Middletown Woman Charged Tuesday In Newington Hit-And-Run: Police

NEWINGTON/MIDDLETOWN, CT — A 44-year-old Middletown woman was charged by Newington police in connection with a Sept. 28 hit-and-run incident that badly injured an elderly male.

According to the Newington Police Department Tuesday, Dec. 23, the suspect has been identified as Shelly Sifuentes, 44, of Middletown.

Police said she was charged Tuesday, Dec. 23, with second-degree assault, evading responsibility for injury/property damage, and failure to drive in the proper lane.

Sifuenteswas being held on a $50,000 bond and was slated to appear in New Britain Superior Court on Tuesday, Dec. 23.

Newington police said at about 7:19 p.m. on Sept. 28, officers were sent to the 100 block of Hartford Avenue for a reported motor vehicle versus pedestrian crash.

When police arrived, they determined the suspect's vehicle had fled the scene.

Police said a 70-year-old male pedestrian was located on the scene suffering from serious injuries and taken to the hospital.

According to the NPD, a neighborhood canvass ensued with surveillance footage obtained, showing the suspect vehicle was gray with a black top.

Police found a side mirror at the scene, determining it belonged to a Toyota Camry, police said.

Those details, along with the NPD detectives' analysis of surveillance camera footage in that area, allowed officers to pin down the suspect's vehicle.

"A search through the FLOCK system led to the identification of the suspect vehicle," police said in a release.

Detectives located the vehicle at the suspect's job, the car exhibiting damage consistent with the incident, police said.

Police identified the registered owner as Sifuentes and, following an interview with the suspect, they applied for an arrest warrant.

That warrant was served on Tuesday, Dec. 23, with Sifuentes being taken into custody.