Danbury Man Punched Officer, Attempted to Bite One: Cops

A Danbury man is facing charges after two alleged incidents where he assaulted police officers.

Police responded to El Milenio Restaurant on North Street on Sept. 21 around 4 p.m. for the report of a disturbance. Before arriving, dispatch told police that the disturbance was about and intoxicated male who was trying to leave the restaurant and drive drunk.

When officers arrived, they attempted to speak to Vicente Penafiel-Buenano, who was standing by himself with his arms crossed.

Police say he initially told officers he did not speak English and reportedly unzipped his pants and tried to urinate on the bar floor. After he allegedly became combative with officers, pushing one officer by her face, they again attempted to speak with him.

Officers had to struggled with him before placing him under arrest, police said. While struggling with officers, Penafiel-Buenanoalso tried to allegedly bite an officer in the leg.

He was held on $25,000 bond.

In another incident on Sept. 23, an officer responded to Scissorhands 2 at Main Street for a simple assault complaint. When the officer arrived on scene, he spoke to an employee who told him Penafiel-Buenano was inside the business and allegedly refused to leave.

The employee told police that Penafiel-Buenano came into the business three times that day. The third time he entered the business the employee reportedly told him to leave as he was not there for actual business.

Penafiel-Buenano allegedly became violent and punched him in the face, giving him a swollen lip, police said.

The officer then attempted to speak to Penafiel-Buenano who allegedly became angry and sat up and clenched his fists in a fighting posture. The officer grabbed his left arm and handcuffed his left wrist, police said.

Penafiel-Buenano started to fight with him right after he handcuffed his left wrist, police said.

According to police, he then rolled off the table and put his feet on the floor to stand up. As he was attempting to stand up police said he punched the officer in the mouth and was swinging his fists wildly at the officer rotating his body from side to side.

The officer then deployed his Taser which allowed the officer to subdue the suspect and handcuff him.

Penafiel-Buenano was charged with assault on emergency personnel, interfering with police, interfering with 911 call, third-degree assault, first-degree criminal trespass and second-degree breach of peace.

He is being held on a $10,000 bond.

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