Police on Monday arrested a 47-year-old Indianapolis man by warrant and charged him with two counts of criminal violation of a restraining order, a felony offense.
A victim on Oct. 15 filed a complaint regarding the violation at New Canaan Police Department headquarters, according to a police report.
Following an investigation, police obtained a warrant for the man’s arrest, the report said.
He was taken into custody and arrested at 10 a.m. on Dec. 12.
According to Connecticut Judicial Branch records, the arrested man had been charged with violation of a protective order in June by Norwalk Police and charged with counts of second-degree harassment in October by New Canaan Police. He also had pleaded guilty to motor vehicle-related charges brought by Norwalk Police in 2017, the records show.
It’s unclear what the protective order involves, whether the man is related to the person who obtained the order or in what manner he violated it. Police withheld details, saying it’s a domestic matter.
Under state law, a person is guilty of criminal violation of a restraining order if he or she “does not stay away from a person or place in violation of the order,” “contacts a person in violation of the order,” “imposes any restraint upon the person or liberty of a person in violation of the order,” or “threatens, harasses, assaults, molests, sexually assaults or attacks a person in violation of the order.”
The man was held on $25,000 bond and scheduled to appear the same day in state Superior Court.
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