Norwalk Woman, 3 Others Accused Of Home Invasion: Milford PD

MILFORD, CT — Milford police announced that four people, three New Haven residents and a Norwalk resident, have been arrested for their role in an armed home invasion, which occurred on May 29, 2017.

On that date in May, Milford Police received a complaint of a home invasion which occurred at a Melba Street home and that the suspects had just left in a silver Infiniti sedan after using a firearm to forcibly take items from the resident’s home, police said.

While en-route a cop observed a vehicle matching the description traveling at a high rate of speed on Old Gate Lane near New Haven Avenue, and began pursuing, police said. The pursuit ended as the officer lost sight of the vehicle on East Town Road near Boston Post Road. The officer was able to record the license plate number which came back to Charles Johnson, 47, of Haven Street, New Haven, police said.

Officers then made contact with the victims (a male and a female) at the Melba Street address. Officers learned that the victims had recently gotten to the house and were inside of the male victims bedroom when two black males, both with their faces concealed, forced themselves into the room and using a firearm demanded money from the victims, police said.

After several minutes, an additional family member of the male victim came home and announced their presence, police said. At this point the male suspects grabbed several items from the room and left the residence, police said.

An in-depth and thorough investigation took place and with the help of fingerprint/ DNA analysis, eye-witnesses and other methods, three more suspects, Larry Davis, 26, of Dixwell Avenue, New Haven, Thomas Sanders, 42, of Dixwell Avenue, New Haven and Selena Cardenas, 22, of Ely Avenue, Norwalk, were developed, police said.

Davis is charged with the following:

Home Invasion

Burglary 1st

Robbery 1st

Conspiracy to Commit Home Invasion
Conspiracy to Commit Burglary 1st
Conspiracy to Commit Robbery 1st

Davis was held on a $75,000 bond to appear in Milford Court on January 18, 2018.

Sanders is charged with the following:

Home Invasion

Burglary 1st

Robbery 1st

Conspiracy to Commit Home Invasion
Conspiracy to Commit Burglary 1st
Conspiracy to Commit Robbery 1st

Sanders was held on a $75,000 bond to appear in Milford Court on January 18, 2018.

Johnson is charged with the following:

Conspiracy to Commit Home Invasion
Conspiracy to Commit Burglary 1st
Conspiracy to Commit Robbery 1st
Reckless Driving

Engaging Police in a Pursuit

Johnson was held on a $75,000 bond to appear in Milford Court on January 19, 2018

Cardenas is charged with the following:

Home Invasion

Conspiracy to Commit Home Invasion
Conspiracy to Commit Robbery 1st
Conspiracy to Commit Burglary 1st

Cardenas was released on a $50,000 bond to appear in court on February 13, 2018.

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