Crime & Safety
Angry Man Hurls Threats, Racial Comments at Fairfield Police: PD
The man was apparently angered after being woken up by early morning activity in the police department parking lot, police said.
FAIRFIELD, CT — A 22-year-old Fairfield man faces charges after he was heard making threats against police and uttering racial slurs from a third-story window of his home that overlooks the Fairfield Police Department’s parking lot, according to multiple reports.
The Fairfield Daily Voice reports Matthew Passmore, of Sherman Street, was arrested around 7 a.m. on Friday, Dec. 30, after police say he was yelling about police, telling them to put their hands up, threatening to kill people and making racist comments toward African Americans.
Passmore was apparently angry because early morning activity in the rear police parking lot woke him up, according to the Fairfield Minuteman.
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Passmore was arrested after a brief struggle and charged with second-degree breach of peace, second-degree threatening and interfering with police, the Minuteman reports.
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