Police last Wednesday arrested a 41-year-old New Canaan man following a domestic dispute.
At about 5:22 p.m. on Sept. 30, officers were dispatched to a Putnam Road home on a report of a domestic dispute between the man and another occupant of the residence, according to police.
Following an investigation, he was charged with second-degree breach of peace, according to a police report.
It isn’t clear whether the argument turned physical or what kind of language he used that led police to bring the misdemeanor charge. Police withheld information, saying it was a domestic matter.
Under state law, a person is guilty of second-degree breach of peace “when, with intent to cause inconvenience, annoyance or alarm, or recklessly creating a risk thereof,” he or she “engages in fighting or in violent, tumultuous or threatening behavior in a public place,” “assaults or strikes another” “threatens to commit any crime against another person or such other person’s property, “publicly exhibits, distributes, posts up or advertises any offensive, indecent or abusive matter concerning any person,” “in a public place, uses abusive or obscene language or makes an obscene gesture” or “creates a public and hazardous or physically offensive condition by any act which such person is not licensed or privileged to do.”
Police released the man after he promised to appear Thursday in state Superior Court.