Middletown Arrests: Sept. 24 to Oct. 3

Middletown Police report the following incidents:

Oct. 3

SECOND-DEGREE FAILURE TO APPEAR — Crisanta A. Rodriguez, 24, of Woodbury Circle turned herself in on an outstanding warrant. 

FRAUDULENT USE OF AUTOMATIC TELLER MACHINE — At 8:30 a.m., Terence K. Vereen, 45 of Julia Terrace turned himself in on an outstanding warrant.

BREACH OF PEACE — At 12:40 p.m., police were called to Traverse Square about a disturbance involving two man, one who had a knife and the other a shovel, according to the report. Tylon S. Hardy, 18, of Stoneycrest Drive got into an argument with Anthony Gonzalez, 20, both of Traverse Square, whom Hardy termed "soft," or weak, police say, and when Gonzalez went inside the home to get his shoes before they fought, the report indicates, he emerged with a silver knife so Hardy grabbed a shovel. Gonzalez told officers he was bringing in his groceries when Hardy told him he was frail to which Gonzalez told him he didn't fight anymore but would slap him, grabbed his shoes and a knife and Hardy started swinging the shovel at him and his mother, according to the report. Gonzalez told officers he believed the fight was because he was Hispanic. Back at headquarters, police say, Hardy was very agitated and violent and damaged a holding cell cage. Both men were charged with the above, Hardy additionally for third-degree intimidation due to bigotry and third-degree criminal mischief.

SECOND-DEGREE BREACH OF PEACE — At 1:12 p.m., a woman police have encountered in the past, Patricia Morin, 58, of College Street was standing on College Street screaming, swearing and flailing her arms, according to the report, and told officers she was trying to get her check and would beat someone up if she didn't get it.

Sept. 30

TWO COUNTS VIOLATION OF PROBATION — At 6 p.m., Kelsey Shine, 24, of Hidden Lake Road, Haddam, turned herself in on an outstanding warrant from Bridgeport.

Sept 29

SIXTH-DEGREE LARCENY — At 3:01 p.m., Shannon M. Chudzik, 18, of Pratt Street, Rocky Hill, was driving at Main and Ferry streets and found with an outstanding warrant.

Sept. 25

OPERATION MOTOR VEHICLE WHEN LICENSE SUSPENDED — At 1:10 p.m., John R. Moon Jr., 33, of Woodland Drive, Cromwell, was driving Honda Civic on Hartford Avenue when police stopped him driving the vehicle whose description matched one involved in the theft of a dog from Portland moments before, according to the report. 

Sept. 24

POSSESSION OF MARIJUANA AND PARAPHERNALIA — At 2 p.m., Ottah Holder, 40, of Nutmeg Lane, East Hartford, was picked up by Hartford Police on an outstanding warrant from Middletown.