A Middletown woman was arrested and charged in a September hit-and-run that seriously injured a 70-year-old man.
According to Newington police, officers were dispatched to the 100 block of Hartford Avenue on Sept. 28 at about 7:19 p.m. for a report of a pedestrian hit by a motor vehicle. Arriving officers found that the vehicle had fled the scene and recovered a side mirror from a Toyota Camry. The man was said to be seriously injured and was transported to a local hospital.
Police reportedly canvassed the neighborhood and studied surveillance footage, determining that the suspect vehicle was gray with a black top. FLOCK cameras (license plate readers) and PTZ cameras in the area of the crash showed the suspect vehicle and the FLOCK system identified it as belonging to Shelly Sifuentes, 44, of Middletown.
Investigators reportedly saw a vehicle matching the suspect vehicle description at Sifuentes’ workplace that had damage consistent to with striking a pedestrian and missing a side mirror, police said.
The Detective Division interviewed Sifuentes and applied for an arrest warrant. She was arrested on a warrant Dec. 23 and charged with second-degree assault, evading responsibility of a motor vehicle crash with serious physical injury, failure to drive in the proper lane. She was detained on a $50,000 bond and scheduled to appear in court the same day.
