Middletown Police report the following incidents:
THIRD-DEGREE CRIMINAL MISCHIEF, DISORDERLY CONDUCT, THIRD-DEGREE ASSAULT — On Dec . 4 at 6:39 p.m., police saw Ryan S. Bates, 25, of no certain address in Middletown, walking with two women at Main and Liberty streets with an outstanding warrant.
SIXTH-DEGREE LARCENY, THIRD-DEGREE ROBBERY — On Dec. 4 at 2:33 p.m., Christopher D. Welch, 29, of Villa Street was at the Stop & Shop on East Main Street fighting with a loss prevention officer. The report says Welch was seen on video surveillance grabbing numerous bottles of lotion and Vaseline, worth $34.62, and hiding them in his sweatshirt pockets. Police say Welch tried to run but was grabbed by security, then punched the officer in the arms and legs, became tired, and the bottles fell onto the ground, after which cars ran over them. Welch apologized to police. The report says he has three pending court cases from Hartford, West Hartford and Middletown for narcotics violations.
INSURANCE COVERAGE FAILS MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS, FAILURE TO OBEY CONTROL SIGNAL, NARCOTICS NOT KEPT IN ORIGINAL CONTAINER, USE OF DRUG PARAPHERNALIA, POSSESSION CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE — On Dec. 3 at 5:05 a.m., Christopher Lloret, 29, of Plants Dam Road, East Lyme, was speeding in a Ford Mustang on Randolph Road then stopped two car lengths into the intersection with South Main Street, according to the report. Behind the car seat, a search revealed a metal box with a grey-white pill (20mg Oxycodone Hydrochloride) and a ballpoint pen without ink. Police say Lloret admitted to snorting Oxy.
OPERATE UNREGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLE, IMPROPER USE MARKER PLATE, AND WITHOUT MINIMUM INSURANCE — On Nov. 28 at 9:30 a.m., Kyle R. Youmans, 26, of Lorraine Terrace was driving a Ford Taurus on East Chestnut Street with a plate registered to Nissan Maxima.
DISORDERLY CONDUCT — On Nov. 27 at 7 a.m., police were called to an apartment in the 600 block of Main Street about Douglas E. Wagner Jr., 46, of Main Street, who was reportedly kicking a door repeatedly and refusing to leave. The report says a victim was afraid to leave and a witness reported being awoken by loud banging and yelling from the floor above him 20 minutes before police arrived, then saw "Doug" kicking the door. The victim confirmed the story, adding Wagner was angry and wanted her ex-husband to stop calling him, the report says. Wagner admitted kicking the door for five minutes, police say.
