Crime & Safety

Middletown Arrests: Aug. 9-22

The following police reports are obtained directly from the Middletown Police public information officer and inclusion on this list reflect charges filed, not convictions.

Middletown Police report the following incidents:

Aug. 22

THIRD-DEGREE CRIMINAL MISCHIEF, THIRD-DEGREE LARCENY, DISORDERLY CONDUCT, ATTEMPT TO COMMIT CRIME, THIRD-DEGREE ASSAULT — At 7:5 p.m., Justin B. Ryals, 28, of Spring Street was on Woodbury Circle while driving a Ford Explorer and hit a tree in a parking lot and was trying to leave, according to the report. Police say he punched his ex-girlfriend, broke items in her apartment, smashed her cell phone, and tried to take off in her car. 

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DISORDERLY CONDUCT — Around 11 p.m., April Bafumi-Islam, 39, of Highland Avenue was in an argument with her husband, Mohammed N. Islam, 27, of West 18th Street, New York, N.Y., in which she pushed over a highchair, threw a glass ornament and breaking it, then tore her the tank top her husband was wearing. He then pushed her, according to the report. Three children were home but not in the room, the report says. Both were charged and a Department of Children and Families report was made, police say.

SECOND-DEGREE FAILURE TO APPEAR — At 9:35 p.m., Elizabeth N. Santos, 23, of Ferry Street was stopped for a traffic violation on Union Street and found with an outstanding warrant. 

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Aug. 17

OBTAINING DRUGS ILLEGALLY, THIRD-DEGREE IDENTITY THEFT, CRIMINAL IMPERSONATION, VIOLATION  OF PROTECTIVE ORDER — At 12:43 a.m., Kimberlee A. Donofrio, 31, of Dora Drive took her ex-boyfriend's PT Cruiser without permission, the report says, and she had been staying with the victim despite a protective order. Donofrio immediately became hysterical, the report says, and was found with outstanding warrants from Middletown and Meriden police. Officers turned her over to Meriden police at the Guida's Restaurant on Route 66 in Middlefield. 

VIOLATION OF PROTECTIVE ORDER — At 1:18 p.m., Alexander N. Mason, 65, of High Street was sitting on the steps of a building at the corner of Green and Main streets with a woman who had a protective order against him, according to the report.  He told officers they were getting along and he knew about the order but it was "unconstitutional" and he was with the woman to make sure she remained sober, police say.

FIRST-DEGREE CRIMINAL TRESPASS, DISORDERLY CONDUCT, THIRD-DEGREE ASSAULT — At about 7:30 p.m., Jimmy Sanchez, 37, of Coe Avenue, Portland, was in a physical fight with his former girlfriend on the third floor of a College Street apartment after picking her up as she walked home from work, according to the report. The victim fell from the parked car on Omo Street during a fight, police say, scraping her hand. 

TRESPASS — At about 12 p.m., Christopher Kozikowski, 25, of Merigold Drive, New Britain, trespassed at 72 Tuttle Place while trying to illegally dump wood pallets, according to the report. 

SIXTH-DEGREE LARCENY, INTERFERING WITH AN OFFICER — At 6:18 p.m., Tumen U. Boldaatar, 32, of Pearl Street was at RiteAid on Main Street when the store manager saw him allegedly put a football-sized object in the front of his pants and leave. Boldaatar was found on the roof of a nearby church, according to the report. He admitted to taking a $9.99 football, police say. During booking, the report says, he admitted to hiding on the roof and said he couldn't believe officers found him there. 

Aug. 16

SECOND-DEGREE FAILURE TO APPEAR, TWO COUNTS SIXTH-DEGREE LARCENY — At about 8 p.m., Brennen M. Gibbons, 20, of Saybrook Road was in a Main Street convenience store and allegedly stole four 12-ounce cans of Four Loco beer. The report says the clerk saw him put them into a black gym bag, and Gibbons told police he was sorry and it was a "dumb" thing to do. He also got a ticket for possession of alcohol by a minor. He had two outstanding warrants from East Hampton. 

SIXTH-DEGREE LARCENY — At 3 p.m., Steven Prasnauth, 31, of Long Hill Road was picked up at the Hartford Police station for an outstanding warrant. 

SECOND-DEGREE FAILURE TO APPEAR — At 2 p.m., Michael R. Dlugos, 30, of Forest Glenn Circle turned himself in on an outstanding warrant.

Aug. 9

POSSESSION LESS THAN HALF-OUNCE MARIJUANA — Deidra Kinlaw, 20, of Maplewood Terrace was served with an outstanding warrant from Naugatuck Police. 


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