Man Assaulted Girlfriend, Police Officer: Middletown PD

MIDDLETOWN, CT — A Middletown man is accused of assaulting his girlfriend during a domestic dispute and later assaulted a police officer on Saturday night, according to police. Brian J. Hoffman, 40, of Warwick Street, was arrested after police responded to a domestic dispute at about 10 p.m. on Oct. 14. Hoffman is accused of grabbing the woman by the hair and shoving her face into the floor after he had thrown food at her, according to the police report. The victim also told police he rubbed the food in her hair and face.

Police say Hoffman immediately became uncooperative with responding officers while being interviewed and gave a false name. He also became “unruly and combative” while officers attempted to pat him down and ignored commands to “stop resisting,” according to the police report.

After being handcuffed, Hoffman is accused of kicking a police officer twice while being placed into a police cruiser. While being transported to police headquarters, Hoffman made verbal threats to harm the officers and their families, according to the report. Hoffman remained “uncooperative, non-compliant and combative” with police throughout the entire booking process, police said in the report.

Hoffman was arrested on charges of third-degree assault, assault on a police officer, interfering with police, unlawful restraint, second-degree threatening, disorderly conduct and violation of conditions of release. He is being held on a $50,000 bond and has a court date of Oct. 30, according to state judicial records.

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