De'Quan Muhammad was charged with making a false statement, first-degree hindering prosecution and interfering with an officer, police said. (HANDOUT / November 4, 2009)
University of Connecticut police have arrested a man they say lied to police -- twice -- when he told them he didn't know about the stabbings that killed football player Jasper Howard last month.
Police learned that De'Quan Muhammad, 18, of Hartford, had "knowledge of the events that occurred during the altercation and stabbing and ... told more than one person that he had witnessed the altercation," police stated in an arrest report obtained Wednesday.
Muhammad, who is not a UConn student, was charged with making a false statement, first-degree hindering prosecution and interfering with an officer, police said.
Muhammad was arrested at 12:30 p.m. Monday and appeared in court Tuesday. His next court date is scheduled for Friday, a court clerk said Wednesday. He remains in custody with bail set at $200,000, according to the state Department of Correction.
Muhammad is the sixth person arrested in connection with events of the night of the fatal stabbing and in the weeks that followed.
John W. Lomax III, 21, of Bloomfield, was charged with murder and conspiracy to commit first-degree assault in Howard's death last week.
Police also charged Hakim Muhammad, 20, of Bloomfield, with conspiracy to commit first-degree assault.
Jamal Todd, 21, of Hartford, was charged with falsely reporting an incident and reckless endangerment. Todd is accused of pulling the fire alarm that ended the dance early on Oct. 18, spilling 300 people outside the Student Union where Howard and a teammate, Brian Parker, were stabbed. Todd's lawyer has said the fire alarm incident has nothing to do with the altercation and stabbings.
The first person arrested in the case was Johnny Fitzgerald Hood, 21, of Hartford, who police said gave police the wrong name at the scene. Hood was charged with interfering with an officer and breach of peace.
Also arrested was Christopher J. Mutchler, 18, of Wethersfield, who police said posted threats on the Internet against anyone who talked to investigators about the stabbings. He was charged with first-degree hindering prosecution, interfering, breach of peace, threatening and committing an act of terrorism, police said.
Police have not charged anyone in Parker's assault.
Police learned that De'Quan Muhammad, 18, of Hartford, had "knowledge of the events that occurred during the altercation and stabbing and ... told more than one person that he had witnessed the altercation," police stated in an arrest report obtained Wednesday.
Muhammad, who is not a UConn student, was charged with making a false statement, first-degree hindering prosecution and interfering with an officer, police said.
Muhammad was arrested at 12:30 p.m. Monday and appeared in court Tuesday. His next court date is scheduled for Friday, a court clerk said Wednesday. He remains in custody with bail set at $200,000, according to the state Department of Correction.
Muhammad is the sixth person arrested in connection with events of the night of the fatal stabbing and in the weeks that followed.
John W. Lomax III, 21, of Bloomfield, was charged with murder and conspiracy to commit first-degree assault in Howard's death last week.
Police also charged Hakim Muhammad, 20, of Bloomfield, with conspiracy to commit first-degree assault.
Jamal Todd, 21, of Hartford, was charged with falsely reporting an incident and reckless endangerment. Todd is accused of pulling the fire alarm that ended the dance early on Oct. 18, spilling 300 people outside the Student Union where Howard and a teammate, Brian Parker, were stabbed. Todd's lawyer has said the fire alarm incident has nothing to do with the altercation and stabbings.
The first person arrested in the case was Johnny Fitzgerald Hood, 21, of Hartford, who police said gave police the wrong name at the scene. Hood was charged with interfering with an officer and breach of peace.
Also arrested was Christopher J. Mutchler, 18, of Wethersfield, who police said posted threats on the Internet against anyone who talked to investigators about the stabbings. He was charged with first-degree hindering prosecution, interfering, breach of peace, threatening and committing an act of terrorism, police said.
Police have not charged anyone in Parker's assault.
