Crime & Safety

Manchester Police Blotter: Drug Busts, Impersonating a Police Officer

The following arrest reports as reported by the Manchester Police Department are accurate as of May 25, 2011.

May 17

Karon Duane Mills, no age given, of 202 E. Center St., Manchester, was charged with breach of peace after an argument with her son.

Judith Jones, no age given, of 202 E. Center St., Manchester, was charged with breach of peace after an argument with his mother.

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Jessica M. Santana, no age given, of 453 Albany Ave. #A4, Hartford, was charged with two counts of failure to appear.

Kareem K. Oriffiths, no age given, of 15 Talcottville Rd., Bloomfield, was charged with breach of peace.

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Zachary J. Apt, no age given, of 116 Bretton Rd., Manchester, was charged with three counts of reckless endangerment, reckless driving, misuse of a motor vehicle registration, operating a motor vehicle with a suspended license, and operating a motor vehicle without a license after a motor vehicle accident where people were injured.

Stephanie L. Cogswell, no age given, of 7845 Castleberry Farms Dr., Gainesville, Ga., was charged with second-degree breach of peace.

Thomas R. Polonchak, no age given, of 82A N. Center St., Manchester, was charged with violation of a restraining order.

Richard N. Harvey, no age given, of 213 Homestead St., Manchester, was charged with breach of peace.

Randall Douglass Metcalf, no age given, of 346A Charter Oak St., Manchester, was charged with sixth-degree larceny for allegedly stealing a bike at Bennett Academy.

Tavshania Valle, no age given, of 189 Eldridge St., Manchester, was charged with operating a motor vehicle with a suspended license.

Tyler R. Dube, no age given, of 85 Spruce St. Apt. A, Manchester, was charged with possession of marijuana, possession of drug paraphernalia, and possession of marijuana within 1,500 feet of a school.

Adam M. Bawwab, no age given, of 86 School St., Manchester, was charged with possession of marijuana, possession of drug paraphernalia, and possession of marijuana within 1,500 feet of a school.

Samantha Lynn Augustus, no age given, of 23B Brooklyn St., Vernon, was charged with sixth-degree larceny after allegedly shoplifting from Sears.

Eduardo Benitez, no age given, of 30 Channing Dr., Manchester, was charged with sixth-degree larceny, third-degree larceny, two counts of illegal use of a credit card and two counts of credit card theft.

May 18

Lorenzo Monzillo, no age given, of 9 Middle Turnpike West, Manchester, was charged with breach of peace and the use of a firearm without a permit after police say he shot a BB gun into the air on Purnell Place.

Scott A. Swanson, no age given, of 19 Ridgewood St., Manchester, was charged with two counts of failure to appear.

Tyler S. Nason, no age given, of 278 Vernon St., Manchester, was charged with fourth-degree larceny, operating an unregistered motor vehicle and reckless operation of a motor vehicle after police said he was stopped riding a stolen dirt bike.

Danny S. Perry, no age given, of 7 Walker St., Manchester, was charged with violation of probation, reckless driving, and failure to appear.

Matthew A. Dews, no age given, of 55 School St., Manchester, was charged with disorderly conduct.

Kejuan Ross, no age given, of 29 Outlook St., East Hartford, was charged with operating a motor vehicle under suspension, possession of marijuana, possession of cocaine, possession of drug paraphernalia, and possession of Ecstasy pills after police said they searched Ross’ car after a motor vehicle arrest and found cocaine, scales, marijuana, 43 Ecstasy pills and $1,047 in cash.

Louis Cordero, no age given, of 106 Prospect St., Vernon, was charged with disorderly conduct and violation of a protective order.

Tikya Thomas, no age given, of 15 Plainfield St., Hartford, was charged with failure to appear.

May 19

Samuel Crawford, no age given, of 4 Pearl St. Apt. 3, Manchester, was charged with disorderly conduct after a domestic argument.

David Robinson, no age given, of 911 Burnside Ave., East Hartford, was charged with disorderly conduct and second-degree threatening.

