Juvenile Charged In Theft Of Vehicle: Hamden Police

HAMDEN, CT — A New Haven juvenile was arrested in connection with the theft of a vehicle, according to police.

Officer Joseph Seagren responded to the area of Battis Road on Nov. 27 on the report of vandalism, according to Sgt. Angela Vey.

The caller told police that someone had broken the rear window of his vehicle, and was currently inside the vehicle. The caller said that as he approached his vehicle, which was parked on the street in front of his house, a suspect emerged from the vehicle, according to Vey.

Vey said the suspect left the scene in a white Kia with rear damage. Hamden Dispatch said that they received information from New Haven Police that a white Kia was involved in a “shots fired” incident a short time earlier in their city, and that the vehicle was last seen in the area of Fourth Street in Hamden, according to Vey.

“During the course of the investigation, Officer Seagren located the suspect vehicle on Fourth Street and attempted to conduct a motor vehicle stop,” Vey wrote in a news release. “The suspect vehicle refused to stop, and a short pursuit ensued. Officer Seagren advised that the vehicle pulled into a Southern Connecticut State University parking lot on Fitch Street. The operator then exited the vehicle and ran into a parking garage in the lot. Officer Seagren was able to apprehend a juvenile, out of New Haven, in the stairwell of the parking garage. It was later determined that the white Kia was an unreported stolen vehicle out of New Haven.”

The juvenile was charged with second-degree criminal trover, larceny of a motor vehicle (first offense), interfering with officers, reckless driving and engaging police in pursuit. The juvenile was scheduled to appear in New Haven Superior Court for Juvenile Matters on Nov. 28.

No one was injured during the incident, according to Vey.