Crime & Safety
Separated New Canaan Couple Charged with Disorderly Conduct After Fight Over Younger Woman
The husband told his estranged wife that there was no woman in his apartment and she could see. It turns out there was a younger woman.
A separated husband and wife were arrested after a domestic dispute involving another female.
Officers responded to Avalon Drive East to take a complaint from a 24-year-old female from New York City. She was accompanied by a 45-year-old man who had a cut on his cheek, police said.
The husband and wife were together earlier that day when she made a comment about a woman at his Avalon Drive apartment, police said.
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He was adamant that no one was there and offered to show her.
The two went to his apartment where the wife spotted another woman’s purse. A 24-year-old female emerged from the apartment.
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The wife became agitated and threw a purse at the 24-year-old, but missed.
The husband stepped in to prevent the fight from escalating and received a cut, police said.
The wife said she threw the purse, but didn’t intend to injure the girl, according to police.
The husband and wife, both 45-years-old, were issued summonses for disorderly conduct.
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