Together we can and will make a difference”.

While walking the red carpet at the Cannes Film Festival over the weekend, Eva Longoria had a major wardrobe malfunction with her dress…and she clearly didn’t come prepared. Breaking the cardinal rule, the actress left her underwear at home, leaving room for total exposure of what’s going on between her legs

13 January, 2018 – CONVICTED FELON ARRESTED FOR FRIDAY HOMICIDE

This morning, Detectives held a signed arrest warrant charging JOSHUA JAMES COUNCIL (9-15-1986), of New Haven, with the shooting murder of thirty-five year old Kenneth Nathaniel Cooper.

On Friday, 12 January, 2018, at 3:08 AM, Officers were alerted by ShotSpotter® to gunfire in the area of Whalley Avenue at Fitch Street. A person had been shot outside the entrance to the Exxon Gas Station Convenience Store at 775 Whalley Avenue.

The victim is Kenneth Cooper, formerly of New Haven, but recently, Waterbury, CT. A woman he was with drove Cooper to the hospital. He died shortly thereafter.

Neither the victim or the woman he was with were associated with the Exxon Station or the convenience store.

Police located the crime scene, which was processed by detectives. Productive witness interviews followed.

Officer Paul Vitale was on his beat this morning, when he spotted Council. He and other patrol officers apprehended him without incident near his residence.

Assistant Chief Achilles ‘Archie’ Generoso praised the thoughtful work of the officers and detectives working this case. He lauded the collaboration with the CT State’s Attorney’s Office and State Parole Officers for their dedication to the solving of this case.

JOSHUA JAMES COUNCIL, a convicted felon and parolee, was charged with murder, criminal possession of a pistol without a permit and violation of probation. He is being held at the NHPD lock-up on a million dollar bond

order the book Harlem Godfather: The Rap on My Husband, Ellsworth "Bumpy" Johnson

For years movies have been made to portray the original gangsters of American history like; Scarface, Harlem Nights, and Hoodlum. What a lot of people don’t know is that many of these movie characters are not fiction. These were real gagsters straight out of New York, California and Miami. But since the release of the Denzel Washington’s movie American Gangster everyone has been turning there heads to the interest of the black gangsters in America and really paying attention to the stories of the “Hood Heroes”. The story of Frank Lucus caught the attention of the media like you would expect any Denzel movie to achieve. And for months the real Frank Lucus was all over the air waves promoting his story and like any true black celebrity shouting out all of the people who road with him on his journey.
I was able to catch up with someone who did not directly get a shout out from Frank but was indirectly praised. On a bright sunny spring day in Harlem all the Harlemites came out to celebrate the release of the highly anticipated Harlem Godfather; The wrap on my husband Ellsworth “Bumpy” Johnson by Mayme Hatcher Johnson with Karen E. Quinones Miller. Mayme Johnson the widow of Bumpy Johnson was not singing the same praises to Frank as he would have allotted her. Mayme says that every thing Frank claims to be true are lies. Karen E. Quinones Miller a self made Harlem success story was personally touched by Mayme’s story and found it her duty to help her set the record straight. Mayme says Frank broke the number one rule that her husband would have never broken, and that was what Frank is mainly famous for…for being a Snitch!

Street Connfinement: I just wanted to say congratulations because I know it’s been a long time at work. So if you want to give us a little background about how you met and how this project started.
Karen Quinones: I knew Bumpy when I was a kid; I met him when I was nine or ten years old. But it didn’t register in my mind that this was the Bumpy Johnson. I knew he was Bumpy Johnson, but not like “The Bumpy Johnson”. And it wasn’t until about 20 years ago that Mayme and I connected. And we’ve been friends, close friends I say for about fifteen years. On and off we’ve been talking about doing the book, but sometimes we just never get a chance. So we’ve been talking on and off about doing the book for the last fifteen years, but just never seemed to get together, wouldn’t you say?
Mayme Johnson: I would say that we kept putting it off.
Karen Quinones: Mayme got really upset because American Gangster there was a lot of lies in there. In Hoodlum they made a lot of mistakes, but Mayme wasn’t upset because they made mistakes, they got it wrong. But in American Gangster there were a lot of lies, outright lies, and she got really upset about that and we’ve been talking about doing this book all this time, let’s go ahead and do it. So that’s how it came about.
Street Connfinement: So exactly how long did it take you to complete from beginning to finish the project?
Karen Quinones: I’ve been researching it actually for almost twenty years. That’s one of the reasons why I think it would be really good for anyone else to do an auto biography on him in Edgar’s Point because a lot of people have died. So there for instance I was able to speak to Junie Bird, Bumpy died in his arms. I was able to speak to Edgar. I was able to speak to Billy Hopkins, and Mayme’s memory is just tremendous. So the research been going on, I mean Mark Henry Perk died about eight years ago. I have him on the record before he died. Ralph Camerno was the best human known gangster, organized crime expert in the country. He died four years ago. I have him on the record talking about Bumpy. So on and on the research has been going on for about fifteen years. You know but it’s like it was never a rush. Eventually we were gonna get it done.


Street Connfinement: It seems like as soon as the movie dropped, the book came really quickly after, and I know that you are reputing a lot of things with American Gangster, so would that be the coincidence, or was it like once you say that you were like “Okay I gotta get this book out there?”
Mayme Johnson: May I just say one thing?
Street Connfinement: Yes.
Mayme Johnson: American Gangster was all lies. I didn’t see anything in there what I could see, what I’ve read to be. Frank Lucas did not know us. That was their way. And when they copied the life of black books I would say wouldn’t you?
Street Connfinement: So he really wasn’t a driver for Bumpy?
Mayme Johnson: No he never drove a day for us. And he was never ever in my home. He may have washed up his cars and shined his shoes, but he certainly did not drive his car. The only thing he ever did to that car was probably wash it, that’s all.

