Fugitive from Florida Captured

A Florida fugitive was captured and a Hartford man who said he was collecting cans and bottles to start a hedge fund was also arrested after responded to a complaint Saturday on Fenwood Avenue.

Charles A. Cravish, 28, a Stuart, Fla., man who was living at 560 Park St., Hartford, was wanted in Martin County, Fla., for resisting arrest with violence, police said. Cravish, who initially told officers he was Charles Smith, was held on a $250,000 bond.

Cravish also had a hypodermic needle in a pocket, police said. He was charged with possession of drug paraphernalia and soliciting without a town permit.

Brent A. Goggins, 32, also was charged with soliciting without a permit, police said. He was released on a $100 bond posted by his girlfriend, a Southbury woman. Her Toyota Camry was being used by Goggins and Cravish and the car was towed, police said.

In 2007, Goggins pleaded guilty in Meriden Superior Court to resisting arrest for an incident in 2005 in Wallingford, according to records.

Cravish and Goggins were going door-to-door on Fenwood Avenue on Saturday morning and later on Carol Road and Exeter Avenue. When neighbors became suspicious, police were called at around noon. The Toyota was spotted by police a half-hour later parked on nearby Exeter Avenue at the corner of Trout Brook Drive.

Goggins said “they were going door-to-door collecting cans because he was using them to get money to start a hedge fund,” police said. He is scheduled to appear Wednesday in Hartford Community Court.

Cravish is awaiting extradition to Florida by the Martin County Sheriffs Office.