Crime & Safety
Pickaxe-Wielding Neighbor Facing Charges In Tolland: State Police
A man went at his neighbor with a pickaxe over the weekend in Tolland, state police said.
TOLLAND, CT — A man who was wielding a pickaxe during a neighbor dispute over the weekend in Tolland is facing a pair of criminal charges.
The incident took place at about 1:20 p.m.Saturday, state police said. Dispatchers at the Troop C barracks received a call from a resident of Old Post Road saying a man was going after his neighbor with a pickaxe and threatening him.
Both lived in close proximity to each other, records show. An arrest report does not outline what triggered the neighbor dispute.
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The man with the pickaxe, who is 34 (the other is 64), was taken into custody and charged with second-degree threatening and disorderly conduct, according to an arrest report.
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