Street Connfinement: So you don’t know Frank Lucas very well at all?
Karen Quinones: What’s to know Frank? But I mean he was like a flunky. So it’s like if your boyfriend or your husband had a flunky you would know him, but he wouldn’t be invited to the house.
Mayme Johnson: He’d just come around to get to know Bumpy, and he just wanted to make a living, get out in the world, and he’d come around to make extra money. Bumpy really never shared his money. That’s why I can’t understand why he told so many lies. He made up all of that. And that’s when I thought he would have done that to my book.
Karen Quinones : And Judy Page, as a matter of fact she’s sitting right over there, she was at the movie theater when she told Mayme that she saw a trailer from American Gangster , and it was at that point that we found out that the movie was coming on and they had made some false remarks about Bumpy, so when she called her Mayme called me and she was like look we been talking about doing this book all this time and we have to do it because all their doing now is telling lies about my husband. And that’s how it came about.
Mayme Johnson: That’s right, that’s how we got started.

Street Connfinement: So they didn’t even grant you the courtesy to let you know they were putting a movie out?
Mayme Johnson: No but I understand now he said I was old and wasn’t able to talk about it anymore.
Street Connfinement: Do you feel like Frank Lucas created his legacy off of your husband’s legacy?
Mayme Johnson: Yes, oh yes. The only person that ever drove Bumpy around was Randy Carson and JJ, JJ Johnson.
Karen Quinones: And Bobby Jones. He was one of the pall bearers.
Mayme Johnson: Yes, right.
Karen Quinones: But the thing is Frank Lucas knew Bumpy, Frank Lucas was a person. I mean I don’t know how else to put it. And Frank is as famous for his listening as he is for his dope dealing. And it makes sense to increase your street credibility to go ahead and hitch your wagon to a man who was known to never have snitched. You know cause no matter what you may say about Bumpy Johnson the man did his time and to anybody else he had to before he snitched. So that gave Frank a little bit of credibility. In his mind that’s what he was doing. And that’s what Mayme and I talked about. It’s like a grab for street credibility. I mean but it was so obvious, I mean because even in the documentary that they filmed for BET, if you look at the documentary their rolling around the street, Frank’s in the back of the car, you see on the street lamps on the street signs that say 121th street and 5th avenue and then he points to a brownstone and he says “My boss lives here, that’s where my boss lives.” But they never lived on 121st street and 5th avenue. They lived on the corner of 120th street and 5th avenue. They lived at 2 west 120th street in an apartment building. And as a matter of fact Willa Mae Park was just here, she lived upstairs from them. He didn’t even know where Bumpy lived, but he’s gone say that he lived six months with them.
Mayme Johnson: He was never in our home.
Karen Quinones: He never even knew them when they were there. He said that he rode Bumpy around for fifteen years. Bumpy was never on the streets for fifteen years straight since turning eighteen. He met Bumpy in 1963, Bumpy died in 1968. Do the math. Unless he was driving him around in Alvarcaz, you think? And since the movie’s come out there’s lawsuits going around, and now Frank is saying all those statements about “yeah we put all the dope in the coffin and this shipment to this plane and did he do it by himself”, and now he’s coming out and saying well you know 99 percent of this movie was a lie. See what happens when you’re threatened with a lawsuit, or see what happens when someone is alive who knows the truth? But I really believe that he didn’t know Mayme was still around. Because he didn’t say all that stuff until Junie was dead because he said that Bumpy died in his arms. Bumpy died in Junie Bird’s arms right at Well’s Restaurant. He would never have said anything like that when Junie was alive. He was old and encrypted when that story came out, and I believe he thought Mayme was dead. Because what he did was, the relationship that Bumpy had with Flash Walker, he made it up for himself. Flash was the one that met Bumpy in the pool hall, Flash was the one that when he got sick Bumpy and Mayme left the back of the house, and let him stay in his house. You know Flash was the one that Bumpy took shopping and bought clothes. Flash was the one that Bumpy treated like a son. But you know what, Flash Walker is dead and it’s so easy because who knew about Flash Walker before we wrote about it? And that’s what Frank Lucas was pouncing on, don’t you think?
Mayme Johnson: That’s right.
Street Connfinement: So he just completely took someone’s life basically?
Mayme Johnson: Well he wanted to make some money. He was broke and didn’t have any money. And I know he didn’t because he was rambling off the lotto.
Street Connfinement: So you’re not getting any rights from that movie at all? From American Gangster?
Mayme Johnson: I have nothing to do with it because it’s lies.
Street Connfinement: So have you heard anything about getting any movie rights for this book you have out here?
Karen Quinones: Well we would love; we would be willing to listen okay. We would certainly consider any offers for options okay. And as I say from your lips to God’s ears.
Street Connfinement: Is there anything that you’d like everybody to know? If you had one thing to tell the public what would you let them know about your husband?
Mayme Johnson: Well to me he was the greatest guy ever lived. He was a gangster, but he was no dope dealer. And to me, I think if he could have just the other day walked in he would have been very grateful to see all the people, my old friends and so many young friends, so many young men. I think he would have been very happy today. He was a great guy. A lot of people really didn’t know him, just knew of his name. To me he was the greatest guy ever lived.
Street Connfinement: Do you feel like his contributions to Harlem, because he’s known as “The Godfather of Harlem” like what major contributions did he make to Harlem?
Karen Quinones: Well if I could help with that.
Mayme Johnson: Please go right ahead.
Karen Quinones: I would say one of the major contributions is he let know people know that they can stand up no matter what position and what economic, what social position they were born in they could stand up to the white man. That they did not have to bow down. Cause you have to remember Bumpy came up at a time where there were still whites through Harlem, the Italians on the East side, and I mean that’s why Bumpy was a legend. Because he was the only black man in New York City, in New York State, in the United States that said, your not gonna do it. And to me one of the positive influences that I see from his life is that he let people know no matter who you are you don’t have to be treated like dirt. And I mean maybe his way wasn’t the best way but like Reverend Johnson said at his eulogy, “Maybe his way wasn’t the best way but he did what he had to do, and he did it well.”
Street Connfinement: Well thank you so much.
Karen Quinones: Thank you.
Mayme Johnson: Thank you.

