Unlocked Cars Beckon To Burglars
by | Jul 22, 2019 12:13 pm | Comments (2)
A BMW was left unlocked — and a Tiffany necklace and a Tiffany bracelet disappeared.
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Cat Calls The Cops
by | Jul 15, 2019 1:42 pm | Comments (0)
A Stop & Shopper tried to make off with $180 of groceries — but couldn’t outrun an extra-duty cop at the store.
A man arrested for domestic violence at the Regal Inn also had a gun confiscated from his Mutant Ninja Turtles backpack.
Elicker Flips 3 More Committees
by , and | Jul 9, 2019 8:22 am | Comments (25)
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Ward 26 Co-Chair Sharon Jones collecting votes at Manjares: “This is what democracy is about.”
Three more Democratic committees that supported Toni Harp for mayor in 2013 voted Monday night to back her challenger instead this year — putting old friends like Sharon Jones and Audrey Tyson in a bind.
West Hills Dems Back Honda Smith’s Alder Challenge
by | Jul 9, 2019 7:40 am | Comments (7)
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The committee gets ready to count the votes.
The West Hills and West Rock neighborhood’s Democratic Party ward committee unanimously voted to endorse retired public space inspector Honda Smith for alder in a race against the committee’s own co-chair, and the ward’s incumbent alder, Michelle Edmonds-Sepulveda.
Edmonds-Sepulveda never arrived at the meeting. She was boycotting it.
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Babysitter Charged With Neglect
by | Jul 8, 2019 2:09 pm | Comments (0)
Police arrested a babysitter for allowing a 2‑year-old boy to wander alone in West Hills. And thieves on Blake Street made off with a Chinese delivery order after at least simulating having a handgun.
Hit & Run Driver Nabbed
by | Jul 1, 2019 3:09 pm | Comments (0)
A driver sped off after rear-ending a Mercedes on Fountain Street. But not before the Mercedes driver got the fleeing driver’s license plate.
Porch Pirate Descends
by | Jun 24, 2019 2:28 pm | Comments (0)
The Louis Vuitton Apple watchband and shoes appeared on the porch of a South Genessee Street e‑shopper —then disappeared.
The Well Expands
by | Jun 24, 2019 12:08 pm | Comments (0)
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Owner Julie Robbins with professionals and clients at the Well for Women.
When Susan Francis moved back to Connecticut from Pennsylvania, her husband bought her a spa package.
“Wow,” Francis remarked. “I wish I could work somewhere like that!”
“Well, why can’t you?” her husband asked.
Gun Found in Trash Can
by | Jun 17, 2019 2:11 pm | Comments (0)
A Fairfield Street resident saw a hoodie in his trash can — and a found a gun inside.
Knock, Knock
by | Jun 11, 2019 2:26 pm | Comments (0)
An intoxicated guest at the Three Judges Motel acceded to a woman’s request to use his bathroom — then lost his clothes and money in a robbery.
Nosy Neighbor Noticed
by | Jun 3, 2019 3:21 pm | Comments (5)
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Police did not yet on Monday have details to report on the crash pictured above, which occurred Sunday morning at Chapel Street and Yale Avenue.
The neighbor said she was checking out her appearance in the car window. The car’s owner believed she was casing it with theft in her heart.
Honda Smith Raises The Bar For Alder Run
by | May 31, 2019 12:35 pm | Comments (2)
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Glasses were raised at 50 Fitch Restaurant and Bar not for the Boston Red Sox on the TV screen, but for the familiar face from around the city looking to launch a second career as an elected official.
Hess-y Fit Leads To Arrest
by | May 28, 2019 3:05 pm | Comments (0)
A customer at the Hess station on Whalley apparently wasn’t pleased that the attendant didn’t have change for a $100 bill.
“Adult Toy” Threat Ends In Arrest
by | May 20, 2019 2:58 pm | Comments (0)
It was another week of scams and wheel thieves in Westville, plus a threat against a foot surgeon’s staff involving an “adult toy.”
