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Man arranges date in New Haven with woman he met online; gets carjacked instead

NEW HAVEN — A date that one man made with someone he met online ended a lot worse than he ever could have imagined. A victim called 911 to report a robber...
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NEW HAVEN — A date that one man made with someone he met online ended a lot worse than he ever could have imagined.

A victim called 911 to report a robbery at 7:15 a.m. on Saturday, but police couldn’t find the victim. However, witnesses in the area were able to tell police what happened, and even had surveillance footage from a nearby camera to back the story up.

It turns out, the victim met a woman online, and arranged to meet her in an alley next to a building on the 300 block of Winthrop Avenue in New Haven. However, when he arrived, he found a man armed with a gun.

Surveillance footage shows the armed man push the victim against a building, the gun flying out of his hand. That’s when the victim tried to escape, running to his car, but the suspect quickly retrieved his gun, caught up and stole the car.

Police issued a notice to all area police to look for a 2000 black Honda Civic with a missing door handle, missing rear spoiler and a doughnut tire on the passenger side.

Man arranges date in New Haven with woman he met online; gets carjacked instead

At 1:53 p.m. an officer spotted the stolen car on East Street, near Humphrey Street, filled with people. With the assistance of other officers, they were able to stop the car utilizing stop sticks. The car crashed on Sherman Avenue, but the occupants jumped out and ran.

Police were able to capture two of the car’s occupants.

Fred Adams, 21, of New Haven, and Shayvon Avery Bethea-Frazier, 19, of New Haven, were arrested. Adams is charged with possession of more than four ounces of a controlled substance. Bethea-Frazier was charged with possession of marijuana.

No one has been charged with the armed carjacking yet, and police are looking for the other occupants of the car.

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