BY- SHIREAL RENEE

New Haven| Over the past week and a half, New Haven Police Investigative Services
Division detectives, Task Force officers, and Patrol Division officers seized eight guns and made
nine arrests in areas where recent violence has occurred. The U.S. Attorney’s Office also
federally adopted new gun cases which led to federal arrests this week by the Alcohol, Tobacco
and Firearms (ATF) and FBI.
07/26/2020.
Patrol officers responded to a Clinton Avenue home for a report of a domestic dispute where a
weapon was used. The victim told police she had an argument with her 25 year old husband Carlos
Lopez and he stuck a gun in her mouth. He then fled the area in a silver Toyota Corolla. Officers
developed information that Lopez may be headed to Grand Avenue. Officers went to Grand Avenue
and located the car and Lopez. Consent was granted and inside the trunk of the vehicle, officers
located a P80 9mm handgun. Lopez has a misdemeanor handgun disqualification. Officers arrested
Lopez and charged him accordingly.
07/28/2020.
Members of Shooting Task Force noticed 18 year old Antonio Allen sitting in a Cadillac in the
parking lot of the Valley Street Townhouses which has no trespassing signs. When Allen noticed
police presence, he exited the vehicle wearing only one shoe and walked away at a fast pace. He
refused to stop and reached into a Honda Civic which then fled the area without him. Officers
detained Allen without further incident. In plain view in the parked Cadillac was a clear bag
containing marijuana and a black handgun on the passenger side floorboard. NHPD Bureau of
Identification responded to collect the firearm which was a Ruger .380 caliber handgun with an
obliterated serial number. Allen did not have a valid permit and was charged accordingly.

07/31/2020.
A FBI Task Force officer received information there were several males from the “Exit 8” group
carrying guns in the parking lot of the Essex Townhouses on Quinnipiac Avenue. As police officers
drove into the housing complex, officers observed approximately 15 people in the lot immediately to
the left. Once the people in the parking lot saw police, some began to run into the center of the
complex. Officers began a foot pursuit and one male was apprehended in the center lot. He was later
identified as 26 year old Jaquan Gray.
Gray had a fanny pack strapped across his chest. Gray began to struggle with officers when he was
taken to the ground. Gray kept his right hand on the fanny pack. Eventually, officers unsnapped and
seized the fanny pack. Inside of it was a Smith & Wesson 9mm handgun stolen out of Hamden.
While officers were detaining Gray, a large crowd began to approach officers and several times
officers had to be push the crowd back. The crowd was not compliant with officers’ commands and
continued to approach.
Detectives apprehended a second man who ran from officers. This male was identified as 26 year old
Denzel Suggs. Officers detained Suggs without further incident. Suggs had a handgun in his front
right pocket, a Taurus (Model PT-22) .22 caliber handgun. Officers transported both men to
the NHPD Union Avenue Detention Center. Both Suggs and Gray are convicted felons and were
charged accordingly.
08/02/2020.
Detectives and Task Force officers conducted crime suppression in the Hill area where a homicide
had occurred earlier in the morning. A Task Force Officer (TFO) developed information there were
two males in a car on Greenwich Avenue with a shotgun in the car. Officers began canvassing the
area and located two males sitting in a black KIA sedan on Greenwich Avenue at Third Street. The
males, later identified as 27 year old Angel Viera and 27 year old Joshwua Figueroa were removed
from the car and a Mossberg 12 gauge shotgun loaded with seven shotgun shells was located on the
passenger side floorboard. Additionally, three shotgun shells were found in Viera's pocket. Viera and
Figueroa are convicted felons and were charged accordingly.
08/02/2020.
Later in the evening, an ATF Task Force Officer developed information there was a male in a white
sport utility vehicle (SUV) with a gun inside the vehicle in the area of Greenwich Avenue. Crime
suppression units located the vehicle double parked on Greenwich Avenue near First Street. The
vehicle drove away but officers conducted a motor vehicle stop at Howard Avenue and Second Street
where the operator was found to be 28 year old Brandon Mendoza. A search of the vehicle revealed a
Norinco Model 54 pistol with 7.62x25 caliber rounds in the ammunition magazine. Mendoza is not a
convicted felon and was charged appropriately. Mendoza refused to cooperate when asked to be
interviewed but did say that the recent homicide victim was a friend of his and that he had dropped
him off the night prior to the homicide.
This arrest and the other listed 08/02/2020 arrests helped stop retaliation for the
homicide which occurred earlier in the area on the morning of the same day.

