Ryan Levesque, 19, faces charges of first-degree threatening, second-degree breach of peace and criminal mischief. A 16-year-old faces breach of peace, criminal mischief, first-degree threatening and carrying a dangerous weapon. The younger suspect was taken into custody at home, according to CT Insider’s account of Southington police statements.
Police describe the recovered weapon
Police said they found a black facsimile handgun with a light and laser attachment. CT Insider reported that officers considered it consistent with the weapon described in the complaint. Both suspects were charged with first-degree threatening, according to the report.
The report began at a Queen Street store
Southington police responded to the 7-Eleven after a report of a threat involving a firearm. Witnesses told police that someone pointed a firearm with an active red laser at several people in a vehicle, CT Insider reported.
Police said their investigation identified a white Nissan Maxima as the car in which multiple suspects had left the area. Officers found the vehicle, identified Levesque as its driver and took him into custody. The arrests occurred Thursday, and police announced them the next day, according to CT Insider.
Other Connecticut cases involved replica firearms
In Middletown, state police arrested 25-year-old Dylan Alexander Sheldon of Hartford after a road-rage incident on I-91 North. The weapon he allegedly displayed was determined to be fake, and his charges included use of a facsimile firearm and first-degree threatening while displaying a firearm, WTNH reported.
The New Haven Register also reported that Bertrand was charged with illegal use of a facsimile firearm, second-degree threatening and second-degree breach of peace after an incident at a Niantic beach.
