Robber Allegedly Threatened to Kill His Victim

Police arrested three suspects after an 18-year-old Trumbull resident told officers a man tried to rob him outside the convenience store at the Village Square Mobil gas station on Monroe Turnpike, threatening to kill him with a black handled knife at around 12:42 p.m. on Thursday, according to police.

The victim shoved the robber and managed to get away from him, police said, adding he called 911 after the suspect got into a car driven by another man with a female passenger in the back seat and headed toward Shelton.

The investigating officer got a description of the vehicle and occupants from the victim and radioed all units, police said. Based on the descriptions of the vehicle and occupants, Shelton police officers located the vehicle parked on Theodore Road, according to the report.

The car was in front of the residence of Nicholas Debenedetto, 20, later identified by the victim as the man who threatened and tried to rob him, police said. 

Shelton police also arrested the driver, Nicholas Buchanan, 18, of Windsor Road in Shelton, and the passenger, Allison Holsworth, 18, of Cheshire Road in Prospect.

While they were being processed at the Monroe Police Department, officers recovered a black handled spring-loaded knife from Debenedetto, as well as multiple baggies of suspect marijuana and a bottle of pills, according to police.

Debenedetto was charged with conspiracy to commit first-degree robbery; carrying a dangerous weapon; breach of peace; illegal manufacture, distribution, sale, prescription, dispensing of any controlled substance; illegal possession of a controlled substance near a school; possession of narcotics; possession of a controlled substance or less than 4 ounces of marijuana; and failure to keep a drug in its original container.

He was held on $10,000 bond and taken to court on June 14.

Buchanan was charged with conspiracy to commit first-degree robbery and released on $1,000 bond for a June 21 court date.

Holsworth was also charged with conspiracy to commit first-degree robbery and released on $500 bond for a June 21 court date.