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HAROLD COOK, Kidnapping and Murder, Connecticut 2017
HAROLD COOK, 40, also known as “Oink,” was charged with kidnapping and murder in the 2009 death of Charles Teasley in Hartford, Connecticut.
HAROLD COOK, along with four other men, was indicted by a federal grand jury in Hartford on March 30, 2017, and charged with one count of kidnapping resulting in death, one count of using a firearm during a kidnapping and causing a death, and one count of using a firearm during a robbery and causing a death.
If convicted, HAROLD COOK faces a maximum term of imprisonment of life, or death if the government seeks the death penalty in this matter.
The indictment alleges that HAROLD COOK, along with his co-defendants, committed an armed robbery of a person they believed to be a drug dealer in the greater Hartford area. However, the robbery attempt was aborted, and the group planned to kidnap and rob Charles Teasley, who they knew was scheduled to make a sale of cocaine.
The indictment further alleges that HAROLD COOK, along with his co-defendants, kidnapped Teasley by using zip-ties to bind his hands and forcing him back into his own vehicle. They then drove Teasley to a residential section of Hartford and murdered him.
Cook, along with his co-defendants, Terrell Hunter, Gerund Mickens, Douglas Lee, and Jesus Ashanti, were arrested on April 4, 2017, and appeared before U.S. Magistrate Judge Robert A. Richardson in Hartford. They were ordered detained.
Charles Teasley, 35, was found deceased in the back seat of a grey 1999 Acura TL parked on Colebrook Street in Hartford on January 12, 2009. He had suffered multiple gunshot wounds to his head and face, and his hands were zip-tied behind his back.
HAROLD COOK, 40, faces a maximum term of imprisonment of life, or death if the government seeks the death penalty in this matter.
Key Facts
- State: Connecticut
- Category: Violent Crime
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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