Nancy G. Stuart, no age given, of 165 High St., Manchester, was charged with operating a motor vehicle under suspension.

May 20

Torren D. Amerson, no age given, of 2513 Fitzgerald Dr., Raleigh, N.C., was charged with interfering with police and impersonation of a police officer after police said he lied to them repeatedly about his name.

Ronisha S. Woodard, no age given, of 30 School St., Hartford, was charged with failure to appear.

Tricia Ann Anderson, no age given, of 481 East St., Hebron, was charged with failure to appear.

Randall Payne, no age given, of Center St., Manchester, was charged with failure to appear.

Cristalyn Dawn Brooks, no age given, of 32 East 8th Ave., Clarion, Pa., was charged as a fugitive from justice on a warrant out of Virginia Beach.

May 21

Melissa Piessa, no age given, of 1 Abbot Rd. Apt. 119, Ellington, was charged with driving under the influence.

Kevin I. Brown, no age given, of 13 Emerson St. Apt. B, Manchester, was charged with first-degree criminal trespass.

Karen Marie Arruda, no age given, of 179 Oakland St., Manchester, was charged with disorderly conduct.

Thomas Charles Chmielecki, no age given, of 63 Elm St. #131, Manchester, was charged with disorderly conduct, threatening and second-degree failure to appear.

May 22

Karen Arruda, no age given, of 179 Oakland St. Apt. A, Manchester, was charged with violation of the conditions of her release.

Darvis L. Knight, no age given, of 25 Knighton St., Manchester, was charged with breach of peace.

Matthew Cavallo, no age given, of 100 E. Center St., Manchester, was charged with violation of a protective order.

Kelly A. Carrasquillo, no age given, of 75 Columbus St., East Hartford, was charged with driving under the influence.

May 23

Randall Irvin Press, no age given, of 745 Merrow Rd. Apt. 154, Coventry, was charged with disorderly conduct and two counts of interfering with an emergency call after a disturbance at Planet Fitness.

Frank D. Dixon, no age given, of 911 Asylum St. F2, Hartford, was charged with violation of probation.

Sapan Michael Pereira, no age given, of 426 Middle Turnpike West, was charged with breach of peace, interfering with a police officer, and second-degree threatening.

Gilbert Maxwell Spence, no age given, of 57 Sumner St., Hartford, was charged with sixth-degree larceny.

May 24

Latravis A. Moore, no age given, of 111 Wells St., Manchester, was charged with violation of probation and possession of marijuana.

Michael Bruce Head, no age given, address listed as “homeless,” was charged with fifth-degree larceny and third-degree trespass after police said he was caught stealing copper wire from a storage pen behind East Center Street.

Christopher Johnson, no age given, of 670 Babcockhill Rd., Coventry, was charged with fifth-degree larceny and third-degree trespass after police said he was caught stealing copper wire from a storage pen behind East Center Street.

Devin Webster, no age given, of 149 Grand Rd., East Hartford, was charged with second-degree trespass after he parked his RV at 188 Hillstown Rd., where he doesn’t live.

Lisa A. Risley, no age given, of 17 Westerly St., Manchester, was charged with third-degree assault, second-degree unlawful restraint, and breach of peace after a domestic dispute with her son.

Shirley E. Ruberto, no age given, of 3537 95th St., Corona, N.Y., was charged with fourth-degree larceny, fifth-degree larceny, and two counts of possession of a shoplifting device.

Garret D. Labonte, no age given, of 11 Bradbury St., Bedford, Maine, was charged as a fugitive from justice.

May 25

Thomas Edward Fontaine, no age given, of 102 Charter Oak St., Manchester, was charged with disorderly conduct.

Eric Gorman, no age given, of 56 E. Maple St., Manchester, was charged with breach of peace after police say he swore in public in front of a mother and her children.

Jason Alan Fairbanks, no age given, of 94 Hemlock St., Manchester, was charged with two counts of violation of probation for a sexual offender.


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