Woman Refused to Leave Man’s Home: Bethel PD

BETHEL, CT — A woman is being held in custody after refusing to leave a home where a Good Samaritan had taken her in months earlier, The News Times has reported.

Stacey Bencivengo, 50, was asked to leave the home on Turkey Plain Road by police who were called by the home's owner. The homeowner, who has not been identified, told police he took the women in three months ago after finding her disheveled on the side of the road.

Police say that Bencivengo gave them a false name when they first arrived at the home last week to confront her.

Bencivengo is no stranger to the interior of a squad car.

In January 2013, Bencivengo was arrested for allegedly stabbing her husband in the back, twice, at their home in Brookfield. She was arrested again, the next day, for violating a condition of her release the previous day by returning to their Deer Run Road home.

In March, she was charged with driving with a blood alcohol content of nearly three times the legal limit after she was pulled over on I-84 in Southeast, NY.

In May of 2o13, she pleaded guilty to an assault charge stemming from the January stabbing and served 10 months in prison, court records indicate.

Last September, Bencivengo was charged with criminal trespass and assaulting a public safety officer after visiting the home of her ex-husband in Brookfield. Those charges are still pending.

She was arrested again, however, in September after visiting the home of her ex-husband in Brookfield and was charged with criminal trespass and assaulting a public safety officer. Those charges are still pending.

Bencivengo remains in custody on a total of $37,000 in bonds.

For more on the story, see The News Times.