Crime & Safety
Hartford Man Gets 25 Years for Enfield Burglary, Ellington Home Invasion
Raul Diaz was charged in a crime spree which began with a burglary in Enfield.
Written by Erin Quinlan; posted by Tim Jensen
A Hartford man has pleaded guilty and received 25 years in prison for an incident where he beat up a 77-year-old Ellington man in the course of a multi-town crime spree in October 2011, according to the Hartford Courant.
The bizarre case involving Raul Diaz began as a burglary in Enfield, continued as a hit-and-run in Somers, escalated into an assault on Wilhelm Frederick in Ellington, and ended with a crash in an Ellington front yard.
At the time, Diaz, then 40, of 185 Hungerford St. in Hartford, was charged with home invasion, second-degree assault of an elderly person, second-degree assault, first-degree robbery, first-degree burglary, third-degree criminal mischief, and third-degree larceny. Bond was $1 million cash.
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