Man Robbed While Trying To Buy Heroin: New Haven PD

NEW HAVEN, CT — A self-described "wanderer" from Washington state was robbed of cash after he tried to score some heroin, police said.

The 57-year-old man approached beat officers the night of Sept. 3 to say he was robbed in the Farnam Court Hosuing Complex, said Officer David Hartman, police spokesman.

He said he knew a man named "Mark" and the two set off to buy heroin and beer. He gave Mark $20 and that was the last he saw of him.

He then gave someone named "Trish" $20 to buy heroin and she did return with heroin. Neither he or Trish had syringes and the two went to a nearby apartment, Hartman said. The victim assumed it belonged to Trish, but it didn't and he was robbed of his remaining $8 by three men and possibly Mark.

He was unable to describe his assailants to police.

"He told them he wasn’t happy with his New Haven visit and wanted to leave Connecticut," Hartman said.