The home invasion happened on Spring Street on the night of Nov. 5, 2017. Police said the person who called 911 said two men were trying to enter a first-floor apartment through a window.
Officers responded and spotted two cars leaving the area. When the officer tried to stop one of the vehicles, the driver took off and crashed into a utility box at the intersection of West Main and West Streets. The occupants ran off, but police were able to capture the driver who told authorities the resident of the Spring Street address sold him and several others a “lemon” of a car on social media, so they’d gone to the home to get their money back.
On Monday, police arrested 23-year-old Abner Orlando Ortiz, reportedly of New Britain.
He has been shot in the shoulder in Hartford Monday night and officers took him into custody when he was released from the hospital.
Ortiz was the last suspect police were looking for.
He was charged with conspiracy to commit home invasion, conspiracy to commit robbery second degree, conspiracy to commit larceny in the fifth degree, attempt to commit home invasion, attempt to commit robbery second degree and attempt to commit larceny in the fifth degree.
