Two local teens were charged with robbing a person in the parking lot of the Southington Police Department. On Wednesday, March 19, police dispatchers monitoring video surveillance in the department’s front parking lot observed what they thought was an altercation. Police responded to the parking lot as one of the vehicles involved in the altercation was leaving. Dispatch was able to provide a license plate number and police subsequently stopped the car at the intersection of Lazy Lane and Curtis Street. According to police, the victim, who was unknown to the alleged assailants and there on a completely different matter, was followed by two males, later identified as 18-year-old and a 17-year-old juvenile. As the victim got into a vehicle, the two teens allegedly approached and demanded money. According to the victim, the suspects stated they had firearms and that they would use them if necessary, adding that they would kill the victim’s family if they were caught. The teens then attempted to go through the victim’s pockets looking for money. The victim took his wallet out of a backpack and the juvenile “snatched” the money from the victim’s hand. The suspects then went to a friend’s vehicle in the [...]
Two local teens were charged with robbing a person in the parking lot of the Southington Police Department. On Wednesday, March 19, police dispatchers monitoring video surveillance in the department’s front parking lot observed what they thought was an altercation. Police responded to the parking lot as one of the vehicles involved in the altercation was leaving. Dispatch was able to provide a license plate number and police subsequently stopped the car at the intersection of Lazy Lane and Curtis Street. According to police, the victim, who was unknown to the alleged assailants and there on a completely different matter, was followed by two males, later identified as 18-year-old and a 17-year-old juvenile. As the victim got into a vehicle, the two teens allegedly approached and demanded money. According to the victim, the suspects stated they had firearms and that they would use them if necessary, adding that they would kill the victim’s family if they were caught. The teens then attempted to go through the victim’s pockets looking for money. The victim took his wallet out of a backpack and the juvenile “snatched” the money from the victim’s hand. The suspects then went to a friend’s vehicle in the [...]