When a reckless driver nearly ran into them on a downtown street, Officer Kim Roche and her trusty steed, Marshmallow, swept in to make an arrest.
An Independent reader sent this photo and the following description of the event Thursday afternoon:
“Lunching at Geronimo’s, I watched as Marshmallow and Officer Roche pulled over and ticketed someone for driving while talking on a cell phone. ‘Nearly hit us,’ said Officer Roche.”
In other news, according to police:
Hill Drug Raid
Cops busted an alleged drug factory at 107 Rosette St. Wednesday. Detective R. Tenant and Officer K. Jacobson got a tip that a man at the home was “selling and storing large quantities of crack cocaine at his residence.”
They got a warrant and, at 5:09 p.m. Wednesday, closed in on the home. The target of the investigation was inside with his two sons, ages 7 and 18.
Cops seized: 45 grams of crack cocaine, 1/2 ounce of cocaine, 10 ecstasy pills, two scales, and $1,505 in cash. The bounty was worth about $10,000, cops estimated.
The suspect, age 42, was arrested on numerous drug charges.
Robberies Foiled
A victim was injured while trying to prevent a stickup at the Quick Stop Deli at 342 Whalley Ave. at 11:10 p.m. Wednesday, police said. The victim saw a man with a gun go into the deli. The victim thought it was a robbery and tried to intervene. In an ensuing struggle, the victim got struck with the gun. The assailant got away.
A couple of hours later, a victim was walking on Crescent Street at 1:14 a.m. Thursday when two men approached, one with a shiny object.
“You know what time it is,” said one of the men, announcing a robbery.
The victim “shoved the perp and ran away.”
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My wife just got a ticket for the same thing yesterday by the same cop. My wife was pulled over waiting for a parking spot when she called me to come down and get picked up. She then pulled into the parking spot when the cop standing right next to her gave her a $100 ticket. She was parked/parking not driving down a street. She than began to belittle my wife when she tried to defend herself by saying "I wasn't driving" or "it was only 2 seconds". The cop just simply repeated "were you moving" at her like she was a 4 year old. Once I arrived came downstairs she told me to back away from the vehicle like I was a criminal. All the while her beast of a cop car was standing in the middle of High street blocking traffic for a few min.
This cop should have taken some discretion on when and where to give out these tickets. $100 for talking on a cell phone while parking a car [mostly just standing waiting for a spot] is insane! There are much more dangerous things happening in new haven that hurt the quality of life than this. I would understand a warning in this situation, but not a ticket. I just feel like she handled the whole situation in a "power trip because I ride a horse in downtown" type of way. Does she have to give out these types of tickets to justify the massive expense that it is probably costing the city to maintain a horse? Or is it to pay people to pick up the piles of horse crap she leaves on the street near the park and around Yale.
It's just absolutely backwards and absurd!