Dedicated to Protecting Our Community

phone (203) 946-6333 fax (203) 946-7294 website www.cityofnewhaven.com/police
07/31/2020.
A FBI Task Force officer received information there were several males from the “Exit 8” group
carrying guns in the parking lot of the Essex Townhouses on Quinnipiac Avenue. As police officers
drove into the housing complex, officers observed approximately 15 people in the lot immediately to
the left. Once the people in the parking lot saw police, some began to run into the center of the
complex. Officers began a foot pursuit and one male was apprehended in the center lot. He was later
identified as 26 year old Jaquan Gray.
Gray had a fanny pack strapped across his chest. Gray began to struggle with officers when he was
taken to the ground. Gray kept his right hand on the fanny pack. Eventually, officers unsnapped and
seized the fanny pack. Inside of it was a Smith & Wesson 9mm handgun stolen out of Hamden.
While officers were detaining Gray, a large crowd began to approach officers and several times
officers had to be push the crowd back. The crowd was not compliant with officers’ commands and
continued to approach.
Detectives apprehended a second man who ran from officers. This male was identified as 26 year old
Denzel Suggs. Officers detained Suggs without further incident. Suggs had a handgun in his front
right pocket, a Taurus (Model PT-22) .22 caliber handgun. Officers transported both men to
the NHPD Union Avenue Detention Center. Both Suggs and Gray are convicted felons and were
charged accordingly.
08/02/2020.
Detectives and Task Force officers conducted crime suppression in the Hill area where a homicide
had occurred earlier in the morning. A Task Force Officer (TFO) developed information there were
two males in a car on Greenwich Avenue with a shotgun in the car. Officers began canvassing the
area and located two males sitting in a black KIA sedan on Greenwich Avenue at Third Street. The
males, later identified as 27 year old Angel Viera and 27 year old Joshwua Figueroa were removed
from the car and a Mossberg 12 gauge shotgun loaded with seven shotgun shells was located on the
passenger side floorboard. Additionally, three shotgun shells were found in Viera's pocket. Viera and
Figueroa are convicted felons and were charged accordingly.
08/02/2020.
Later in the evening, an ATF Task Force Officer developed information there was a male in a white
sport utility vehicle (SUV) with a gun inside the vehicle in the area of Greenwich Avenue. Crime
suppression units located the vehicle double parked on Greenwich Avenue near First Street. The
vehicle drove away but officers conducted a motor vehicle stop at Howard Avenue and Second Street
where the operator was found to be 28 year old Brandon Mendoza. A search of the vehicle revealed a
Norinco Model 54 pistol with 7.62x25 caliber rounds in the ammunition magazine. Mendoza is not a
convicted felon and was charged appropriately. Mendoza refused to cooperate when asked to be
interviewed but did say that the recent homicide victim was a friend of his and that he had dropped
him off the night prior to the homicide.
This arrest and the other listed 08/02/2020 arrests helped stop retaliation for the
homicide which occurred earlier in the area on the morning of the same day.

Dedicated to Protecting Our Community

phone (203) 946-6333 fax (203) 946-7294 website www.cityofnewhaven.com/police
08/05/2020.
At approximately 8:00 p.m., members of the Shooting Task Force were traveling on Henry Street
towards Dixwell Avenue and were directly behind an older model orange/red colored Chevrolet
Cavalier. A registration check revealed the license plate came back to a 2008 tan Chevrolet Impala.
The Cavalier continued on Henry Street and turned onto Dixwell Avenue and pulled over. Detectives
pulled directly behind the car and activated their emergency lights. The driver, later identified as 22
year old Paul Witherspoon of Hamden, exited the car and began to walk towards the sidewalk.
Detectives told Witherspoon to walk back to the driver`s side of his car because they were stopping
him because the plate on his vehicle did match the car he was driving.
When asked for license, registration, and proof of insurance, Witherspoon told detectives everything
was at home. Witherspoon opened the glove box and attempted to find any paperwork for the car.
While Witherspoon searched his car for paperwork, detectives observed marijuana in the car.
Witherspoon told detectives marijuana was the only contraband in the car. Detectives had
Witherspoon remove his young child from the back seat of the vehicle. After closer inspection,
detectives saw the butt end of a shotgun on the front passenger side floorboard,
The Bureau of Identification arrived on scene to collect the shotgun. It was determined the shotgun
was loaded and the front of the firearm was sawed off to make the barrel shorter. After removing the
shotgun from the car, detectives conducted a further search. Located throughout the car were
multiple shotgun shells as well as 7.62 ammunition. Paul Witherspoon is not a convicted felon and
did not have a pistol permit. He was placed under arrest for the appropriate charges. Family members
arrived on scene and took custody of Witherspoon’s child. Detectives arrested Witherspoon without
incident.
08/05/2020.
After a federal investigation, Drug Enforcement Agents and NHPD detectives and officers executed a
search warrant at 1341 Chapel Street. Arrested was 18 year old Marquay Foster who was found in
possession a loaded black firearm HK VP 9mm with a tactical light; thirteen 9mm rounds in the
attached ammunition magazine; one empty black high capacity (32 round) ammunition magazine; one
clear zip lock back containing eleven 9mm rounds; one clear zip lock bag containing ten .40 caliber
rounds; and one loose 9x19 ammunition round. Officers arrested Foster on state charges for the
firearm.
In 10 days, there have been eight guns seized with nine arrests over this period of time from
07/26/2020 to 08/05/2020. Prior to this 10 day period, from July 1, 2020 to July 25, 2020 another 12
guns were seized. According to Assistant Chief Karl Jacobson, “These gun arrests helped stop
violence and saved lives. Detectives and officers are working extremely hard to assist in efforts with
community members to stop violence in New Haven. We ask that community members contact the
police department when illegal guns are being displayed. In many of these cases, community
members called the police and officers were able to safely take people into custody and get the guns
off the streets. These actions save lives and I want to thank the efforts of the detectives and the
officers as well as the assistance received from the community.”
NHPD Chief Tony Reyes wants the community to know that “We will not tolerate gun violence. We
will continue to work in collaboration with our state and federal partners to arrest those responsible
for violence in our city.”

