Ice Cream Vendor Threatened with Castration
WEST HARTFORD -- A West Hartford man, frustrated by the jingle of an ice cream truck, was arrested Sunday night after threatening to castrate the truck driver with a pair of hedge clippers.
The incident capped what West Hartford police say was an unusually animated weekend in town - one that included a major drug arrest at a U.S. post office, a gun altercation involving teenagers, and a bar fight that sent one man to the hospital for 100 stitches to his face."It's been an active weekend," said Sgt. Jeff Rose of the West Hartford Police Department. Police arrested Matthew Flynn, 46, Sunday night and charged him with threatening and breach of peace for his alleged threat to a Melly's Ice Cream truck operator who was driving by Flynn's house on 50 Seminole Circle. Police say Flynn was trimming his hedges when the truck drove by at 6:30 p.m. Sunday.
Flynn became enraged at the truck and the jingle it was playing. He stood before the truck, yelling at the teenage driver. He demanded that the driver turn down the music and to refrain from driving down that street again since children don't live there.Then, according to police, Flynn threatened the driver with his clippers."He's making the chopping motion with the hedge trimmer," said Officer Nick Roman, who arrested Flynn. "He may have taken it a little farther than necessary."Flynn will appear in court on Tuesday morning.In an unrelated event earlier in the weekend, police arrested six teenagers after responding to reports of gunshots at 6 Longlane Road early Saturday morning.
The shots were fired during an altercation between William Lee, 19, of 54 Ferncliff Drive, and Myles Holoway, 17, of 130 Handel Road, East HartfordPolice arriving at the scene recovered two 9mm handguns and a .22-caliber pistol along with some drug paraphernalia.Lee was charged with third-degree reckless endangerment, unlawful use of a firearm and carrying a pistol without a permit. Holoway was charged with breach of peace.
On Friday night, police arrested Christopher Markese, 39, and charged him with slashing his friend, Erik Garofolo, in the face with a broken beer bottle. Markese, of 4 Court Park, was arrested and charged with first-degree assault and breach of peace. He is being held with bail set at $50,000, police said Sunday night.
The two were drinking at Duffy's, a Park Road tavern. Garofolo was taken to St. Francis Hospital and Medical Center to receive 100 stitches to his nose and forehead, police said. Earlier Friday afternoon, police arrested Curtis Walker, 42, at the U.S. post office on Shield Street. Police said Walker was there to pick up a package containing more than 10 pounds of marijuana.
Police said the arrest was the result of a lengthy investigation but did not have details Sunday night. Walker, of 65 Beverly Road, was charged with possession of more than 4 ounces of marijuana and the sale of marijuana. As of Sunday night he was being held with bond set at $40,000, police said.
The incident capped what West Hartford police say was an unusually animated weekend in town - one that included a major drug arrest at a U.S. post office, a gun altercation involving teenagers, and a bar fight that sent one man to the hospital for 100 stitches to his face."It's been an active weekend," said Sgt. Jeff Rose of the West Hartford Police Department. Police arrested Matthew Flynn, 46, Sunday night and charged him with threatening and breach of peace for his alleged threat to a Melly's Ice Cream truck operator who was driving by Flynn's house on 50 Seminole Circle. Police say Flynn was trimming his hedges when the truck drove by at 6:30 p.m. Sunday.
Flynn became enraged at the truck and the jingle it was playing. He stood before the truck, yelling at the teenage driver. He demanded that the driver turn down the music and to refrain from driving down that street again since children don't live there.Then, according to police, Flynn threatened the driver with his clippers."He's making the chopping motion with the hedge trimmer," said Officer Nick Roman, who arrested Flynn. "He may have taken it a little farther than necessary."Flynn will appear in court on Tuesday morning.In an unrelated event earlier in the weekend, police arrested six teenagers after responding to reports of gunshots at 6 Longlane Road early Saturday morning.
The shots were fired during an altercation between William Lee, 19, of 54 Ferncliff Drive, and Myles Holoway, 17, of 130 Handel Road, East HartfordPolice arriving at the scene recovered two 9mm handguns and a .22-caliber pistol along with some drug paraphernalia.Lee was charged with third-degree reckless endangerment, unlawful use of a firearm and carrying a pistol without a permit. Holoway was charged with breach of peace.
On Friday night, police arrested Christopher Markese, 39, and charged him with slashing his friend, Erik Garofolo, in the face with a broken beer bottle. Markese, of 4 Court Park, was arrested and charged with first-degree assault and breach of peace. He is being held with bail set at $50,000, police said Sunday night.
The two were drinking at Duffy's, a Park Road tavern. Garofolo was taken to St. Francis Hospital and Medical Center to receive 100 stitches to his nose and forehead, police said. Earlier Friday afternoon, police arrested Curtis Walker, 42, at the U.S. post office on Shield Street. Police said Walker was there to pick up a package containing more than 10 pounds of marijuana.
Police said the arrest was the result of a lengthy investigation but did not have details Sunday night. Walker, of 65 Beverly Road, was charged with possession of more than 4 ounces of marijuana and the sale of marijuana. As of Sunday night he was being held with bond set at $40,000, police said.
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