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Park’s northern wall, minus copper flashing.
Hamden police arrested a 47-year-old New Haven man and a 42-year-old North Haven man for allegedly stealing $200,000 worth of lead-covered copper flashing from Edgerton Park.
Hamden Police Captain Ronald Smith made the announcement Wednesday afternoon, over four months after the alleged burglars stripped Edgerton Park’s northern stone wall of 42 sections of copper flashing. (Read more about the heist here.)
The metal covering was installed in 2000 as a “good neighbor” initiative by the South Central Connecticut Regional Water Authority to protect the century-old wall from the deteriorating effects of water seeping into the mortar and eroding the concrete through freezing and thawing in cold weather.
“The loss sustained by Edgerton Park is estimated at $200,000,” Smith wrote. “The monetary figure encompasses material and labor.”
Hamden Det. Joseph Liguori did the leg work of the investigation and submitted the arrest warrant applications, which were approved by a Meriden Superior Court judge.
Hamden police arrested the two suspects on Tuesday, and charged them with third-degree larceny, conspiracy to commit larceny in the third-degree, criminal mischief in the first degree, and conspiracy to commit criminal mischief in the first degree.
“They were both detained on a court-ordered $5,000 bond,” Smith wrote. “They are scheduled to appear in Meriden Superior Court on May 14.”
Reward Posted
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Pictured: Suspect robbing bank Wednesday.
Meanwhile, a reward has been posted fo information leading to the arrest of a man who robbed a bank on Sergeant Drive Wednesday
Police spokesman Capt. Anthony Duff wrote the following in a release:
On Wednesday, May 1, 2019, at 12:34 p.m., New Haven police officers responded to a bank robbery of a Bank of America branch at 250 Sargent Dr. Officers were told a man handed a bank teller a robbery note, acted as if he had a weapon, and took an undisclosed amount of money.
The robber left the bank driving a minivan which New Haven Police recovered a short time later on Rosette Street in the Hill neighborhood.
The robber is described as a stocky build Hispanic male in his early forties in age, five feet, eight inches (5’8”) tall and having dark hair. He was last seen wearing a blue tee shirt and gray sweater.
The Connecticut Bankers Reward Association is offering a $500 reward for information leading to the arrest of the robbery suspect.
Anyone who knows the whereabouts of the man in the surveillance photo is asked to call the New Haven Police Department Detective Bureau at 203 – 946-6304.
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