MIDDLETOWN:

– Sixteen-year-old Jayred Bowerman was struck and then pinned beneath a Dodge Caravan while walking near Ward St. and Main St. last Friday. Firefighters lifted the vehicle and performed emergency care shortly after 5 p.m. before taking Bowerman to the Hartford Hospital where he remains in stable condition. (The Middletown Press)

-Quick, protect your Wii! Nintendo owners beware, drug addicts desperate for a fix will find you. According to Middletown police, Justin Kelly 31, faced court charges on Wednesday for breaking and entering a home in the middle of the night on Aug. 16. Kelly went straight for the jackpot and stole the most valuable of all valuables – the Wii, valued at $280, as well as five games valued at $250 and a GPS system worth $170. In addition, $100 in cash was reported as missing from the victim’s car. After pawning the GPS and Nintendo Wii, Kelly and his accomplice drove to Hartford where they purchased 14 packets of heroin. At Kelly’s court hearing his bond was set at $15,000, with an order to reappear in court on Dec. 12. (The Middletown Press)

– Spit does not, and will never, make a good appetizer, as the owner of Luce Restaurant on Main St. hopefully learned. Senad Bajraktarvic was arrested Tuesday for assault and unlawful restraint. According to police, Bajraktarvic began arguing with a woman after she had accidentally parked in his restaurant’s lot. After yelling at the woman to move her car, Bajraktarvic spat in her face and called her “trash,” police said. He then blocked her path and would not allow her to get back into her vehicle. When she finally managed to return to her car, he began slamming the door into her left side and leg and spat on her car as she drove away. Bajraktarvic admitted that he yelled at the woman and insulted her, but denied all other accusations. (The Middletown Press)

HARTFORD:

– Vice President Joseph Biden will come to Hartford on Dec. 11 for a lunchtime fundraiser for Connecticut Senator Christopher Dodd. Biden visited the state in early October, appearing with Dodd at an event in Fairfield, which highlighted the President’s economic stimulus spending plan. Tickets to the December campaign fundraiser at the Connecticut Science Center are $500 per person (and in case you were wondering, no, none of the proceeds are going to charity). (CT News Junkie)

-There is a reason why prescription bottles advise users not to operate heavy machinery let alone mix medicines after taking the pills. Personnel at a charter school sighted Joanne Rich and Brian Kowakcyk driving the wrong way on a one-way street. They were arrested upon awaking in the car, incoherent from a narcotic induced nap on the side of road. The pair face charges for reckless driving and possession of prescription drugs in improper containers, including those for heartburn, arthritis, and bladder control. (Hartford Advocate)

NEW HAVEN:

-On Wednesday, police released the 911 tapes of the emergency call made when Howard Stewart allegedly set fire to his girlfriend, Lee, and tried to do the same to her 12-year-old daughter, who the night before told her mother that Stewart was abusing her. The 12-year-old was able to save her infant sister and emerge unscathed from the burning apartment, despite having accelerant poured over her head. Stewart fled the scene but was apprehended by police several blocks away. Stewart had wooden matches in his pocket, possibly the same ones he used earlier. Lee remains at the Bridgeport Hospital in critical condition, with third degree burns covering over 40 percent of her body. Stewart has yet to enter a plea, but says he is sorry and that “things just went too far.” (The New Haven Register)