Trooper Hit In Face With Beer Can At UConn Off-Campus Party: Cops

MANSFIELD, CT — A 21-year-old is facing two criminal charges after a state trooper was in the face with a beer can thrown at a large, off-campus party near the University of Connecticut, according to an arrest report.

The incident took place at 2:56 p.m. Saturday at a party hosted by UConn students at the Carriage House apartment complex, a report indicates. State police estimated the crowd to be about 1,000.

After receiving several complaints, state police arrived to break up the party, according to a report. One of the attendees, identified as 21-year-old Carmine Pannizzo, of New Fairfield, is accused of throwing a beer can in the direction of a state trooper and several party-goers being addressed, according to a report.

The beer can then hit the trooper in the face, according to a report.

Pannizzo was subsequently charged with assault on a public safety officer for hitting the trooper and second-degree reckless endangerment for hurling the can into the crowd, state police said.

He was to appear in court Tuesday, records show.

Photo Credit: State Police

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