by | Jun 9, 2014 8:08 am | Comments (4)
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Chomka and Fowler give a bag to William Fuller.
As midnight approached and her fellow cop Becky Fowler grabbed coffee inside Dunkin Donuts, Elizabeth Chomka listened out on the Church Street sidewalk to a man named Gregory talk about love.
by | May 30, 2014 3:15 pm | Comments (2)
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The gunman’s friends urged him to shoot again. Then Officer McGlotten rolled in.
Continue reading ‘In Texan Accent, Officer Eagle Eye Saves A Life’
by | May 7, 2014 10:03 am | Comments (11)
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A cop chasing an apparent runaway driver survived a telephone pole crashing onto his cruiser early Wednesday morning — then rushed out to save the fleeing driver just before the driver’s car burst into flames.
Continue reading ‘Officer Escapes Death, Rescues Runaway Driver’
by | Mar 24, 2014 3:12 pm | Comments (7)
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At 10:40 a.m., Officer Jeremie Elliott warned a class of teenage boys that touching a girl’s butt can be a felony. An hour later, he talked to girls about sexting and child pornography. Between classes, he reminded a boy that he shouldn’t be walking down the hall with his arm draped over female classmate.
Continue reading ‘On Officer Elliott’s Beat, “Nobody Smacks Butts”’
by | Mar 7, 2014 3:33 pm | Comments (0)
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Huelsman and Zerella at the Dwight substation.
Michael, a wanted man carrying a loaded stolen gun, got to meet six of his new Dwight neighbors at once, in a back alley. Unfortunately for him, they were six rookie cops.
by | Feb 21, 2014 5:00 pm | Comments (2)
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Caitlin Zerella knew that parked car looked fishy. She didn’t know a suspected double-murderer was behind the wheel, a fugitive who’d been hiding in plain sight.
by | Jan 17, 2014 4:44 pm | Comments (10)
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It was shaping up as a quiet, frigid night on the beat for Officers Michael Haines and Brendan Borer. Then they caught a whiff of some aromatic fumes issuing from a parked Honda Accord.
by | Jan 10, 2014 5:16 pm | Comments (5)
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Ten guns disappeared from a late NRA instructor’s safe. A year later, one of those guns reemerged inside the sleeve of a sweatshirted man running down a downtown alley away from Tom Glynn and Matt Williams.
by | Dec 20, 2013 3:22 pm | Comments (4)
Haines explores a newly broken window on Cedar Hill Ave.
Three young men sat in a Chevy Malibu parked illegally outside an abandoned house. One made a cell phone call.
“Can you get your fucking ass down here?” he said into the phone. “These fucking cops are fucking harassing us.”
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New Cedar Hill walking cops Borer and Haines.
by | Dec 17, 2013 10:02 pm | Comments (2)
One moment Michael Fumiatti was chasing a quad driver who tried to run him down Tuesday evening — then moments later found himself helping bring a baby boy into the world.
by | Dec 3, 2013 5:19 pm | Comments (1)
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Segui (at right) & Colon will be sworn in Friday as city’s first Latina & female Indian-American sergeants.
A 5‑year-old girl in Fair Haven called 911 to report that her father was drunk and abusive. She would make more such calls in years to come — and get to know and admire New Haven’s cops.
Twenty-six years later, that girl has grown into one of the city’s fastest-rising cops herself, one of two who will make history this week. On the job she has found herself talking to a new generation of children with abusive fathers.
by | Sep 20, 2013 11:04 am | Comments (11)
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Ryan Przybylski figured he’d be breaking up a fight among drunks when the bars let out. He didn’t anticipate a gunshot going off right behind his head.
Continue reading ‘For Przybylski, Closing Time Is Prime Time’
by | Aug 23, 2013 2:41 pm | Comments (4)
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Rookies Elizabeth White and Allyn Wright arrived first at the scene of an attempted pizzeria robbery. When other cops arrived moments later, the duo told them to keep moving to Rock Creek Road. White and Wright had already figured out who did the crime — and where to find him.
by | Aug 16, 2013 3:40 pm | Comments (11)
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Earl Reed hurried down Park Street to catch a suspected burglar. He arrived to find a more heinous crime in progress.
by | Jul 26, 2013 8:03 am | Comments (11)
Less than an hour after pedaling out for the first time as bike cops, rookies Dave Vega and Rafael Ramirez came upon a crime scene: A bus with a smashed window and a frantic bus driver pointing at a man sprinting away down the street. The chase was on.
Continue reading ‘Fast On Foot, Faster Bike Cops Hit Streets’
by | Jun 14, 2013 2:32 pm | Comments (3)
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Rain pelted down in the darkness as Milton DeJesus wrestled in a puddle with a felon who refused to let go of his loaded gun.
DeJesus wasn’t in East Haven anymore. Boy was he glad.
by | May 7, 2013 3:26 pm | Comments (5)
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Detective Bertram Ettienne had just finished polishing off a plate of bacalao with yuca at Collado Restaurant in the Hill when a murder suspect happened to walk in. Ettienne saw no reason to jump up.
by | Apr 5, 2013 1:47 pm | Comments (2)
Racing to the scene of a teenagers’ brawl, new city cop Ryan Kajtor kept a piece of advice in mind: Don’t act like a robot.
by | Mar 12, 2013 1:47 pm | Comments (3)
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On his belt he had a gun. A baton. Mace. But when he suddenly had to wrestle an armed and intoxicated armed 270-pound man in the dark amid oncoming traffic on Route 80, Officer David Totino could use only one weapon: his hands.
by | Mar 6, 2013 1:13 pm | Comments (4)
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The state finally had an accused quadruple-murderer before a jury. But the case was crumbling. Until Holly Wasilewski brought a key witness into the room.
by | Feb 19, 2013 5:00 pm | Comments (2)
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Daniels, allegedly pictured at crime scene, was arraigned Tuesday.
He looked like the killer. A trusted person said he was the killer. Mike Wuchek thought he might be the killer. But he couldn’t be sure.
by | Feb 1, 2013 3:30 pm | Comments (3)
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The “batter” was standing at the coffee counter. Officer Jose Escobar Sr. needed to throw him off balance.
by | Jan 18, 2013 3:19 pm | Comments (1)
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A murder did not take place on Hamilton Street last weekend.
Thank Carlos Conceicao for that. He lived to tell the tale.
by | Jan 4, 2013 4:00 pm | Comments (2)
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Evan stayed up late with Dad watching Kofi Kingston and John Cena wrestle villains on a WWE New Year’s Eve special. Mom was out at work — surprising two real-life up-to-no-goodniks who broke into a liquor store.
by | Nov 9, 2012 4:47 pm | Comments (2)
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A quick-footed officer caught the big guy who was allegedly mugging immigrants. Gene Trotman arrived to do what he does best: Talk to everyone and find out what happened.