Man Makes Plea Deal in Brutal South Windsor Assault

A Meriden man faces up to 25 years in prison for the brutal 2013 assault of two men at a South Windsor auto repair shop.

The Hartford Courant reports Nathaniel Chambers, 29, will be sentenced Aug. 24 after pleading guilty on Monday to two counts of first-degree assault and one count of first-degree robbery. The plea deal is for 25 years in prison plus 10 years of special parole, but his lawyer will be able to argue for less time, according to the Courant.

Chambers was accused of going to Forced Induction Motorsports, with three other men, and assaulting owner Robert Lareau, 28 (at the time), and employee Ryan Kelleher, 21, on Jan. 8, 2013.

Chambers went to the shop, located at 51 Edwin Road in South Windsor, because of an ongoing dispute with Lareau and claimed that he paid Lareau for work on a car that was never done, according to the Courant.

Both Lareau and Kelleher were struck with an exhaust pipe and the attacks resulted in “skull fractures, bleeding of the brain and other serious injuries” to both victims, according to previous Patch reports.

South Windsor police obtained an arrest warrant for Chambers but he remained at large until he was arrested Jan. 15, 2013 after checking himself into the Veterans Hospital in West Haven, where he sought treatment for the flu.

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