Woman Falsely Claims Man Is Stabbed, 3 Arrested: Naugatuck PD

NAUGATUCK, CT — Three people have been arrested in connection to a physical disturbance that occurred in Naugatuck and one person is accused of lying about a reported stabbing, police said.

Police said Marissa K. Woodsworth, 19, of Bradbury Street, was arrested on a warrant for a Jan. 24 incident in which she falsely reported that during the course of an altercation she witnessed between two males that one of the males was stabbed, police said.

Woodsworth is also accused of assisting one of the males with fleeing the scene all the while withholding his true location while saying that the male was suffering from life-threatening injuries from a stabbing, police said.

When police eventually did locate the male, police learned that he was never stabbed, and that the accused intentionally provided false information to try to mislead police from charging the male for the altercation, police said in a news release. Woodsworth is charged with interfering with an officer and second-degree filing a false report.

Emmett W. Dalton, 29, of Anderson Street, was arrested for his role in the physical altercation that occurred outside of a residence on Bradbury Street, police said. Martin Corbett, 19, of Prospect was also charged for his role in the physical altercation with Dalton, police said.

Both Dalton and Corbett were each charged with second-degree breach of peace.