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The Register rates Greater New Haven's best-ever high school boys basketball players




Scott Ferrari , Special to the Register 03/20/2004 Earning a reputation in the New Haven area for high school basketball prowess is tough going. When it comes to schoolboy hoops, if you can make it here, you can make it anywhere. So when someone takes the time to hang a moniker like "Super John," "Sly" or "Soup" on you, there’s usually a big-time "game" to match the reputation. Today, the Register looks back on the rich history of New Haven-area basketball and makes an attempt to pick the Super 25, the best 25 players to ever play in the area (see box for eligible towns). We enlisted the valued opinions (and memories) of some of the area’s top coaches and experts. Altogether, the head coaches who attended our informal "jam session" a few weeks back to begin this process accounted for more than 2,000 wins and presided over or saw countless players. As for the criteria, it was a non-scientific combination of reputation, statistics, overall high school prowess and post-high school prowess. Rather than compare the bigger, more athletic modern-day player with those of yesteryear, what we all tried to do was come up with the names of players whose abilities and accomplishments transcended an era. The logic was that if people recognize a name from 50 years ago, that player was or is a legend and deserves to be on the list. The Super 25 are followed by 75 other deserving players, giving us 100 of the best players of all time. No doubt, the names will jog people to remember many more who just as easily could have been chosen. Register’s list of the Top 25 high school basketball players ever in the Greater New Haven area "Super John" Williamson, Wilbur Cross, 1970 Universally accepted as the best player to ever play in New Haven, Super John tops our prestigious list. Averaged almost 40 (38.7) points per game as a senior. Was selected Register All-State in 1969 and 1970 and was a sophomore on the ’68 team that rang up 123 points in the LL title win over Bridgeport Central. ... Later went on to star at New Mexico State, where he was inducted into the Lobos’ Hall of Fame. Also enjoyed a stellar pro career. He averaged 20.1 points in five NBA seasons and 14.1 ppg in three ABA seasons prior to that. Best season may have been 1977-78 when he averaged 23.7 points and 3.0 assists for Indiana. Died in 1996. Dave Hicks, Wilbur Cross, 1961 Two-time Register All-Stater. As a junior, led the Governors to the state Class A and New England championships. Cross repeated as state champ in 1961, when Hicks again was the tourney MVP, but fell in the New England final. The 6-foot-5 Hicks, once called "Wilt Chamberlain with moves," averaged 19.4 points as a senior and had 1,268 points in 74 career games. Eschewed college for a stint with the Harlem Globetrotters. Deceased. Sylvester "Sly" Williams, Lee, 1976 A two-time All-State pick, the 6-7 Williams averaged 22 points and 16 rebounds for his career, scoring more than 1,400 points. As a senior, he led Lee to its first state and District League titles, averaging 31 points and 22 rebounds before going on to star at Rhode Island. Williams later had a successful pro career, averaging 11 points, 4 rebounds and 2 assists in seven NBA seasons, four with the New York Knicks. In 1981-82, he averaged 13.9 points on 56 percent shooting. Earl Kelley, Wilbur Cross, 1982 Averaged an incredible 39 points per game as a senior, including games of 60 (then a city record), 57 (when he shot 22-for-28 from the floor) and 55 (against Camden. N.J., and All-American Billy Thompson). Scored 1,592 points in his college career at UConn, averaging 16.9 for his career on 46 percent shooting. Also shot 82 percent from the free-throw line for his career. Bruce "Soup" Campbell, Wilbur Cross, 1974 The 6-8 Campbell was the man in the middle for the Governors "national championship" team of 1974 (as proclaimed by the Washington Post). Campbell scored 1,737 career points and grabbed more than 1,300 rebounds, including a game of 43 points and 28 rebounds against Weaver-Hartford in 1973. Averaged 26 points and 18 rebounds. Later starred at Providence College. Campbell still resides in New Haven. Salvatore "Chubby" Malinconico, West Haven, 1939 There may be a dearth of statistical information available from Malinconico’s era, but there’s plenty of legend. Malinconico was one of the first truly great shooters, albeit in the "set-shot" era. Malinconico was also considered a top-notch ball-handler and was a stalwart in the old semipro leagues for the Hull’s Brewer Red Devils. Once scored 31 points against Cohoes, N.Y., in a New York summer league game and was voted outstanding player in the that league. The former Chief of Police in West Haven, "Chubby" is retired and residing in Florida. Scott Burrell, Hamden, 1989 The 6-7 Burrell was a Register All-State pick in 1988 and 1989. As a senior, Burrell averaged 23.7 points, 15.8 rebounds, 4.8 assists and 4.8 blocks. He finished with more than 1,300 points and 1,000 rebounds. Later, he scored 1,562 points in four years at UConn, averaging 13.1 points per game. Burrell also played eight seasons in the NBA, averaging 7 points and 3.5 rebounds in 383 games. His best season was 1994-95 with Charlotte, when he averaged 11.5 points and 6 rebounds in 65 games. Was drafted in the first round (20th overall in 1993). Tharon Mayes, Hillhouse, 1986 Played at Lee until it closed in 1985. Mayes was the state’s Gatorade Player of the Year in 1986 after averaging 24.5 points, 6 rebounds and 11 assists. He had 36 points, 12 rebounds and 11 assists in a game against Weaver-Hartford and also had a 51-point game against Fitch-Groton. He finished with 1,546 career points. Mayes later played at Florida State, where he had 1,260 points in three seasons, averaging 16 points per game for his career on 49.5 percent shooting. Mayes played 24 NBA games in the 1991-92 season with Philadelphia and the Los Angeles Clippers and also played in the CBA. Now coaches high school basketball in Massachusetts. Billy Evans, Hillhouse, 1965 Guard led the Academics to state title in 1964 as heady playmaker. Averaged 10 points per game as a junior that season. Scored 20 points, including 13 in the second half, in the 1964 win over Hartford Public in the title game. Later went on to star at Boston College, where he started on three consecutive teams that earned postseason bids (two NCAA, 1 NIT). ... Evans played 53 games in the old ABA, averaging 2 points and 2 assists. Now a businessman who splits time between Boston and Florida. Gary Bello, Amity, 1971 One of the best long-range shooters in state history, Bello averaged a state-best 35.2 points in 1971 as a senior for one of the Spartans’ top teams ever. He