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Arrest in Waterbury homicide

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Jonathan Poventud
Waterbury Police Dept

(Waterbury, Conn./WTIC) - Police have made in arrest in a homicide from last summer in Waterbury.

They say 32-year-old Jonathan Poventud was located in Florida and extradited back to the Brass City.


Poventud had been wanted in the August 22, 2020 shooting death of 46-year-old Marcus Darby of Waterbury.

It was just after midnight officers were called to 12 Violet Street on a report that someone had been shot.

Darby was found unresponsive with a gunshot wound to the chest and later died at St. Mary's Hospital.

Poventud now faces a number of charges including murder, reckless endangerment, illegal discharge of a firearam and criminal use of a weapon, among others.

He also had an outstanding warrant for a probation violation.

Poventud's bond was set at $2.5 million.