Crime & Safety

Man Charged With Assault, Threatening In East Lyme Stalking Case

A man is accused of threatening, assaulting, and stalking a co-worker in an East Lyme case, according to reports.

EAST LYME, CT — A Springfield, Massachusetts man was charged with stalking a juvenile co-worker in East Lyme, WFSB 3-TV reported.

The 34-year-old man is accused of harassing a 17-year-old co-worker at Dunkin' Donuts.

He is also accused of assaulting the victim, placing her life in danger, and relentlessly threatening and stalking her, WFSB 3-TV reported.

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Police found the man traveling north on Chesterfield Road after leaving a McDonald's on Friday night.

He was charged with third-degree assault, two counts of second-degree stalking, two counts of second-degree threatening, second-degree harassment, coercion, interfering with an emergency call, and second-degree kidnapping, according to WTNH News-8.

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He was held on $250,000 bond and scheduled to appear in court Monday.

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