also averaged 7.5 rebounds, 7 assists and 4 steals that year. He scored 54 points in a game against Seymour and finished his career with 1,206 points, later playing at Providence College, which reached the Final Four in his sophomore season. Alex Scott, Wilbur Cross, 1968 One of the best all-around players in state history, Scott was a two-time Register All-State pick, including ’68 when Cross scored a record 123 points in a Class L title win over Bridgeport Central. As a senior, Scott averaged 25 points and 12.5 assists and had a 43-point game against Hamden. Played at New Mexico State. Works for the State of Connecticut in Children’s Services. Jim "Jiggy" Williamson, Wilbur Cross, 1974 Key figure on the Governors’ 1974 team selected as the nation’s No. 1 team by the Washington Post and later proclaimed the "best high school team in the world" by the New York Post. Williamson averaged 25.6 points per game as a senior and, at the time, was the only Cross player to ever start every game for four years. He scored 1,852 career points and was MVP of the 1973 Class LL tournament. Later played at Rhode Island. Resides in Baltimore. Bob Dulin, Foran, 1976 A two-time Register All-State pick and one of the state’s top scorers as a senior at 29 points per game (and 7 assists). Scored more than 1,600 points, including 49 in a game against St. Joseph-Trumbull. Dulin later went on to play at UConn, where he was captain in 1981. He shot 81.1 percent from the free-throw line in his career, eighth all-time for the Huskies. His 91.5 percent mark in 1981 is the best ever. Now a vice president with Merrill Lynch in New Haven. Doug Wardlaw, Wilbur Cross, 1964 Selected to the Register’s All-State team in 1963 and 1964. Wardlaw, a guard, scored more than 900 points in three seasons, averaging 16.9 ppg as a senior. Earned a scholarship to Loyola of Chicago. Had 24-point efforts against state champ Hillhouse and highly regarded Hartford Public as a senior. Upon his graduation, legendary Cross coach Salvatore "Red" Verderame called Wardlaw the best guard he’d ever coached. Retired from the New Haven Park and Recreation Department. Paul "Topsy" Delgobbo, Wilbur Cross, 1953 One of the great outside shooters of all-time, Delgobbo scored more than 1,500 points at Southern Connecticut and is considered perhaps the best all-around athlete to ever play at Southern, where he also starred in baseball. He eventually played in the Baltimore Orioles minor league system. Played basketball in the famous semipro leagues of the 1950s and fast-pitch softball for the Raybestos Cardinals. Retired from the New Haven school system. Al Carfora, East Haven, 1976 Register All-State pick in 1976, Carfora was also a two-time prep All-America selection. He averaged 26 points and 14 rebounds as a senior and 17 points and 11 rebounds for his career. Had 47 points and 21 rebounds against New Britain in the 1976 state tournament, both school records at the time, and scored more than 1,200 career points. Later went on to star at Quinnipiac. Carfora is a retired firefighter who is now self-employed. Dom Perno, Wilbur Cross, 1959 Two-time Register All-Stater (1958-59). Was part of the infamous 1958 New England championship game (which Cross won) against Somerville, Mass., in which a brawl broke out in the closing seconds. ... Later starred at UConn, making one of the most memorable plays in Huskies history by stealing the ball from Princeton star Bill Bradley in the closing seconds to seal a 52-50 win in the NCAA tournament. Perno later coached the UConn men from 1977 to 1986. He is employed by the Dumont Group of Bristol in insurance sales and marketing. Tony Massari, East Haven, 1954 Earned Register All-State honors in 1953 and 1954, as well as being named to the Coaches’ All-State team three times. As a senior, averaged a then-incredible 22.7 points per game for the Class M state champions and was one of the building blocks for teams that won 77 straight games and 121 of 123. Team earned Class M state and New England titles as a senior. Now retired and residing in Raleigh, N.C. Gene Davins, Hillhouse, 1955 Integral member of the famed Hillhouse "Wonder Five" that went unbeaten through the state regular season and state tournament before bowing to Somerville, Mass., in the New England championship semifinals. Davins was a Register Class A All-State pick. Davins was also a starter and key player at guard on the 1954 team that won the New England title. Ralph Paolillo, East Haven, 1957 Register All-State in 1956 and 1957. Smooth-shooting but tough guard was MVP of the 1957 Class B state tournament, which the Easties won. Averaged 20 ppg as a senior. Scored 6 points in less than 1 minute in his first varsity game. Now director of community development for the city of West Haven. Willie McFarland, Ansonia, 1972 As a senior, led the area in scoring at 31.1 points per game. The 6-4 McFarland ate up Naugatuck Valley League competition, scoring 51 points and grabbing 20 rebounds in a win over Seymour and also having a 36-point, 24-rebound, 7-block effort against Wilby-Waterbury as a senior. Don Perrelli, Hillhouse, 1956 "Wonder Five" member and two-year starter for the Acs, he led the nation’s small colleges in scoring in 1960 while at Southern Connecticut, scoring more than 1,800 points while there. Went on to coach the women’s teams at St. John’s (1979-84), Southern (‘76-79) and Northwestern University (1984-99), winning more than 400 games before his retirement in 1999. Perrelli is retired. Walter Esdaile, Hillhouse, 1965 The 6-8 Esdaile was a Register All-Stater in 1964. He later went on to star for Cornell in the Ivy League, leading the league in rebounding in 1967 and 1968. Elected to the Cornell Hall of Fame. On Dec. 28, 1966, had 18 points and 14 rebounds in a 92-77 win at Kentucky, which was coached by Adolph Rupp and led by Pat Riley and Louie Dampier. Works for the city of New Haven. Larry Kelley, Lee, 1973 Kelley was a two-time captain at Lee and second-team Register All-State pick in 1973 as a senior. He scored more than 1,000 points in his career, including a memorable 16-point effort as a sophomore in a state tourney upset win over powerhouse Bridgeport Central, then coached by Tom Penders. Kelley then lettered three years at Syracuse as a two-year starter and was the NBC "Player of the Week" in a nationally televised win over Tennessee, which featured the "Bernie and Ernie Show" of future NBA stars Bernard King and Ernie Grunfeld. Now works for the New Haven school system. Jim Davins, Hillhouse, 1952 Brother of Gene Davins. Starred for state Class A and New England championship team of 1952 before playing for Arnold College and later semi-professionally for the Columbus Bears. Davins was even more renowned for his baseball prowess, playing minor league ball at the Double-A level.

