New Haven Independent

Nine Walkers Mugged

by Melissa Bailey | September 18, 2006 6:03 PM | Permalink | Comments (1)

Besides a double homicide, cops had a busy weekend chasing crime. Here’s the weekend crime roundup, according to Police Spokeswoman Bonnie Winchester.

Friday at 9:39 p.m., a man with a gun entered the rear door of a house on Colony Road in the Beaver Hill neighborhood. The man encountered a mother, father and daughter inside. He asked for the safe. They said they didn’t have one. The daughter went upstairs and gave him some cash, and the robber fled.

At 3 a.m. Saturday, a car crashed into a telephone pole on the carnage-prone Ella T. Grasso Boulevard at Orange Avenue. Both occupants suffered non-life threatening injuries.

On the 400 block of Orchard Street, police chased down two juveniles with two guns. A 14 year-old was arrested; another arrest is pending.

Police reported, count ‘em, nine, street robberies this weekend, some in broad daylight on heavily traveled streets.

Saturday at 12:30 a.m., a man said he was stabbed during an attempted robbery at Ferry and Exchange Streets.

Saturday at 1:44 a.m., someone was mugged on Saltonstall Avenue with a gun.

Saturday at 3 a.m., a man had his wallet stolen at Chapel and Norton Streets.

Saturday at 10:32 p.m. at Wooster and Franklin Streets, two men with guns mugged someone.

Three purse snatchings within three hours:

Sunday at 7:55 a.m., a woman was walking on Orange Street near Bishop Street when someone ran up behind, stole her bag and fled in a car.

Sunday at 8:34 a.m., a woman walking on Chapel Street near the Duncan Hotel had her purse snatched.

Sunday at 10:55 a.m., a woman walking to a pharmacy, passing by 437 Eastern St., had her purse snatched.

One victim fought back and prevailed. A Livingston Street resident was walking near Canner Street at 11:02 a.m. Sunday when a man came up behind her and grabbed her bag. She held on tightly, was thrown to the ground, and watched the mugger flee in a car, defeated.

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