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Thursday, August 15, 2013

VICTIM IDENTITIES FROM HPD

FROM HPD:

Please excuse the delay in victim release. MCD extremely busy. Thank you

 

14. CASE # 13-28335        VICTIM: Valentine Santos (H/M) 21    Occurred: 08/13/13              ACCUSED: (0701 hrs)   LOCATION:  321 Linnmoore Street

Time and Date of Death:  08/13/13;           0714 hours                       

(Gun)    (Open)

 

15. CASE # 13-28576        VICTIM: Steven Riley (B/M) 26   Occurred: 08/14/13 (1701 hrs)    LOCATION:  21 Harrison Place

Time and Date of Death:  08/14/13;           1720 hours                       

(Gun)    (Open)

 

16. CASE # 13-28615        VICTIM: Jerome Copeland (B/M) 22 Occurred: 08/14/13 (2157 hrs)       LOCATION:  48 Evergreen Avenue

Time and Date of Death:  08/14/13;           2223 hours                       

(Gun)    (Open)

 

WHO CARES ABOUT SPELLING ANYWAY

The signs posted around the gravel lot for employee's at the Public Safety Complex on High Street are meant to warn "violaters" against trespassing on the lot.

I think they meant violators , with an "o", I guess the sign machine doesn't have spell check

SAY IT ISN'T SO, CHEATING AT BETANCES



FoxCT and Courant.com are reporting that the State of Connecticut has launched an investigation into possible cheating on test scores at Betance's Elementary School in Hartford.

I am sure it can't possibly be true because people's bonuses depend on these test scores.

You can read the story here

Wednesday, August 14, 2013

ANOTHER HPD HOMICIDE ARREST

FROM HPD:

On December 23, 2012, at 4:48 am, Hartford Police Officers were dispatched to 114 Hillside Avenue on a 911 call for shots fired. On arrival, patrol officers found an unresponsive victim with a gunshot wound to the chest. The male victim, Jazzy Delgado, 21 of Hartford, was transported to Hartford Hospital where he was pronounced deceased. Homicide detectives from the Major Crimes Division actively pursued the investigation.

 

On August 13, 2013 Major Crimes detectives obtained an arrest warrant for Javier Melendez, age 20 of Hartford CT, charging him with Murder, Conspiracy to Commit Murder, Reckless Endangerment 1st, and other firearms related charges. On August 14, 2013, with the assistance of the CT Department of Corrections and Parole, and the Manchester Police Dept. and the HPD STF, Melendez was taken into custody in Manchester CT. without incident. He is currently being held on a $1,000,000 bond.

Friday, August 9, 2013

YOU CAN RUN , BUT YOU CAN'T HIDE

MARCUS WHITE, HOMICIDE SUSPECT
 
 
FROM HPD:


In 2012, Hartford Police Department Major Crimes Detectives began a review of a cold case into the homicide of Mr. Trevon Mauldin. Detective Renee LaMark-Muir’s persistence paid off. On July 30, 2013, Major Crime’s detectives obtained an arrest warrant for Marcus White, 32 charging him with Murder sec. 53a-54a, having a $2,000,000 judge set bond. The HPD fugitive task force arranged for Mr. White’s capture in Cottondale Florida where he is being held, awaiting extradition proceedings. Below are the basic details of the homicide, based on what has been reported to investigators:

 

At 11:00am on December 16, 2007, Mr. Mark Brown went to 151 Martin Street and asked residents if they wanted their driveway shoveled (it had snowed heavily the night before). Shortly thereafter, Brown walked back to his truck. Meanwhile, Mr. Trevon Mauldin and a female were sitting in Mauldin’s truck, also parked in the driveway of 151 Martin Street. The suspect, Marcus White exited his apartment at 161 Martin Street and went to talk to Mauldin.  Mauldin and White then approached Brown.  White put a gun to Brown’s head and demanded his money.  Mauldin stood in front of Brown.  White and Mauldin then struggled with Brown.  White hit Brown on the head with the gun and Mauldin held Brown in a headlock.  White then fired two gunshots, hitting Mauldin in the chest. Mauldin was fatally struck in the chest and fell to the ground.  Brown was grazed on the head and sustained a ruptured right eardrum.  White again pointed the gun at Brown and robbed him of $290.  White was last seen running through the backyards and then south on Garden Street. 

ANOTHER DAY, ANOTHER HARTFORD CITY HALL MESS

Hartford's Internal Auditors are sure keeping busy these days and the latest Audit report has pointed out some huge problems.

I guess we should be getting used to this by now. The incompetence and mismanagement under the Segarra Administration is almost an everyday occurrence. But the sad part is many of the problems are pointing directly back to Julio Molleda, Segarra's Director of Finance.

The P-card problems and the scathing audit report...Molleda at the helm. The violation of all travel policies and reimbursements....Molleda at the helm. And now, the most recent report into Hartford's Payroll operations...Molleda at the helm. This is the Finance Director being paid well over  one hundred thousand dollars a year ,and   for what? It can't be for his management because there appears to be none.

And let's not forget the acting Chief Operating Officers explanation to the Audit Commission for the $30,000 in missing Credit Card Charges charges, they were found in a shoebox on a shelf in the Finance Department. Yes , you read that right, the City of Hartford maintains its Financial documents in a shoebox on a shelf according to Saundra Kee-Borges.

The report is posted below , but a couple key points. Over ten thousand dollars was apparently paid to one City employee by mistake. According to the report that money has not yet been recovered. The overpaid employee is not named in the report, but that would be interesting to find out who they are and if they are still employed by the City. According to the report, there have been numerous over payments on payroll, but apparently only one of the employees, a Hartford Police Officer, brought the overpayment to his supervisors attention

The most troubling finding that appears in the report is that apparently the City has not filed or forwarded to the State and Federal government the income tax and payroll deductions taken out of City employees checks for the last year and a half. Where has the money gone? And what will that eventually cost the City, hence us the taxpayers, in penalties and interest? It can't be cheap.

An interesting side note, I was told by one source this morning familiar with the federal filing requirements that the individuals required to handle the filings could be held responsible for the penalties and interest. Get out your checkbook Mr. Molleda, this could be interesting.

With the size of the payroll of the City of Hartford, for a year and a half worth of deductions, I would think it will be substantial. And where does that liability come from since we have already closed out the last fiscal year.

The parts about tax forms being mailed  to City retirees that are deceased is just another indication of the incompetence. But I am not sure Segarra minds being the stuff that good jokes are made of. His administration becomes more  and more of a joke everyday and he is the only one that can step up and change that.

So much for the makeover I guess.