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MANHUNT EXPANDS – REWARD RISES TO $30,000

WHEN: Friday, July 6 at 11:00 AM
WHERE: Police Headquarters, 1 Union Avenue, FL3 Atrium
WHO: Chief Anthony Campbell, Command Staff and invited guests
WHAT: To provide information on the nation-wide manhunt for alleged murderer Tramaine Marquese Poole (7-5-1976). The reward for information leading to Pool’s capture and conviction has risen to a combined $30,000.

Tramaine Marquese Poole is suspected in the 7 May, 2018 shooting assault of his thirty-six year old wife and the 31 May, 2018 shooting death of a twenty-eight year old mother of two. Her murder was perpetrated with the victim’s two young children, ages six and eleven, present.

The $5K reward is being offered by The U.S. Marshals’ Violent Fugitive Task Force to anyone who provides information leading to the arrest and conviction of Poole.

States Attorney Pat Griffin has asked, on behalf of the New Haven Police Department, for Governor Malloy to approve a $25,000 reward to anyone who provides information leading to the arrest and conviction of Poole. That request was granted, bringing the total reward offering to $30,000.

Anyone who witnessed either 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

Juan A. Scott.    

My speech from today service ..

Greetings , i like to give
My condolence to the Scott family
Mr. Juan Scott was a Great Mentor and Friend
He encouraged young people like myself to get involved in learning about our city government and small minority business
I first met Mr.Scott on the community network facebook..He use to follow my Facebook post about New Haven . It was a news story that I posted about the small minority business academy on dixwell and how this was going to be a lost to the community. He contacted me via my Facebook messenger.
He told me change is coming and he would like me to Share the news on my Facebook page about the events he was planning on having there. So I agreed . He then introduced me to his beautiful wife Mrs.Andrea Scott who is very sweet and nice to me. She told me if I ever need something contact her .. Something was coming up I wanted to do.
My 30th Class reunion was coming up soon. So I wanted to do something special for my class by making history by doing something no New Haven High school class have ever done before by having Mayor Toni Harp come speak at our 30th reunion in 2015. The Catch was in 2005 we had the first African-American Mayor John Daniels come and speak at our 20th class reunion . So why not Have the first African-American female Mayor to come speak at the 30th reunion. This will be History for James Hillhouse class of 1985 by having both African American Mayors come to a class reunion, so I contact Andrea she made it happen . Then she mention to me her son Maurice L. Douglas graduated in 1985 from James hillhouse .Mayor Harp and Mrs Andrea Scott showed up to our 30th class reunion.
My Mother baby sister Bonnie Thompson graduated with Mr.Scott from Wilbur cross high school.
Also my Aunt had a chance to meet her classmate that she didn't see in years. this summer on the green . I wanted to introduce her to The Scott family. She looked Up and said Juan!! He smiled and Said Bonnie !! They Embrace and took a photo together and started talking about their old high school days.

That the magic of Juan and the Scott family they pull people together.

I’m sad to see that he has been called home but I am grateful for the time I had with him.

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On October 24, 2018 at 2:38 p.m., officers assigned to the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department’s Steele Creek Division responded to 11130 S. Tryon Street regarding an armed suspect threatening a victim at a voting location.  The report number for this incident is 20181024-1438-02.

When the officer arrived, the victim, an adult African-American man, stated that he was working at the voting location when he observed the suspect in the parking lot with a camera photographing or recording the polling location.   The victim approached the suspect, at which time the suspect began directing racial slurs towards the victim.  The victim stated that the suspect threatened to assault him before lifting his shirt and displaying a handgun which was in a holster on the suspect’s belt.  The victim advised that the suspect never assaulted him or attempted to remove the handgun from the holster. 

A team of officers and detectives was put together to investigate this incident and they were able to quickly identify all three of these individuals.  At approximately 9:15 p.m., the suspect was located and arrested without incident.  The suspect was carrying a BB gun in a holster which was located and seized as evidence. This suspect is currently being interviewed.  Once the interview has been completed and he has been formally charged at the Magistrate’s office, his name will be released.  CMPD is communicating with the FBI to determine whether federal charges may be appropriate. 

