12/24/09 Greenwich Police Department Press Release - Assault robbery in Byram

Please see attached press release.

I will be out of the office after 12 noon, so Merry Christmas and Happy
Holidays to everyone.

Lieutenant Daniel Allen
Greenwich Police Department
Public Information Officer
11Bruce Place
Greenwich, CT 06830
Tel. 203-618-8819
Fax 203-618-8852

PRESS RELEASE:

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
December 24, 2009

Contact: Lt. Mark Marino
Phone: (203) 622-3395

Greenwich Police Department Incident #09-102969

On December 22, 2009 members of the Criminal Investigations Division arrested the
following subjects under the authority of arrest warrants issued by the Stamford Superior
Court for the charges listed:

Kevin Ashford B/M, Age 28, DOB-6/30/1981
136 Pearl Street
Port Chester, NY

CGS 53a-134 Robbery 1st Degree
CGS 53a-135 Robbery 2nd Degree
CGS 53a-60 Assault 2nd Degree
CGS 53a-125b Larceny 6th Degree
CGS 53a-62 Threatening 2nd Degree
CGS 53a-181 Breach of Peace

Ashford was held in custody in lieu of a court-set $100,000 Cash bond. Ashford will be
arraigned at the Stamford Superior Court on 12/23/2009.

Rocco Morabito W/M, Age 27, DOB- 9/16/1982
255 Glen Avenue
Port Chester, NY

CGS 53a-134 Robbery 1st Degree
CGS 53a-135 Robbery 2nd Degree
CGS 53a-60 Assault 2nd Degree
CGS 53a-125b Larceny 6th Degree
CGS 53a-181 Breach of Peace
CGS 53a-155 Tampering/Fabricating Evidence

Morabito posted a $100,000 Surety bond and was released to appear at Stamford Superior
Court on 12/29/2009.

On that December 16, 2009 at approximately 12:02 A.M., members of the Uniformed Services
Division responded to the Greenwich Lobster House restaurant at #2 S. Water Street,
Greenwich, CT. When officers arrived, they found a 31 year old male victim with serious
head injuries sitting in the parking lot.

The victim reported he had been assaulted and robbed of his cellular telephone by two
unknown males.

Members of the Criminal Investigations Division were able to identify witnesses who were
previously unknown to the victim. With the assistance of surrounding police departments,
suspects were identified and interviewed, and evidence was gathered.

The investigation revealed that the victim was speaking with a female known to Ashford in
the parking lot of the restaurant. When Ashford and Morabito appeared at that location, the
attack started almost immediately, with the victim being pushed to the ground, held down,
and beaten in the head and face with a metal flashlight. During the attack, the victim's
cellular telephone was stolen and has not been recovered.

A passerby who observed the attack overheard Ashford yelling that he was going to kill the
victim. Ashford and Morabito fled the area, along with the female.

During the course of the investigation, it was learned that Morabito had disposed of a piece of
the flashlight used in the attack.

The Greenwich Police Department would like to extend it's thanks to the Port Chester, NY
Police Department and the City of Rye, NY Police Department for their assistance which
provided essential information in locating witnesses to this incident.

04/14/08 - The Greenwich Police Blotter

Police Watch: The following reports were released April 14

ASSAULT

A 16-year-old Greenwich boy was arrested April 11 and charged with second degree assault, threatening and breach of peace. The boy had been in custody in Westchester County, N.Y., when he was arrested on an outstanding arrest warrant stemming from an incident where the boy got into an argument that turned physical. He allegedly threatened another child with a knife and caused the person to fall and suffer a head injury. The boy was being held in lieu of a $25,000 cash bond and is due in court April 23.

BURGLARY

A 17-year-old Mount Vernon, N.Y., boy was arrested April 11 and charged with 27 counts of third degree burglary and one count apiece of third degree larceny and conspiracy to commit third degree burglary. The warrant stems from a vehicle break-in on Linden Place and other break-ins in the town on Jan. 13. He was turned over to the state marshal’s office for further action.

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04/09/08 - Byram Police Officers Show An LA Gang Member Who's The Boss (Updated)

Police investigate alleged Byram beating

Greenwich Police this afternoon chased an unidentified suspect across the Mill Street bridge into Port Chester, N.Y. where police are holding him for an assault in which he allegedly beat another youth in downtown Byram.

Greenwich Police released few details of the incident, which is still under investigation. Police Sgt. John Slusarz said the victim of the assault was transported to Greenwich Hospital for treatment for possible blunt force trauma....

