Vernon Man Arrested Twice in One Day

VERNON, CT — A Vernon man was arrested twice withing a few hours on Wednesday after a pair of scuffles, an arrest report indicates.

Timothy Caruthers, 31, of 104 West Main St., was taken into custody at 3:15 p.m. after getting into an altercation with a neighbor with whom he historically did not get along with, police said.

He threw a lighter at the neighbor and hit the neighbor in the head, police said. He was charged with second-degree breach of peace, police said.

At 10:55 p.m., Caruthers was involved in another alternation on Union Street, police said, and was charged with second-degree breach of peace for that.

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