Middletown Arrests: Dec. 23-29

Middletown Police report the following incidents: 

Dec. 26

THREE COUNTS SECOND- AND ONE COUNT FIRST-DEGREE FAILURE TO APPEAR, SIXTH-DEGREE LARCENY — At 2:34 p.m., David Carrion, 35, of Martin Street, East Hartford, was at Stop & Shop on East Main Street and recognized by a loss prevention officer as the same man who stole $200 worth of merchandise a few weeks prior, according to the report. Police say he was dressed in the same clothing and stole soap, candy and 9-volt batteries. He was found with an outstanding warrant.

Dec. 24

SUSPENDED LICENSE — At 12:45 p.m., Alicia Oliwa, 23, of North Cherry Street, Wallingford, was driving a Volkswagen Jetta in the Connecticut Beverage Mart parking lot on Washington Street, police say, with Peter J. Selmecki, 26, of Murray Street, Meriden, in the passenger seat. He was found with an outstanding warrant for first-degree failure to appear and had one and a half Oxycodone pills in his wallet, according to the report, and charged with narcotics possession. Oliwa was charged with the above.

Dec. 23

DISORDERLY CONDUCT — At 5:49 p.m., Melissa A. Barnes, 22, of Clinton Avenue and Jeremy M. Padilla, 24, of Glen Street, New Britain were arrested during a domestic incident. The two, who are dating, police say, fought at Barnes' father's home about a car and cell phone and Padilla pushed Barnes to the ground while she grabbed his shirt and ripped it off his back. Both were arrested. He was found with an outstanding warrant for failure to respond from Stonington Police stemming from a September 6, 2012, event.

DISORDERLY CONDUCT — At 9:57 a.m., police were called about a domestic assault at a home at a Town Place apartment complex in which Jenesty G. Balmaceda, 20, of Town Place Drive hit her husband in the eye, according to the report, and threw a television remote at his chest as they argued about not spending enough time together. Police say she admitted to hitting her husband.

DISORDERLY CONDUCT, VIOLATION PROTECTIVE ORDER — At 9:03 p.m., Louise Gasparini, 42, of Bielefield Road called police saying her husband wouldn't let her have her pain medication, according to the report, and was screaming and crying in the street when they arrived, adding he put her pills in his safe. The report says the husband calmly opened to safe for police to examine that it was empty as she swore at him and he told them she had taken them. The report says Gasparini's 11-, 12- and 13-year-old daughters were present while she was intoxicated and pulling Christmas presents out of a car trunk while yelling and swearing. While being handcuffed, police say, she threw a "temper tantrum" and began to hyperventilate and talk to herself. A breathalyzer test registered a .135 blood alcohol content, according to the report. 

Newington Police report the following incidents: 

Dec. 29

DISORDERLY CONDUCT — At 2:42 p.m., Papa, Vanessa, 31, of Forrest Glen Circle was arrested at Joanne's Fabrics on the Berlin Turnpike

Dec. 24

THIRD-DEGREE CRIMINAL MISCHIEF — At 1:59 p.m., police were called to Express Car Wash on Washington Street about an employee whose roommate, Crystal N. Collum, 33, of McDowell Road, stopped by and argued with him, according to the report. Twenty minutes after Collum left, police say, she returned and reportedly scratched the victim's Chevrolet Silverado pickup truck, causing $1,000 in damage.

FIFTH-DEGREE LARCENY — At noon, Angel Quinones, 44, of Main Street was arrested at Wal-Mart on the Berlin Turnpike.

SIXTH-DEGREE LARCENY — At 12:44 p.m., Daniel Adams, 34, of Grand Street  was arrested at Wal-Mart on the Berlin Turnpike.