Cops: Prospect Street Man Admits to Growing Four Pot Plants, Not 14 Police Discovered

Middletown Police report the following arrests:

DISORDERLY CONDUCT — On July 12, police responded to the 1100 block of Washington Street, pool area, for a domestic. The victim, girlfriend of Jonathan Carroll, 23, of Higby Drive, Meriden, said he had backhanded her in the face after a verbal fight about going to a concert without him. He gave her her cell phone, which she refused, so he yanked her iPod speakers and broke them. Carroll was found at home, confessed and was remorseful.

THIRD-DEGREE BURGLARY, FIFTH-DEGREE LARCENY, THIRD-DEGREE CRIMINAL MISCHIEF — On July 12, Talisha M. Privott, 36, of Hillside Avenue was picked up by Wethersfield Police on an outstanding warrant.

VIOLATION OF PAROLE — On July 12, Carrie Gagner, 39, of Walnut Road, Rocky Hill, was stopped as a passenger in a car driving on Wadsworth Street. She had an outstanding warrant.

TWO COUNTS SECOND-DEGREE FAILURE TO APPEAR — On July 12, Irven B. Knox, 61, of Truman Street, New London, turned himself in on a warrant.

THREATENING — On July 12, a victim showed up at police headquarters saying her uncle, Tyron O. Harris, 35, of Newington Avenue, New Britain, left her threatening voice mails. They said, “if you say anything, I will come to your house and yoke the [expletive] out of you,” and “when I see you, watch what I do,” in a high-pitched screaming voice. The victim said Harris was angry she was hanging out with his ex-girlfriend and his baby’s mother. On April 20, Harris was arrested for disorderly conduct with the same victim, as she was. The charge was dropped by the court. Harris admitted to the messages, but said he had no intention of physical violence.

DISORDERLY CONDUCT, VIOLATION OF RESTRAINING ORDER, FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH FINGERPRINTS — On July 12 at 5:53 p.m., a victim reported Brian Rahrig, 49, of Arnold Street had made comments about suicide and seemed to be drunk and drugged. Three hours later, he returned home and appeared to be ready for bed. One hour later, police were called for a disturbance in which Rahrig was deemed out of control by slamming doors and cabinets in the kitchen, banging on walls and forcing the victim towards the counter, yelling repeatedly, “I can’t find my [expletive] lighter.” When another resident came upstairs, Rahrig bumped his chest into that person and gave an “evil laugh.”

NO LICENSE TO MANUFACTURE CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE, POSSESSION CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE, OPERATION OF DRUG FACTORY, POSSESSION WITH INTENT TO SELL, AND WITHIN 1,500 FEET OF SCHOOL — On July 11 at 7 a.m. there was a fight at the home of Paul J. Bazzano, 47, of Prospect Street between three males. Officer smelled marijuana and a firefighter found two plots of marijuana growing outside in the back. Bazzano said, “C’mon there are only four plants, you’re not going to arrest me for four plants,” and while in the police car said he planted them next to the tomato plants because they looked alike. Police found 14 plants weighing five pounds. During booking, he said, “Between you and me, the four plants you found were mine. The rest just grew there” from discarded seeds.

VIOLATION OF PROTECTIVE ORDER — On July 11, a man walked into police headquarters saying his niece, Silvana C. Gerrish, 31, of Rook Road, Cromwell, walked into his home the night before on Green Street, violating a protective order, then asked him for money. He said he was involved in a dispute three weeks earlier with her.

POSSESSION DRUG PARAPHERNALIA, POSSESSION HEROIN, AND UNDER 4 OZ. CANNABIS — On July 8, Daniel P. Adams, 31, of Savoy Street, East Haven, was seen quickly leaving Harbor Park on foot as an officer pulled into the parking lot. At his car, police found in full view wax/glassine bags in the driver’s side door and a hypodermic needle on the rear floor. A search revealed a bag with 2.2 grams of marijuana, two bags with cocaine and some on the floor totaling .3 grams and another needle.

POSSESSION DRUG PARAPHERNALIA — On June 29, an officer saw Rachel F. Larkin, 29, of Pearl Street in a car that drove into Harbor Park, exit the passenger side, glance at him and quickly walk away. Police knew her from numerous prostitution and narcotics violations and found in her hand a purse with a spoon handle and orange cap of a hypodermic needle sticking out. She handed it over and found inside were another used needle and two glass crack pipes. The driver told police Larkin and he were smoking in the car and she had crack on her, but police didn’t find any.

SECOND-DEGREE BREACH OF PEACE — On June 24, police responded to a disturbance in the 30 block of Grand Street. Resident Tiffany Cote, 23, said her former friend, Chanel T. Bartell, 25, of Fisher Road, was in front of her house while she was leaving. Cote is dating a man that was formerly dating a cousin of Bartell. Bartell started a verbal argument with her and tried to get into Cote’s car when she tried to leave, so Cote drive away and Bartell smacked her rear passenger window. Bartell said Cote started the argument, screaming at her, then purposely backed up her car and struck her with the open passenger side door, so she slapped the window to keep her balance. This is an ongoing problem between the two, as officers were dispatched twice on June 12 to the residence for similar events.

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