Crime & Safety
Somers Man Arrested In East Windsor Road Rage Incident
A local man was arrested for allegedly brandishing a realistic-looking pellet gun in a road rage incident.
EAST WINDSOR, CT - A Somers man has been arrested and is accused of brandishing a weapon during a road rage incident in East Windsor. Erik Urbon, 34, has been charged with carrying and brandishing a facsimile firearm, weapons in motor vehicle and second-degree breach of peace.
Police responded to a call regarding a road rage incident involving weapons Wednesday at 9:45 p.m. in the area of Winkler and Newberry roads.
Urbon allegedly followed a vehicle that cut him off. At one point, police said Urbon got out of his vehicle and brandished a pellet gun as he approached the victim's vehicle. The pellet gun looks very similar to a real firearm.
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Urbon threw the gun into the woods, and police recovered it.
Urbon was released on $10,000 bond and is scheduled to appear in Enfield Superior Court Tuesday, Sept. 11.
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