Enfield Man Admits Violating No-Contact Order: PD

ENFIELD, CT — A local man who has several pending charges stemming from an altercation with his neighbor in late July was arrested again Thursday evening on a warrant charging him with harassing that same person last week.

Justin Werther, 31, was charged with second-degree harassment and first-degree violating conditions of release. He was held overnight in lieu of $10,000 bond, and is scheduled to be arraigned Friday in Enfield Superior Court.

Werther was originally charged July 29 with second-degree breach of peace, second-degree assault, second-degree reckless endangerment and carrying a dangerous weapon in connection with an incident in which he allegedly left an inappropriate note on a female neighbor's car, prompting an altercation with the woman's husband.

During that incident, Werther is accused of striking the man near the eye with a wooden garden stake, causing a bloody laceration, then hitting him in the arm with a tire iron.

According to judicial records, Werther had been free on a written promise to appear in court since his initial arraignment.

Deputy Police Chief Gary Collins said officers were called to the neighbors' home Aug. 17 with a report that Werther had been sending text messages to them, in violation of a no-contact order.

Police went to talk with Werther at his mother's home, and the mom told them her son had been using her phone. Eventually, Werther admitted to having sent messages to his neighbors, and a look at the phone revealed 11 messages sent to them, including one which read, "turn around bitch," Collins said.

A warrant was obtained, which was served Thursday evening, Collins said.

Photo courtesy of Enfield Police Department