Crime Stopper's Suspect Arrested in Herkimer After Utica Tip

A Mohawk Valley Crime Stoppers Wanted Person of the Week, featured in August, is now in police custody.

The Utica Police Department says an investigator with the UPD's Warrants Unit received information that 21-year-old Dayquan Linen was in the Herkimer area.

Officers with the Herkimer Police Department were found Linen and, after a foot pursuit, were able to take Linen into custody on Thursday, September 8, 2022.

Linen was wanted on the following charges:

Burglary in the Third Degree
Assault in the Second Degree

The UPD says that he was also "the main suspect in a burglary of three long guns and other property that occurred on September 2nd, 2022."

Anyone with information that may be helpful to the investigation is asked to call police. Anonymous calls, e-mail, and messages may also be left with Mohawk Valley Crime Stoppers by calling: 1-866-730-8477 (TIPS), by visiting www.mohawkvalleycrimestoppers.com, or by using the P3 Tips mobile app. All information received by Mohawk Valley Crime Stoppers is 100% confidential.

[AUTHOR'S NOTE: This post is for informational purposes and is based largely on information received from the Utica Police Department. Regardless of any statements or photographs regarding potential evidence presented or accusations alleged, the reader is reminded that all suspects and arrested persons are innocent unless proven guilty in a court of law. At the time of this posting no additional information is available.]

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