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Driver Crashes Into Cars, Runs Off With Baby - Police Searching For Female Suspect Driver Crashes Into Cars, Runs Off With Baby - Police Searching For Female Suspect
Driver Crashes Into Cars, Runs Off With Baby - Police Searching For Female Suspect Police are searching for a female driver who allegedly struck seven vehicles before fleeing the scene on-foot toting an 8-month old infant in a baby carrier. The incident took place around 5:30 p.m., Monday, Nov. 16, when Hamden Police responded to the intersection of Dixwell Avenue and Putnam Avenue on the report of a motor vehicle accident, said Capt. Ronald Smith. An investigation revealed that a motor vehicle, which was traveling northbound on Dixwell Avenue, collided with two vehicles, before fleeing from the scene, Smith said. Moments later, the same vehicle, which was…

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by Kathy Reakes
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Woman, 40, Charged With Assaulting Teen On CT Transit Bus Woman, 40, Charged With Assaulting Teen On CT Transit Bus
Woman, 40, Charged With Assaulting Teen On CT Transit Bus A 40-year-old woman has been arrested for assaulting a teen on a Connecticut Transit bus in September. Marquita Mcelya of New Haven was arrested Thursday for the assault which took place on Sept. 22, said Hamden Police Capt. Ronald Smith. According to Smith, a 16-year-old Hamden resident told police that she when she entered the bus in the vicinity of Dixwell Avenue and Putnam Avenue, Mcelya immediately began provoking her.  According to the teen, Mcelya made demeaning comments to her. Mcelya then attacked her. The teen reported that Mcelya threw a cup of…

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by Kathy Reakes