Crime & Safety
Man Punched Juvenile, Left Scene On Motorcycle: Naugatuck Police
Police say the man and juvenile victim knew one another.

NAUGATUCK, CT — A 19-year-old Wolcott man is accused of punching a juvenile in Naugatuck, police said. At 4:36 p.m. on Oct. 15, Matthew Sherwood, 19, of Spindle Hill Road, approached the juvenile victim, who he knew, police said.
Sherwood initiated an argument with the juvenile and punched him, police said. After the confrontation, Sherwood left the area on a motorcycle, police said. He was located and taken into custody, police said.
He is charged with breach of peace and given a court date of Oct. 25.
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