A disturbed Queens man accused of attempting to drown his twin toddlers at a Connecticut seashore over the weekend was ordered held on $2 million bail at his first court docket look Monday.
Romney Desronvil, 41, is charged with tried homicide following the harrowing Saturday morning incident that noticed hero West Haven cops save the frightened 3-year-olds from a watery grave.
West Haven Mayor Dorinda Borer referred to as the incident “unthinkable” on Sunday.
“I went with one of many officers to see their mother this morning on the hospital,” Dorer stated on Fb.
“She had rushed from NY in the course of the evening to be along with her kids and has been on the hospital across the clock so I wished to let her know that though they’re removed from residence they’ve a whole neighborhood right here that cares for them and we’ll present no matter she wants; a resort, meals, clothes, or a giant hug,” Dorer stated within the publish.
In a separate Fb publish Monday police stated each children are doing properly.
“The West Haven Police Division was knowledgeable that each kids have made vital enchancment and are not intubated,” the publish stated. “They’re nonetheless underneath care of medical employees however are progressing each day! Please proceed to maintain them in your ideas and prayers.”
Police stated certainly one of their officers was on patrol close to Ocean and Dawson avenues round 2:30 a.m. Saturday when he noticed a Nissan SUV parked on the seashore and heard “vital screaming.”
The cop allegedly noticed Desronvil within the water holding the 2 kids.
The distraught father, who informed police he was in a tumultuous relationship with the kids’s mom, yelled for cops to remain again and waded deeper into the surf, cops stated.
The cop, satisfied the daddy was “intentionally drowning his kids,” referred to as for backup and went after the kids, who had been pulled away from Desronvil and onto the shore.
Each had been taken to Yale New Haven Youngsters’s Hospital, the place they’re in crucial situation.
Three West Haven officers concerned within the rescue suffered minor accidents, officers stated.
In data launched Monday, Desronvil allegedly admitted to police that he took the kids to the seashore amid a troubled relationship with their mother, and claimed he discovered she had “witchcraft materials.”
His lawyer declined to remark after the court docket proceedings.
With Publish wires
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