Crime & Safety

Additional Charges Filed Against Meriden Robbery Suspect

The new charges stem from a second incident.

Editor's note: We previously posted this story, but here it is again in case you missed it.

MERIDEN, CT - Local resident Cequan Goodman, 20 - who's already facing charges in connection with anOctober stabbing and robbery - has been arrested again, this time in connection with a December assault, according to police.

Goodman now also is accused of choking and punching a woman on Christmas Eve, while she was walking on East Main Street, reports the Record-Journal.

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He remains in custody in connection the robbery and stabbing case, and was arrested on a warrant Tuesday charging him with:

  • Second-degree strangulation
  • Second-degree reckless endangerment
  • First-degree unlawful restraint
  • Third-degree assault
  • Breach of peace

Click here to read the full story on the Record-Journal website.

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Photo: Cequan Goodman. Photo credit: Meriden Police Department

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