New Haven Police Arrest 19-Year-Old On Gun Charge: PD

NEW HAVEN, CT —A 19-year-old New Haven person was charged with gun possession, police said.

According to a news release from New Haven Police Department spokesperson officer Scott Shumway, on Tuesaday night just before 9 p.m., members of the New Haven Police Narcotics Enforcement Unit and Shooting Task Force, who were assigned to a crime suppression beat, saw a tan Chevrolet Cobalt on Blake Street, between Fitch Street and Jewell Street, with a bullet hole in the side of it. The car was "driving erratically and came to a stop in the grass," Shumway said. The driver, Shar’ron Harrington, took off on foot but was caught "a short time later," Shumway said.

Shumway said K9 Officer Prusinski and his partner K9 Bruce arrived on-scene and conducted a track along Harrington’s path of travel, where they located a semi-automatic handgun.

Harrington arrested and charged with the following:

• Carrying a Pistol without a Permit
• Weapon in a Motor Vehicle
• Operating a Motor Vehicle without a License
• Misuse of Marker
• Interfering with an Officer

Harrington was held on $175,000 bond and was transported to an arraignment hearing in Superior Court at 121 Elm Street.

The New Haven Police Department would like to thank Lisa Deane and Demand Zero for their support and the donation of K9 Bruce.