Enfield Man Charged With Assaulting, Choking Ex-Girlfriend

ENFIELD, CT - A local man was arrested late Monday night after an incident during which his ex-girlfriend told police she had been assaulted and strangled.

Jorge Cecilio-Rivera, 22, of 53 Weymouth School Road, was charged with second-degree assault, second-degree threatening, third-degree strangulation and second-degree breach of peace.

Bond information was not immediately available, but Police Chief Carl Sferrazza said Cecilio-Rivera was held overnight and presented Tuesday in Enfield Superior Court.

According to a police report, police were summoned to Weymouth School Road around 11 p.m. for a reported active domestic disturbance. The female caller reported she had been assaulted by her ex-boyfriend, Cecilio-Rivera, with whom she had lived for about a year until recently, Sferrazza said.

The woman told police she had returned to the house to gather her belongings when Cecilio-Rivera threw her against a wall, choked her, kicked her and would not let her leave the premises. She said he brandished a knife and threatened to stab her, then dragged her down the stairs and out of the house, Sferrazza said.

The report says Cecilio-Rivera admitted dragging her out of the house and showing her a knife, but claimed he did not display the knife's blade, Sferrazza said.

The chief added the woman bore bruises and cuts consistent with her story.

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