By Michael Dinan
New Canaan police on Jan. 29 arrested a 42-year-old Park Street man by warrant and charged him with first-degree reckless endangerment—a felony offense—second-degree threatening and two counts of interfering with a 911 call.
He is accused of becoming angry at a girlfriend and brandishing a knife, according to police. Authorities learned of the accusations on Jan. 12, more than one month after they are meant to have taken place, according to New Canaan police Sgt. Carol Ogrinc.
Encouraged to report the incident to police by a friend who had seen reference to it in a status update on the victim’s Facebook page, the girlfriend also told police that the arrested man had thrown her phone to the ground twice when she attempted to dial 911, Ogrinc said.
The arrested man was released on $5,000 bond and scheduled to appear Jan. 30 in state Superior Court in Norwalk.
The same man had been arrested by warrant on or about Jan. 13, Ogrinc said, in connection with a separate domestic incident involving the same victim. When police went to serve the warrant for those charges, which included disorderly conduct, the man resisted being handcuffed and ultimately was stunned by police with a Taser, Ogrinc said. The incident raised his bond an additional $10,000, to $15,000, she said, and he was scheduled to appear on charges connected with the separate incident during the same Jan. 30 arraignment, Ogrinc said.
The New Canaan Domestic Violence Partnership has operated in New Canaan for more than 10 years. It’s part of the Domestic Violence Crisis Center which, its website says, is “dedicated to the task of helping you and your children find ways to live your lives in peace, without the threat of violence, intimidation or abuse.” The DVCC can be reached 24 hours per day at 888-774-2900.
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