CT teen in custody following assault of elderly man during attempted carjacking

A 15-year-old is in custody after police allege that he was among a group of individuals who assaulted an elderly man during an attempted carjacking in Hamden on Thursday.

Officers were called to the area of Alltown Fresh, located at 1941 Dixwell Ave., shortly after 10 a.m. on a report of an active carjacking, according to Lt. Raymond Quinn of the Hamden Police Department.

Reports indicated three males allegedly threw an elderly man to the ground before one of them got into his vehicle and tried starting it...