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Update: Toddler's Father Faces Weapons Charges, Family Pleads For Vanessa's Safe Return | Valley Independent Sentinel
As part of the Myrtle Avenue homicide investigation, Ansonia police served a search and seizure warrant at a New Haven residence Tuesday (Dec. 3), where Vanessa’s father lived.
During the search, Ansonia police discovered “two electronic defense weapons,” according to the arrest document.
The Valley Indy and The New Haven Independent are withholding the man’s name, though it is publicly-available, at this point since he has not been named as a suspect in the child’s disappearance or the homicide that happened inside 6 1/2 Myrtle Ave. in Ansonia.
The stun guns were found in a basement bedroom. One was found inside a black box inside a closet. The other was found in a canvas bag within a gym bag on the floor.
Ansonia police contacted New Haven police, who lodged two weapons possession charges against the individual.
“Due to the homicide investigation taking place, the Ansonia Police Department also secured a search and seizure warrant,” for the father, the document states. It does not elaborate, but says in order to carry out that warrant, Vanessa’s father had to be transported to the Ansonia Police Department.
He appeared in court Wednesday and is being held on a $250,000 bond pending a Dec. 18 court date.
A handwritten note in the court file notes bond can be posted only at court with a judge’s permission. He’s being held in the New Haven Correctional Center.\
On Thursday evening Lt. Patrick Lynch confirmed the father’s arrest, and noted that he had been cooperative with police.
As part of the Myrtle Avenue homicide investigation, Ansonia police served a search and seizure warrant at a New Haven residence Tuesday (Dec. 3), where Vanessa’s father lived.
During the search, Ansonia police discovered “two electronic defense weapons,” according to the arrest document.
The Valley Indy and The New Haven Independent are withholding the man’s name, though it is publicly-available, at this point since he has not been named as a suspect in the child’s disappearance or the homicide that happened inside 6 1/2 Myrtle Ave. in Ansonia.
The stun guns were found in a basement bedroom. One was found inside a black box inside a closet. The other was found in a canvas bag within a gym bag on the floor.
Ansonia police contacted New Haven police, who lodged two weapons possession charges against the individual.
“Due to the homicide investigation taking place, the Ansonia Police Department also secured a search and seizure warrant,” for the father, the document states. It does not elaborate, but says in order to carry out that warrant, Vanessa’s father had to be transported to the Ansonia Police Department.
He appeared in court Wednesday and is being held on a $250,000 bond pending a Dec. 18 court date.
A handwritten note in the court file notes bond can be posted only at court with a judge’s permission. He’s being held in the New Haven Correctional Center.\
On Thursday evening Lt. Patrick Lynch confirmed the father’s arrest, and noted that he had been cooperative with police.