Two other individual were with the suspect.  They have been identified but have not been charged after the officers determined that they did not violate any laws.

The Department is conducting scheduled zone checks at all polling locations though the election on November 6^th. 

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New Haven – Mayor Toni N. Harp and Fire Chief Allyn Wright have
advanced the candidacy of Battalion Chief Matt Marcarelli to the
city’s Board of Fire Commissioners as their selection for the
department’s next Assistant Chief of Operations. The fire commission
is expected to consider the matter at its next meeting.

Marcarelli has been with the city’s fire department since 1995 and is
currently a battalion chief. He is also the department’s Safety
Officer and Director of Training. The position of Assistant Chief of
Operations has been vacant since last year’s retirement of Chief Ralph
Black; Battalion Chief Tom Neville has been serving in the position on a
temporary basis.

“I have great confidence in Battalion Chief Marcarelli’s ability to
meet the new responsibilities he’d face as assistant chief and I will
encourage the fire commissioners to consider this recommendation
favorably,” Mayor Harp said. “For the effective administration of
the city’s fire department, it is important we place the right
candidate in this position.”

“My recommendation of Matt is based upon his background and
experience as Safety Officer and Director of Training and beyond that,
I’ve seen him in action during these recent snow emergencies and had a
chance to witness what he’ll bring to the position,” Chief Wright
said. “Matt’s businesslike approach to the job and all it entails
will be a great benefit to me and to the entire department.”

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MAYOR TONI HARP’S STATEMENT RE: NOMINATION OF JORGE PEREZ TO BE NEW
BANKS COMMISSIONER

THOMAS MACMILLAN FILE PHOTO / New Haven Independent

Jorge Perez

“I offer heartfelt congratulations to Board of Alders President Jorge
Perez, an accomplished, dedicated public servant, on his nomination by
Governor Malloy to be Connecticut’s new banks commissioner,” New
Haven Mayor Toni N. Harp said. “i believe his financial acumen will
serve the state Department of Banking and Connecticut residents well,
just as it has been to the longstanding benefit of New Haven and its
residents.”
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CITY OFFICIALS: PORTION OF DIXWELL AVENUE TO BE CLOSED SATURDAY  

COUNTER-PROTEST LEADS TO ARRESTS

New Haven |At 11:30 AM, NHPD Officers were detailed to the New Haven Green to monitor a reported demonstration by a group calling themselves “The Proud Boys”.

The group is NOT affiliated with the Ku Klux Klan or a white-supremacist movement, as was reported by some news outlets and those who represented themselves as members of the “Black Lives Matter” movement and other protest groups.

Rumors that a white-supremacist group were scheduled to rally at the NH Green prompted a rallying of counter-protesters including Black Lives Matter.

More people being placed into custody in New Haven. Police are trying to disperse crowd #NHV pic.twitter.com/laWbvKGVFr

— Esteban L. Hernandez (@EstebanHRZ) July 8, 2017

Four counter-protesters were arrested. At 1:02 PM, Keith Dramese Fair (12-16-1981), of Howard Avenue in New Haven, was issued a summons to court, charged with Disorderly Conduct and Interfering with Police. Dramise Fair was treated at the hospital for a repertory ailment – either from an officer’s OC Spray or a smoke-grenade released by a counter-protester.

As Dramese Fair was being detained, Barbra Fair (1-3-1948), of Burwell Street in New Haven, interfered with officers as she tried freeing Dramise from custody after breaking through a police line. Barbara Fair was arrested and summonsed for Interfering with Police after refusing the lawful order to stand back.

At 1:05 PM, as officers formed a line to separate the two groups, Rosanna Raybuyan (5-21-1980), of Jefferson Avenue, Brooklyn, New York, was seen by officers throwing a paint-filled balloon at a NHPD Sergeant. The balloon did not strike the Sergeant but burst at his feet. During Raybuyan’s arrest, an angry mob formed around the officer handcuffing her. Additional officers responded.

 David Simone

Someone from the counter-protest group began throwing smoke grenades towards the Proud Boys and Officers. David Simone (8-26-1988), of Broadway Avenue, North Borgen, New Jersey, confronted an officer and after being ordered to back up, used an amplified megaphone set to a siren noise to the face of the officer. Simone was relieved of his back-pack incident to his arrest. It contained Illegal fireworks type explosives. Simone was arrested and charged with disorderly conduct, interfering with Police and the illegal possession of exploding fireworks. The explosives were examined by NHPD Bomb Squad Investigators. The materials were confiscated.

During Simone’s arrest, a knife landed on the top of the boot of an NHPD Sergeant. No one saw whose knife it was or who dropped or threw it.

Officers escorted members of The Proud Boys to their vehicles and they left the area. They did not return.

An officer was injured during the incident but that injury was NOT CAUSED by any demonstrator or counter-protester.

Neither group had a permit to use the NH Green for such activity.

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2 January, 2018 – HOMICIDE INVESTIGATION

At 10:44 PM, Officers were dispatched mid-block on Wadley Street to investigate a reported shooting. Two victims, both adult men, were found at the parked car they were occupying. The passenger, Corey Bland, of Hamden, CT, was shot in the arm. The driver, who has yet to be positively identified, was shot multiple times.

Both were taken by ambulance to Yale New Haven Hospital. The driver was pronounced deceased shortly after being admitted. Bland remains hospitalized in critical condition.

There is no information, as of yet, describing the perpetrator(s) or any possibly involved get-away car.

Officers and detectives remain on-scene, collecting evidence and speaking with folks in the neighborhood.

Investigators are asking for the public’s help. Anyone who has information valuable to solving this case, is urged to phone detectives at203-946-6304. Calls may be made anonymously.