Somers Man Charged With Smacking Someone With Gun

SOMERS, CT — A man accused of smacking someone upside the head with a gun handle in a violent, two-part assault incident posed a six-figure bond on Monday in Rockville Superior Court.

Patrick Maia, 44, was arraigned in Rockville Superior Court on Monday after his arrest on a dozen charges, a clerk at the court said. He was arrested on Saturday and was being held on a $250,000 bond, state police records indicate. It was reduced to $150,000 surety in court and Maia posted it, a clerk said.

He is due back in court on June 30, according to court records.

According to an arrest report, troopers went to a home in Somers at 3:31 a.m. on Saturday. A caller told state police he was dropping a friend off in Somers when Maia "jumped" into his vehicle and hit him on the head with a gun.

Maia, who lives on Rosehaven Road in Somers, was then connected to violent acts against another person, according to an arrest report.

He was charged with:

• The use of a firearm in a felony
• Risk of injury to a child
• Disorderly conduct (2 counts)
• Second-degree assault
• Third-degree assault (2 counts)
• First-degree threatening
• First-degree strangulation
• Threatening
• First-degree unlawful restraint (2 counts)

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