New Haven Independent

In other public safety news, according to police spokeswoman Bonnie Winchester:

Police arrested a 12-year-old girl from Meriden in connection to a mugging in the area of 56 Auburn Street at about 11:15 p.m. Tuesday. … Police also arrested five young people who allegedly beat a kid up for his bicycle on Legion Avenue. Click here for the police department’s release.

Two feral dogs have been acting aggressively to people near Rockview Terrace, threatening a woman and a mailman. Be on the lookout for this description: “The male dog is described as a short-haired tan dog that weighs about 45 to 50 pounds and has white markings. The female, also a short-hair, is reddish-brown and weighs approximately 30 pounds.” Anyone who sees the dogs is asked to call the New Haven Police Department at 946-6316.

Two young teens, aged 13 or 14, attempted to mug someone at 3:44 p.m. outside 49 Brewster St. Tuesday in Newhallville. The assailants claimed to gave a gun but did not succeed in mugging the person.

A 20-year-old man showed up at the hospital Tuesday evening with a knife wound to the abdomen. He told police he had stopped to fix his car at 7:06 p.m. at Jewel and Blake Streets when a masked man with a knife approached him and demanded his wallet. He told police he fought back and was stabbed in the process.