Second Man Arrested in Armed Car Robbery in Shelton Sports Center Parking Lot

A 22-year-old Stratford man already in prison is facing new charges after his part in an armed robbery inside a friend's car in Shelton, police said.

Cyril Kelsaw, 22, of Stratford was already incarcerated on separate charges when police arrested him on multiple charges including robbery, a gun violation and strangulation charges. The arrest follows a lengthy investigation into a Nov. 11, 2014 robbery incident in a car in the Sports Center of Connecticut parking lot at 784 River Road in Stratford, police said.

A man, 20, and woman, 21, said they arranged to meet a friend there and were waiting for him in a car in the parking lot. The friend, identified as Kelsaw, got into the back seat of the car and grabbed the man's head from behind and demanded at gunpoint that the pair give him their belongings, police said.

A second person identified as Dontay Walker, of Stratford, approached the car and stole the woman's purse and phone, police said.

Both men tried to open the driver's door and he slammed it shut before driving away, police said.

Police determined the gun Kelsaw used in the robbery was a pellet gun.

Police charged Kelsaw with first-degree robbery, first-degree threatening, carrying a facsimile firearm and sixth-degree larceny.

Walker was arrested back in December in the case.

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