Crime & Safety
Convicted Felon Charged In Meriden Stabbing: Report
A man who was convicted of charges in a 2016 shooting is accused of stabbing a man in the neck.
MERIDEN, CT - A New Britain man convicted in a 2016 shooting case has been charged with a stabbing last month, the Record-Journal reported. Dejour Ford, 21, was charged with first-degree assault, carrying a dangerous weapon and reckless first-degree reckless endangerment, among a litany of other charges.
Ford allegedly approached a man coming out Big M Convenience on Pratt Street and stabbed him in the head and neck.
In 2016, Ford pleaded guilty to first-degree assault and was sentenced to 25 months in prison for shooting a man on Gravel Street.
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Ford was held on $375,000 bond. Read the full story in the Record-Journal.
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