Norwalk Man Accused Of Threatening To Assassinate Judge: State Police

NORWALK, CT — A Norwalk man accused of threatening to assassinate a superior court judge was arrested early Saturday morning, according to state police.

In a news release, state police said Troop I in Bethany received a report Friday around 4:30 p.m. of a verbal threat made against a judge during a phone conversation between a man and a call taker from a judicial call center in Hartford.

An investigating trooper contacted the call taker, who said they received a call earlier that afternoon from a disgruntled man who was trying to obtain body camera and vehicle footage related to a recent arrest made on him, state police said.

During the phone conversation, the man told the call taker "I am going to assassinate the judge that signed my warrant," according to state police.

When the call taker asked the man for his name, he muttered his name was Nicholas, however his last name was not clear, state police said. The call was then transferred to a supervisor and flagged in the call center's system.

The trooper then contacted the supervisor, who identified the disgruntled caller as Nicholas Supple, 48, of Norwalk. The supervisor also said Supple called about a recent incident in which he was arrested and said he was upset with the judge who signed the arrest warrant application for his arrest, according to state police.

After further investigation, the trooper determined the name of the judge who signed Supple's arrest warrant application and notified them about the threat, state police said.

Norwalk police tried to find Supple at his last known address but were unsuccessful, state police said.

A trooper later contacted a Norwalk business where Supple was employed, and a business manager revealed Supple was scheduled to come in for work the next day, according to state police.

Troopers found Supple at his job around 5 a.m. on Saturday and arrested him. He was charged with second-degree threatening and second-degree breach of peace.

Supple was held on a $250,000 bond and was scheduled for arraignment earlier this week, according to state police.