Hamden Man Arrested in New Haven Burglary: PD

NEW HAVEN, CT—Five people were arrested after fleeing an attempted burglary at Libby's Motor Sport on Printers Lane, police said.

Police responded to a burglar alarm shortly before 3 a.m. Tuesday, said Officer David Hartman, police spokesman.

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Officer Steve McMorris inched his cruiser into the darkened parking lot adjacent to the business. He was responding to a burglar alarm call. He spotted a man peering over the wall at the front of the shop. When the man eyed officer McMorris, he took off running. McMorris’ commands to stop were ignored so he gave chase. Suddenly, McMorris found himself chasing two people. The perps made it over a fence topped with barbed and razor wire. McMorris radioed their direction to other responding officers.

With officers on their way, McMorris took a look around and spotted subject number three. A man was hiding behind one of the business’ trucks. McMorris’ commands to stop weren’t heeded by this guy either. With McMorris in pursuit, the man ran down Printers Lane toward the Boulevard and into the waiting handcuffs of officers Keron Bryce and Lindsey Jordan. He is Anthony E. Marrero (1-8-1996), of 1523 Chapel Street in New Haven.

As Marrero was being taken into custody, officer Dana Smith spotted two more people running from the building behind the shop. They were apprehended quickly and identified as Isaiah Caves (3-14-1997), of 51 Dudley Street in Hamden, CT and a seventeen year old female who resides on Ellsworth Avenue in New Haven. When Smith asked what they were doing there, the juvenile said she had a fight with her boyfriend and Caves had arrived to console her. The teenage girl and Caves both had blood on their hands. Caves first claimed he’d injured himself defending the teen from her fictitious boyfriend. Eventually, he admitted he’d taken his mother’s car to head to the motor-sport shop. Officers believe the two injured themselves on the barbed/ razor wire fence. Caves was treated at the scene and the teen was taken to the Pediatric Emergency Department at Yale New Haven Hospital. Her injuries are not serious.

When Officers Larnell Jackson and Paul Prusinski arrived, they spotted a man running along the river bank behind the shop. Prusinski grabbed and handcuffed Jordan Johnson (1-28-1995), of 1523 Chapel Street in New Haven. The first words out of Johnson’s mouth were; “I was only the driver”.

As the officers searched further, they spotted another man who’d partially submerged himself in the cold waters of the West River. He lay wet and motionless as Prusinski ordered him to come to the bank. Eventually, Davaul Nasir Amin (1-17-1997), of 420 Elsworth Avenue in New Haven, joined the officers at the riverbank for his apprehension.

When the shop’s owner arrived, it was determined that although damage was done when the crooks tried breaking in, they weren’t successful.

As the interviews went on, the burglary conspiracy became evident. Amin was evaluated at the hospital for possible hypothermia. He was soon released.

Marrero, Johnson, Amin, Caves and the teenage girl were arrested and charged with criminal attempt to commit burglary in the third degree, conspiracy to commit burglary in the third degree, criminal trespass in the third degree, interfering with police and criminal mischief in the third degree.