Crime & Safety
East Lyme Man Charged In Serious Injury Assault: Police
A man was charged on allegations that he used a hammer in a serious injury assault, according to police.
EAST LYME, CT — An East Lyme man is being charged in connection to a serious injury assault, according to police. East Lyme and Mohegan Tribal police took Kevin Daigneault, 62, into custody Wednesday at about 6:30 p.m. on an active arrest warrant.
The warrant is connected to a months-long investigation into a serious injury assault that involved a hammer being used on a victim, according to police. The victim suffered non-life-threatening injuries.
Daigneault was charged with carrying a dangerous weapon, first-degree assault, second-degree strangulation/suffocation, and first-degree unlawful restraint. He was held on $150,000 bond.
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He was scheduled to appear in New London Superior Court on Thursday.
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