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Behind Yale’s crime e-mails 4.03.09
Consistent with federal reporting requirements, Yale University Police Department Chief James Perrotti sends e-mails to the entire Yale community informing them of crimes on or near campus. And he’s sending them more now than ever before. The e-mails — whose subject line, “Message from Chief Perrotti,” appeared in campus inboxes dozens of times last year —...
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Gunshot sensors to arrive in Elm City 4.03.09
In 2003, a sniper who struck repeatedly along a Columbus, Ohio, highway was apprehended with the help of gunshot-detection technology. Now, the same company that provided the technology to Columbus has been commissioned by the New Haven Police Department to install gunshot detectors in the Elm City. The ShotSpotter Gunshot Location System detects gunfire and triangulates...
Violence sparks rally against ID card 4.02.09
In response to the arraignment of an alleged rapist, two anti-illegal-immigration activists held a press conference Monday night to air their grievances against Mayor John DeStefano Jr. and the Elm City ID Card. Bill Farrel of the Southern Connecticut Immigration Reform and Veronica Kivela of the Community Watchdog Project met news outlets outside of Temple Grill to...
Gang violence warning unfounded, police say 4.01.09
Despite information in a e-mail widely circulated on Monday, both the New Haven Police Department and Yale Police Department on Tuesday denied having any information about an increase in gang activity this week. The e-mail, originally sent by economics graduate registrar Pamela O’Donnell to graduate students in the department, was widely forwarded around campus by many...
Briefly: Narcotics unit turns double play in drug arrests on Chapel Street 4.01.09
The New Haven Police Department’s Tactical Narcotics Unit on Tuesday afternoon arrested Donald Griffin, 33, for the alleged sale of narcotics at 1329 Chapel St., three blocks from Pierson College. As the detectives were leaving that residence, they saw a street-level sale going on in front of 1345 Chapel St. and subsequently arrested Osario Zuiry, 32, for illegal...
Briefly: Local man arraigned for rape of woman in East Rock Park 3.31.09
Twenty-six-year-old Jose Angel Moreno-Hernandez was arraigned Monday for allegedly raping and beating a woman in East Rock Park early Friday, Hamden Police spokesman Captain Smith said. The woman, 25, works at Temple Grill with Moreno-Hernandez. Police reported that Moreno-Hernandez tried to snap the woman’s neck before raping her and driving off. Moreno-Hernandez, who...
Briefly: NHPD arrests five in Friday drug raid 3.30.09
After a two-month investigation in which undercover officers made drug purchases at 10 Kensington St., the New Haven Police Department’s Tactical Narcotics Unit issued a search warrant at the address Friday afternoon, City Hall spokeswoman Jessica Mayorga said in a press release. The search uncovered 11.9 grams of marijuana, 3 grams of crack cocaine, ecstasy and $1,366...
Briefly: Second burglar arrested in art theft case 3.30.09
Dennis Maluk, 54, was identified and arrested Thursday evening by the New Haven Police Department for stealing various works of art from Yale University and locations in downtown New Haven, City Hall spokeswoman Jessica Mayorga said in a press release Friday. Maluk was responsible for stealing a number of the 39 stolen art pieces police had recovered from the residence of...
Police recover stolen paintings 3.24.09
Dozens of pieces of art, including three lifted from Yale’s Joseph Slifka Center for Jewish Life, were recovered from a house near the Yale New Haven Hospital after the man apprehended for stealing multiple works identified their location. At a press conference at the New Haven Police Department headquarters Monday, the 39 recovered pieces were put on display with the...
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Briefly: Junior sues airline for XBox 3.11.09
A Silliman College junior has filed a $1 million lawsuit against US Airways for a video game system he claims was stolen from his checked baggage. In the suit, Jesse Maiman ’10 seeks $1,700 for the loss of his Xbox and $1 million in damages – the maximum amount he can claim – for what he calls an “unconscionable ‘run-around’” on the part of the airline. ...
From prison to the Elm City 3.06.09
An unmarked burgundy van turned off Whalley Avenue and rolled slowly into a secluded parking lot. There was nothing about it that gave away its function, except perhaps the steel mesh behind the black tinted windows. Nor were its passengers dressed in orange jumpsuits. Escorted by two uniformed marshals, three men in baggy heather-gray sweat suits stepped out of the van...
Briefly: Univ. denies possessing Geronimo’s remains 3.06.09
The University spoke out for the first time Thursday about a lawsuit against Yale and secret society Skull and Bones that seeks to recover the remains of Apache chieftain Geronimo. University spokesman Tom Conroy denied the University was in possession of Geronimo’s remains but said the University “cannot speak for Skull and Bones, and does not have access to its...
