STATE OF CONNECTICUT Department of Public Safety 1111 Country Club Road Middletown, Connecticut 06457	Contact:  860-685-8230 pio.dps@po.state.ct.us
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

                          STATE POLICE INVESTIGATE HOME INVASION IN KENT

   On 04/16/07, Connecticut State Police Troop L responded to an emergency call reporting that a home invasion had taken place at a private residence located at 35 Peet Hill Road in Kent, Ct. 

   Responding State Troopers determined that three armed suspects had accosted the victims inside the residence in an attempt to rob the victims.  State Troopers obtained pertinent detailed information regarding the robbery incident. It was also learned that when the suspects left the residence the incident was reported.

   The victims were transported to New Milford Hospital Emergency Room where they were treated and released.

   The residence was secured as crime scene by the State Police Western District Major Crime Squad Detectives who responded to the scene to conduct a criminal investigation into this incident.

   The victims in this incident have been identified as Ann H. Bass,  DOB: 10/19/41, and Julian Leftbridge, DOB: 8/31/47. 

   State Police were seeking the public’s help in locating a 2006 Jeep Cherokee color black bearing Connecticut Registration 332 ULN that was taken by the suspects from the residence. That vehicle was located unoccupied by police officals in New York on 04/22/2007. Connectciut State Police Detectives went to New York and seized that vehicle. The Major Crime Detectives brought the vehicle back to Connecticut where efforts to retrieve physical and forensicc evidence are on going.  

This case remains under investigation by the State Police major Crime unit.  Anyone who was in the Peet Hill Road area and observed any suspicious persons or vehicle(s) is asked to contact the State Police at (860) 567-6800 all calls will be kept confidential.

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