I read about this when it happened last month, and thought "drug dealer fight"; now that the cops have released the perps' names, and further details, it still looks that way to me.
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6 Florida Men Charged with Conspiracy, Carjacking Offenses in Connecticut
Following a violent carjacking and kidnapping in Danbury that many people in Connecticut were following, six Florida residents have been charged by federal criminal complaint with multiple offenses:
ANGEL BORRERO, aka “Chi Chi,” 23, of Miami, Florida
JOSUE ALBERTO ROMERO, aka “Sway,” 26, of Miami, Florida
REYNALDO DIAZ, aka “Rey,” 20, of Belle Clade, Florida
ANTHONY PENA, aka “Tony,” 23, of Miami Gardens, Florida
MICHAEL RIVAS, 18, of Miami, Florida
RICARDO ESTRADA, aka “Ricky,” 21, of Miami, Florida
The six defendants have detained since they were arrested on related state charges on August 25, 2024.
As alleged in court documents and statements made in court, in the late afternoon of August 25, 2024, Danbury Police received multiple 911 calls from witnesses who observed several males assaulting another male and forcing him into a white work van. Responding officers encountered the van on Clapboard Ridge Road, near the intersection of East Gate Road, and attempted to stop it.
The van accelerated at a high-rate of speed and crashed approximately one mile away on Cowperthwaite Street.
Four men dressed in black, later identified as Borrero, Romero, Pena, and Diaz, exited the van and fled on foot. Officers arrived at the location of the disabled van and located a male and female victim, both bound with duct tape, in the back of the van.
The male victim had significant injuries to his face and arm. Both victims were transported to the hospital for further evaluation. The victims reported that the Lamborghini Urus they were operating was rear-ended by a Honda Civic on Damia Drive in Danbury, and a white work van cut in front of their vehicle. The victims were then forcibly removed from their vehicle, dragged into the van, and bound with duct tape. When the male victim began to resist, he was punched in the face and hit with a baseball bat. The victims were repeatedly told that they would be killed.
Borrero, Romero, Pena, and Diaz were apprehended in various locations within a quarter-mile radius from where the van crashed. Rivas and Estrada, and the Honda Civic, were located at a short-term rental home in Roxbury.
The victims’ Lamborghini was found abandoned in the woods off the roadway on East King Street. It is alleged that Borrero organized, paid for, and booked flights for the six defendants to travel from Florida to commit this criminal activity.
You don’t need to import six hitmen from Florida and stash them “in a short-term rental” just to carjack a Lamborghini — plenty of “yuts” in Waterbury or the Bronx would do it just for the fun of it all.
