Hamden Man Nabbed on Outstanding Warrants

A Hamden man is in hot water over an incident that happened a year and a half ago.

It was Dec. 12, 2011 that Vernon Thigpen was first arrested for assaulting his nine month-pregnant girlfriend, Hamden Police spokesman Capt. Ronald Smith said.

The girlfriend suffered facial injuries, Smith said, and a little more than a week after the incident Thigpen was charged with third-degree assault on a pregnant person and disorderly conduct.

On Wednesday,  a member of the Hamden Police Department Street Interdiction Team spotted Thigpen in the area of Dixwell Avenue and Goodrich Street, Smith said. It was known to officers that Thigpen was wanted on three outstanding arrest warrants, Smith said, one for his failure to appear in court concerning the assault of his then pregnant girlfriend. 

On Wednesday Thigpen, 23, of 15 Murray Street, Hamden, was charged with second-degree failure to appear in court, violation of a protective order and violation of probation. 

Thigpen was held in lieu of $105,000 bond and was arraigned Thursday in Meriden Superior Court.