Middletown Arrests: July 27 to Aug. 3

Middletown Police report the following arrests:

Aug. 3

THIRD-DEGREE CRIMINAL MISCHIEF, DISORDERLY CONDUCT, THIRD-DEGREE ASSAULT, SECOND-DEGREE FAILURE TO APPEAR — At 10:40 a.m., Shylan Young, 26, of Stoneycrest Drive was fighting with his live-in girlfriend since 4 a.m. over a rental car while both were drinking, according to the report. Young said she walked into the bathroom and when he said to open it, he ignored her, so he crashed through the door, knocking her into the tub, grabbed her by the hair, pulling some out and dragging her, police say, screaming at and kicking her in the head. Young admitted only to the door breakage, police say. He was also taken in on an outstanding warrant.

RECKLESS DRIVING, USE OF DRUG PARAPHERNALIA, INTERFERING WITH AN OFFICER — At 5 p.m., Robert L. Young, 46, of Markham Street was at Omo and Walnut streets driving a Chrysler Seabring erratically and when police tried to talk to him, he was verbally abusive and physically threatening, according to the report.  He was found with a glass crack cocaine pipe.

DISORDERLY CONDUCT — At 9 p.m., dispatch received a 911 hangup with a woman saying, "hurry please." The victim said her husband, Raul Torres, 41, of Julia Terrace, was upset with her because she was at her family home in Cromwell, according to the report, and when she came home he insulted her and accused her of driving drunk. He threw something at the windshield, breaking it, and when she got out of the car, police say, Torres grabbed her around the neck, but it didn't hurt because she's "used to" his aggressiveness. She took his food from the car, police say, and he threw it, spit at her and pushed her causing her to fall and when she went into the bathroom, he pulled her off the toilet. The report says the car windshield was cracked and the toilet seat was broken off. He initially denied fighting with his wife, police say, then later said he was angry because she accused him of cheating on her, which he did not.

DISORDERLY CONDUCT, THREATENING — At 7:42 a.m., the girlfriend of James Harper, 46, of Traverse Square came into police headquarters saying he was upset with her because someone told him she was cheating on him, according to the report. Harper grabbed her by the neck and pulled her off the bed, slapped her face and pulled her hair, according to the report, saying multiple times, "one of these days, I am going to kill you." Police say he threatened to slash her tires and took her phone. He admitted to police they fought at 3 a.m. but denied physicality, saying the girlfriend was drunk and admitting to the "kill" remark.

Aug. 2

THIRD-DEGREE CRIMINAL MISCHIEF, BREACH OF PEACE, VIOLATION OF PROTECTIVE ORDER — At 10:02 p.m., Chantel N. Jenkins, 37, of Maple Street, Plainville, came into police headquarters saying her ex-boyfriend Jermaine Hudson, 30, of Adams Street, Hartford, came into her stepmother's house on Clinton Avenue and confronted her about his Plainville apartment keys, according to the report. He tried to open the door of her Infinity SUV, police say, as she held it closed, and broke the driver's side door, causing $2,000 in damage. He came insider her car and tried to take her keys from the ignition while it was running, according to the report, pressing his elbow up against her neck. The report says Jenkins' uncle had to pull him out of the car. Hudson told police he went to his niece's house to lend her money, saw Jenkins and asked politely for his keys but she put her SUV into reverse, causing him to fall underneath, which is when he tried to take the keys, and she ripped his glasses off his face, damaging them and causing $1,500 in damage to his car. Hudson says Jenkins slammed her own door shut three times, breaking it. Both were charged with the above.

FAILURE TO RESPOND — At 3:13 p.m., Shawn A. Jones, 34, of Labella Circle was found at Rapallo Avenue and Main Street with an outstanding warrant.

Aug. 1

THIRD-DEGREE CRIMINAL MISCHIEF, SIXTH-DEGREE LARCENY, ATTEMPT TO COMMIT CRIME — At 11 p.m., police were called to a Middlesex Hospital parking lot on Crescent Street about a trespasser acting suspiciously by pulling aggressively on car doors, according to the report. The report says Alexander M. Smith, 21, of who is homeless, was confronted the by security guard but continued pulling on doors, including a power plant door, and saying he had family at the hospital, which was not true. The report says he told officers he was there to get fresh air, although officers recognized him as a suspect in multiple burglaries in the city and he has a history of larceny, forgery and identity theft. Earlier that night, police say, Smith was involved in an incident with a friend and looked like he had recently used narcotics, the report says. Police determined he was trying to steal from cars to support his narcotics habit.

DISORDERLY CONDUCT  — At 9:34 p.m., police responded to yelling at a Ferry Street apartment and found Frankie Trimmier-Solano, 22, of Main Street and his girlfriend, Abigail Velazquez, 22, of Ferry Street, in the apartment. According to the report, they were arguing over him communicating with another woman on Instagram. Both had scratches on their chests, police say. Both were charged.

OPERATE UNREGISTERED VEHICLE, VIOLATION OF EMISSONS STANDARDS, INSURANCE COVERAGE FAILS MINIMUM — At 5:59 p.m., Brandon E. Hart, 41, of East Main Street was driving a Ford Econoline van on Norfolk Street and pulled into the Citgo gas station without signaling, according to the report. 

USE OF MOTOR VEHICLE WITHOUT PERMISSION — At 7:45 p.m., Vincent L. Davis Jr., 50, of Lindsey Road was picked up on an outstanding warrant.

SECOND-DEGREE FAILURE TO APPEAR — At 3 p.m., Thomas J. Musa, 71, of Broad Street was picked up at Middletown Superior Court on an outstanding warrant.

July 31

MAKING IMPROPER TURN, FAILURE TO HAVE TAIL LAMPS, USE OF DRUG PARAPHERNALIA, POSSESSION CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES — At 10:49 p.m., Robert D. Flynn, 21, of Warwick Street was driving a Volvo 740 on Vine Street and made a left turn from the right-hand lane, according to the report. Police smelled marijuana in the car and found a bag with 16.1 grams of pot, a smoking bowl and partially burnt blunt weighing .1 grams.

July 30

IMPROPER USE MARKER PLATE, ILLEGAL DELIVERY OF LIQUOR TO A MINOR — At 10:46 p.m., Frank Meneses, 30, of Belmont Street, Hartford, was sitting in a Honda Accord's driver's seat parked two feet away from the curb on Green Street, according to the report. He and a female juvenile inside had open Heineken and Corona beer bottles each one-third full, police say. The plate was registered to another car, the report says, and Meneses said he was dropping his girlfriend off at her mother's house after they had just come from Hartford. The report says he at first denied drinking the beer, then admitted to it.

OPERATION UNDER SUSPENSION — Tiffany L. Menendez, 24, of Hawkes Nest Island Drive, Orange Park, Fla., was driving a Nissan Altima on High Street when officers recognized her from a car accident she was involved in on July 24, according to the report. She insisted she had a drivers license restoration notice that gave her until July 31 at 6 p.m. 

July 27

INSURANCE COVERAGE FAILS MINIMUM, FAILURE TO HAVE LIGHTS LIT, POSSESSION LESS THAN HALF-OUNCE MARIJUANA — At 11:19 p.m., Leon White, 41, of Braeburn Lane was driving a Mercury Mountaineer on Westlake Drive without headlights. According to the report, police smelled marijuana in the car and found a baggie with 3.3 grams of it in his underwear.