Crime & Safety
Sex Advance Leads to Knife Incident on Manchester Trail: Report
One man made a sexual advance to another man in a Manchester trail, according to a report.
MANCHESTER, CT — An East Hartford man was arrested last week for allegedly going at another man with a knife on a public recreation trail after his sexual advance was shunned, according to police.
Charges against 69-year-old Gene Metcalfe include public indecency, threatening and attempted assault, according to police records.
The incident took place Thursday evening, records show.
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Police told the Hartford Clourant that officers were called to the Laurel Marsh trail network on West Middle Turnpike at about 7:30 p.m.
Police told the Courant that a man reported he had been running on the trail when another man, later identified as Metcalfe, followed him, made a sexual advance toward him and then tried to stab him after an ensuing altercation.
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Read more about the incident in the Courant story here.
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