Man Tried To Rob Victim At Gunpoint In Broad Daylight: Hamden PD

HAMDEN, CT — A Hamden man was arrested after police say he tried to rob another man at gunpoint in broad daylight on Friday afternoon. The suspect was apprehended after a chase with police through a heavily wooded area on the Farmington Canal Trail.

At about 12:45 p.m. on Oct. 11, Officer Ronald Glifort saw a man standing in the middle of Putnam Avenue “trying to flag down vehicles,” according to Capt. Ronald Smith. At the same time, Glifort saw another man walking toward him. The man standing in the street told Glifort that the other man attempted to rob him at gunpoint.

The robbery suspect, who was later identified as Amaadi Cole, ran from the area on the Farmington Canal Trail. Glifort chased Cole through a heavily wooded area and the pursuit continued over a fence and “through a thick, overgrown area of brush,” according to Smith.

Smith said Glifort, who sustained “several cuts and scrapes,” apprehended Cole in the parking lot of a Gallagher Road business.

Officer William May and his K-9 partner “Blaze” conducted a thorough search of the wooded area and found a loaded gun. Further investigation revealed that Cole “shoved” the gun into the lower back of the 26-year-old victim, according to Smith.

Amaadi Nasseem Cole, 24, of Warner Street in Hamden, was arrested on charges of first-degree robbery, criminal possession of a firearm and interfering with a police officer. Cole, who was detained on a $50,000 bond, is scheduled to appear in Meriden Superior Court on Oct. 25.