Crime & Safety
Man Accused of Flipping Couches, Kicking Mirror, Breaking Ex-Girlfriend’s iPhone During Argument: Middletown Police
Police say the man grabbed the woman's iPhone and smashed it while she was trying to call 911 during last week's snowstorm.
MIDDLETOWN, CT — A Hamden man is accused of flipping two couches, kicking a mirror and smashing his ex-girlfriend’s iPhone while she tried to call 911 during an argument at her Middletown home, according to police.
Middletown Police were dispatched to the area of Rogers Road at about 9:30 a.m. last Thursday, Feb. 9, after a caller reported that she heard a woman screaming to call 911.
Responding officers located a woman standing on the front porch who said she was the one screaming to call 911. Police also observed a man, identified as Tyquan Cooper of Hamden, at a vehicle in the roadway, according to the police report.
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The victim told police that she had been dating Cooper since October of 2016 but they had broken up about a month ago and he showed up at her residence the previous evening and wanted to stay through the pending snowstorm, according to the report.
She initially said no, but allowed him to stay, police said.
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The two began to argue at about 9:15 a.m. after she said that Cooper was angry that they had broken up. The argument continued and Cooper is accused flipping two couches in the living room and kicking a mirror off the bedroom wall, according to police. Cooper was also accused of throwing the victim’s wallet at her.
Police said the victim took her iPhone out to call 911 but Cooper grabbed it and smashed it before leaving the house. The iPhone was valued at $300, according to police.
Cooper, 24, of Haywood Lane in Hamden, was arrested on charges of second-degree criminal mischief, disorderly conduct and interfering with an emergency call. He was released on a promise to appear in court on March 17, according to state judicial records.
Cooper was additionally charged with second-degree failure to appear for a scheduled court date on Sept. 20, 2016, on charges of third-degree assault and disorderly conduct, according to police. He was released on a $7,500 and is due in court on Feb. 17 for that case.
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