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Man In Life-Threatening Condition; Nurse Arrested

by Melissa Bailey | June 25, 2007 4:41 PM | Permalink | Comments (7)

A 40-year-old city man is suffering from life-threatening injuries after being shot several times at 11:40 p.m. Saturday at 31 Sherman Ave.

Read on for more crime details, according to police spokeswoman Bonnie Posick.

When her car was broken into in a downtown lot, a registered nurse attacked the teenage suspect and the police officer guarding him. On Sunday at 4:24 a.m., officers arrested a 13-year-old boy for breaking into a vehicle at the Dwight/Orchard parking lot, where many employees at Yale-New Haven Hospital park.

The owner of the vehicle, a registered nurse, was summoned to the scene. When she saw the police cruiser with the suspect inside, she rushed over, pushed a police officer out of the way, opened the door, and started swearing and hitting the kid who broke into her car:

“What the fuck do you think you’re doing breaking into my car, you little piece of shit scumbag!” she told the boy, according to police. She later allegedly bit a piece of the officer’s hand. She was charged with interfering with police and criminal assault on a police officer.

A man was shot in the leg on Friday, at 5:04 p.m. on Clay Street between Poplar and Ferry Streets.

Cops arrested a 17-year-old with a gun in a crowd outside the Elks Club.

Five adults and a child on Howard Avenue were terrorized by burglars who broke into the home. The group returned to the house at 2:26 a.m. Monday, realizing one of the bedrooms had been ransacked, and there was someone still in the apartment. The three burgars put all the victims in a bedroom, kicking and hitting the adults. One of the adults called 911 from a cell phone in his fist — cops showed up and arrested one fleeing suspect.

Street Robberies

•At 11:19 am Sunday at 456 Eastern St., a pizza deliveryman was robbed.
•At Howard and 3rd Avenues this weekend, a man exiting Eddie’s Market was attacked by a group of men with fence pickets and a flower pot, but escaped being robbed.
• At 11:11 p.m. Saturday at 339 Alvin Ave., someone was mugged by an unknown man with a black handgun.
• At 1:44 a.m. Sunday, an intoxicated victim said someone punched and attacked him on East Street, taking rings and a watch.

• At 2:34 a.m. Sunday at George and Park Streets, a woman was hit on back of head with what felt like the butt of a gun. The victim gave police a description and direction of travel. Police caught up with a suspect and arrested him at 43 Gilbert Ave.

Robberies

Sunday night at 7:26 p.m. a man entered the Century Grocer and Deli at 1348 State St., forced the clerk into a closet, and emptied the cash drawer.

And the Ross/Woodward School at 185 Barnes Ave. was broken into late Saturday night. Police at 4:23 a.m. Sunday found the door open. Posick did not reveal what may have been stolen.

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