A West Haven man told Ansonia detectives he committed four robberies last year to finance his heroin addiction, according to an arrest warrant.
The stick-up spree came to an end when the suspect’s brother saw a surveillance photo from one of the robberies on the Internet and drove him to the police station to confess.
The suspect, Everald Davis, has been behind bars for nearly a year after police charged him with one of the robberies.
He was charged with another stickup — the March 29, 2016 gunpoint heist of the Shell Station on Great Hill Road — on Monday (Feb. 27).
According to an arrest warrant written by Ansonia Police Detective Sgt. James Frolish, Davis initially confessed to robbing the XPress Mart on Wakelee Avenue but denied robbing the Shell station.
But after Frolish showed him surveillance photos from that stick-up and two others in West Haven, Davis “acknowledged committing the robbery,” the warrant says.
“He was asked why he started doing this and he stated that one day he was dope sick and was thinking out loud about doing it and his friend stated to go do it,” the warrant says.
The Shell station stick-up occurred about 1 a.m. March 29, 2016. The warrant says Davis admitted using a BB gun to rob the store of about $200.
He said his motive was simple: get money to buy drugs.
“Davis stated he needs help, he has been using drugs for about three months now and wants help to stop using drugs,” the warrant says. “He has never done anything like this before … Yesterday his brother saw his picture was on the Internet and stated ‘You’re robbing stores now, what is the matter with you?’”
The warrant says Davis’ brother then drove him to the Ansonia police station to confess.
Davis faces charges of first-degree robbery and second-degree larceny in the new case, in addition to pending robbery and larceny charges in three other robberies — the Ansonia XPress Mart and two other stores in West Haven.
He is scheduled to return to Superior Court in Derby March 14, at which point the case will likely be transferred to Superior Court in Milford, where the most serious crimes in the area are prosecuted.