....Greenwich Police responded to a 3:15 p.m. call on the reported assault on Mill Street and began searching for the assailant......

But There Is More...

The citizen's of Byram can rest a little easier, because of the aggressive police work of Byram officers.

Byram police officers chased the gang member who had just arrived from LA into the village of Port Chester.

The officers were forced to pull their guns on the assailant who was covered in gang tattoos. The gang member was carrying a sharpened screw driver when arrested. The improvised weapon reminded one of a prison shank.

How Do We Keep The Byram Gang Problem Out Of Greenwich High School?

It is time for the citizens of Greenwich to wake up and demand that our politician's bring the Greenwich Police Department up to full strength.

The extra police officer's need to be assigned to Byram to squash the gang and drug problems that are beginning to invade Greenwich High School via Byram.

The Byram police officer's want to put the drug houses on Pine, Spruce and Pemberwick Road out of business, but our political leaders have to give the police officers the resources they need to do the job.

If we give the Byram officer's the resources they will put an end to the organized gang and drug activity in Byram.

All Town Of Greenwich Departments need to start supporting the anti-gang work of the Greenwich Police Department.

Week after week the number of buildings with gang graffiti grows and grows. The Building Department needs to start going out and start aggressively ticketing buildings with gang graffiti.

There have been gang related shootings in Port Chester and that violence is going to come to Byram and Greenwich High School.

Our political leaders had better start giving police officer's all the resources they need to attack gang and drug activity in Byram.

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04/09/08 - News Reports From The Greenwich Post

World War II-era play turns writing to art

The Bush-Holley Historic Site will present a reading of Act II of the play Dear Eva at 7 p.m. Thursday, April 17, in the Vanderbilt Education Center at the society’s Bush-Holley Historic Site at 39 Strickland Road in Cos Cob.

Quinnipiac University associate professor of journalism Paul Janensch and Catherine Ladnier of Greenwich wrote the nonfiction play based on real World War II era letters saved by Ms. Ladnier’s mother, Eva Lee Brown of Easley, S.C. Ms. Ladnier discovered the letters a few years ago and asked Mr. Janensch to write the play with her.

A conversation with Mr. Janensch and Ms. Ladnier follows the one-hour performance.

Admission is $15.

For more information, call 869-6899

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Police seek suspects in Walgreens assault

Police are asking for assistance this week in finding the two people accused of beating and robbing a disabled man outside Walgreens last month....

...Police have now released descriptions of the suspects and are asking for the public’s help in identifying them.

One suspect is described as a well-dressed black woman approximately five feet, three inches tall with a medium build and black hair with bangs. She was reportedly wearing a white jacket and dark slacks. The second suspect is a black male described by police as “athletic” with a medium complexion and an unshaven face. He is reportedly six feet tall with a medium build, and police say he was wearing a baseball cap, blue jeans and a black, white and blue-shouldered jacket.

Both suspects were seen inside the store before the incident took place....

Also: See The News 12 Video

Public's help needed to find attackers of disabled man
Detectives say the man is disabled and partially blind.

Greenwich police are asking for the public’s help in finding the people who violently attacked and robbed a disabled man last month.

The attack occurred on East Putnam Avenue on March 12. Police say when the man, who is in his 50s, was shopping at Walgreens he accidentally showed he was carrying a large sum of money.

According to police, two people followed the disabled, partially blind man out of the store and spoke with him in the parking lot. Authorities say the man was assaulted and robbed after he walked about a block from the store.

Surveillance video shows the victim speaking with a man and woman in the parking lot. Greenwich police want to identify these people to see if they have information about the attack.

Anyone with information is asked to call Greenwich police Detective Anthony Fiscella at (203) 622-8021

MORE:

Police seek suspects in Walgreens assault By Ken Borsuk, Staff ...

posted by ganolen

Greenwich Post

Police are asking for assistance this week in finding the two people accused of beating and robbing a disabled man outside Walgreens last month. ...

Glenn Allen Nolen's Disability Weblog - http://ganolen.wordpress.com

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Child strangled by window shade cord

The state office of the chief medical examiner has ruled the death of 1-year-old Lilah Kirsch to be an accident.

04/02/08 - The Greenwich Police Blotter

Police Watch: (Via The Greenwich Post)

ASSAULT

A 37-year-old Greenwich man was arrested March 31 and charged with third degree assault on a pregnant person, first degree criminal trespass and disorderly conduct. He was arrested on a warrant after an alleged Feb. 2 incident where he got into a physical confrontation with a woman who had accused him of entering her home without permission. The man was released on a $2,000 cash bond and was due in court today.

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