Ground Broken On Homicide Victims Memorial
by | May 20, 2019 12:11 pm | Comments (6)
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Saturday’s groundbreaking.
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A rendering of the future Valley Street memorial.
Nearly 100 people showed their support Sunday at a groundbreaking fpr the New Haven Botanical Garden of Healing Dedicated to Victims of Gun Violence, a citywide effort to raise awareness of the plaguing epidemic of gun violence in New Haven.
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Debate Theme: Stay Course? Or Change?
by | May 15, 2019 11:23 pm | Comments (35)
Harp, Hamilton, Elicker at Wednesday night’s debate.
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Urn Pendragon wades through crowd for Oprah-style closing.
The gloves came off at the tail end of the first debate of this year’s mayoral campaign, as candidates established a central theme: Either New Haven has made great progress and should build on it by staying the course. Or its government has gone off the rails and needs drastic change amid looming crises.
Tires, Wheels Stolen; Roosevelt’s In More Trouble
by | May 13, 2019 1:12 pm | Comments (1)
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Tires and wheels disappeared from numerous cars parked in Westville.
Roosevelt’s nightclub was caught twice allegedly serving booze after having its permit revoked.
And the driver of a Camry drove fast at a car in the parking lot, got out, then sprayed the other driver’s eyes with Lysol, tased her, and stole her cellphone. Witnesses video-recorded the incident.
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‘Tactical Urbanism’ Is Coming
by | May 9, 2019 1:24 pm | Comments (1)
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Lindquist.
Six neighborhoods will learn two new words this summer and fall: “tactical urbanism.”
The hope is the term will help make their communities safer to bike and walk.
She Was Google Played
by | Apr 29, 2019 4:01 pm | Comments (0)
A scammer first stole money from an Austin Street woman through a phony “Cash App,” then doubled the take through a Google Play gift card transaction.
Pitbulls Kill 6 Chickens, 1 Rooster
by | Apr 22, 2019 3:50 pm | Comments (3)
Two pit bulls — one white, the other white and brown — ran into a man’s Pond Lily Avenue backyard.
The white and brown pit bull did the killing. The same dog killed the man’s rabbit last year. But this year the dog got caught, by New Haven Animal Control.
Meanwhile, the police department’s bomb squad also got to detonate a Japanese World War II grenade found in a resident’s garage.
Top Westville /West Hills/ Amity/West Rock/ Beverly Hills cop Lt. Rose Dell details this incident and other crimes in her latest weekly summary of notable police calls.
Her summary follows:
They Left The Car Running
by | Apr 15, 2019 12:33 pm | Comments (0)
It took just a minute.
On Green Hill Terrace, a woman left her car idling, ran inside to grab paperwork — and returned to find the car gone.
At Pizza Heaven, an employee left her car idling, went back inside to grab an order — and returned to find her car gone.
At Least 2 People Want To Serve On Civilian Review
by | Apr 12, 2019 7:32 am | Comments (3)
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James Bhandary-Alexander …
… and Dennis Serfilippili, who plan to apply to serve on the new CRB.
Westville/West Hills will be able to forward the applications of at least two people who want to be appointed to the city’s new Civilian Review Board.
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Anti-Dog Feces Tirade Earns A Summons
by | Apr 8, 2019 7:57 am | Comments (3)
A Marvel Road man said he never really intended to shoot his neighbor. He was just fed up with the feces on his property, and he lost it.
Don’t Leave Your Unattended Car Running!
by | Apr 1, 2019 1:16 pm | Comments (0)
A burglary inside an unlocked Cleveland Road garage, a suspicious check sent to Fountain Street, and a theft of a running car left unattended on West Hill Road led to a series of “professional tips” from a top cop.
Montessori Mates Check Out Chess
by | Mar 26, 2019 2:20 pm | Comments (3)
Elm City Montessori students face off in tourney.
Odysseus Szarabajka was stuck in a corner. His opponent, Malachi Antoine, had decimated his army, sweeping all but two of his chess pieces off the board. All Szarabajka had left to defend his king was one lonely pawn, almost useless against Antoine’s powerful pieces.