Crime & Safety
Man Arrested After Elderly Father Found With Infection: PD
The elderly man was found in an RV without any utility hookups, police said. His infected foot was wrapped in paper towels.
TRUMBULL, CT — A Trumbull man was arrested after his elderly father was found in a filthy RV with an infection, according to police.
A worker at the Bridgeport Hospital wound clinic called police Oct. 8 after a patient had missed two appointments in a row. Police went to Chatham Drive where two separate houses had burned down and found the RV on the property.
Officers encountered a foul odor in the RV and found the elderly man with paper towels wrapped around his infected foot, police said. EMS brought him to the hospital.
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The man's son, Carlo Carboni, 55, was supposed to take him to the wound care clinic, police said. Carboni was arrested by warrant Oct. 23 and charged with third-degree abuse of persons.
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