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Marine To The Rescue

by Melissa Bailey | November 16, 2007 2:57 PM | Permalink | Comments (3)

A downtown thief should have thought twice before snatching a purse in front of the marine recruiting headquarters Friday morning.

Read on for the story, according to police spokesman Officer Joe Avery.

A man snatched a woman’s purse at 7:30 a.m. at downtown Church and Center Streets. U.S. Marine John Shelby saw it happen, as did a whole bunch of bystanders. Shelby set out after the alleged thief. He chased him down the street, pointing the fugitive’s path out to nearby cops.

Cops caught up and nabbed the suspect, a 29-year-old man. The man apparently didn’t deal so well with being cuffed. Inside the cruiser, he allegedly kicked out the window.

The woman was reunited with her purse. Police “couldn’t have done it” without the marine, said Avery. “He’s a true hero.”

A Domino’s delivery man was robbed Thursday night of his pizza, chicken and money.

He was the eighth delivery man was robbed in one short week! Most muggings have the same m.o., said Avery: A call is made from a cell phone, and then the delivery man is mugged. Avery is sending out a warning to delivery people in New Haven and beyond: Don’t answer to cell phone orders. Ask for a landline.

A 25-year-old man is in critical condition. He was shot once in the chest outside his home at 351 Winthrop at 6:54 p.m. Thursday.

There was a pistol-whipping robbery at 9 p.m. at Church Street South.

And a woman was punched, kicked, and robbed while leaving a Chinese food store at 693 Dixwell Ave. Thursday evening.

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Posted by: andy ross | November 16, 2007 8:12 PM

How, I love New Haven. This is what I woke up to this morning. The Marine captured the criminal right smack on my front porch at 612 Chapel. I went outside to offer him coffee, but realized I would have to brew a gallon or so with all of the police surrounding my house. Good job Marine and New Haven's finest.

I hope more citizens will come to the aid and rescue of those being violated in our city.

Posted by: cedarhillresident | November 17, 2007 7:49 PM

OK this is ENOUGH!! We need to unit as a city!!! Not just as individual community's!!! It won't stop we we all work together and stand up and say NOT IN THIS CITY DANG IT!!!!

Posted by: cedarhillresident | November 18, 2007 1:51 PM

United we stand, divided we fall.
Aesop (620 BC - 560 BC)

Stop snitching? NO!!! Start snitching!

You want New Haven to change?? Really??

Then the only way to fight it is to get every church, block watch, Management team, garden group, non profit, youth groups, senor group, Latin groups, African American groups, EVERY organized group in this city to stand up together!!

We need to come together we need to have 1000's standing in front of these dealers places! Marching down the streets of the areas saying YOU ARE NOT DOING THIS IN THIS CITY ANYMORE!!

They have these community's in fear. They don't dear rat on them in fear that something will happen to them or the friends or family. I see it in my own area. Why are there no calls they ask us....because the police can not help. They can not be there all the time. OK so then what can be done???

MASSES OF PEOPLE. marching the city every week end until "they" know that it is not the neighbors any more that "they" have to worry about it is every car that drives by! Not just the over burden police "they" have to fear but people on foot on buses all ready to call the police and PUSH THEM OUT of New Haven.

Ralley as ONE city! And we can end crime! Untill then it is just bandaids and pushing them from one area to another! We all know that. So step up and fight crime as a city!!

Marine To The Rescue

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