Crime & Safety
North Branford K-9 Team Tracks Down Two Suspects
Officer Mauro Piroli and his K-9 partner Chase assisted in arrests this week in North Branford and East Haven.
The newly reactivated K-9 Unit is credited with tracking down arrest suspects in North Branford and East Haven this week.
The K-9 team, , were called to a home on Wilford Road on Friday, April 6, where a resident had allegedly threatened family members with a hammer before running off into some nearby woods.
Chase tracked the suspects scent to his hiding place where officers took him into custody.
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Joseph Dynderski, 32, was charged with disorderly conduct and interfering with a police officer. He is scheduled to appear in court on April 9.
The North Branford K-9 team also assisted East Haven police on April 4 with the arrest of a motor vehicle operator suspected of crashing his vehicle and leaving it abandoned on Main Street. East Haven officers found a heavily damaged vehicle with no one arround.
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Piroli and Chase tracked the suspect from the vehicle past several commercial establishments until the trail ended at the door of a residence, where police apprehended the suspect.
Additional information about the suspect in East Haven was not available.