Crime & Safety
Woman Busts Window with Cinder Block, Threatens to Kill Man: Cops
A woman used a cinder block to break into a Vernon home, then threatened to kill a man, police said.
VERNON, CT — A 42-year-old Vernon woman is facing a variety of criminal charges after hurling a cinder block through the glass portion of a door, breaking into a home and threatening to kill someone, according to an arrest report.
The incident at 66 Union Street took place at 12:12 a.m. on Monday, according to an arrest report.
Police were told by a resident that a woman he recognized as Tammy Gardner, of Vernon, threw a cinder block through the glass portion of a rear door and entered the home. She then threatened to kill him because of a complaint he made against her to police about a month ago, according to an arrest report.
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Gardner was charged with:
- Second-degree threatening
- Second-degree burglary
- Disorderly conduct
- Third-degree criminal mischief
She is due in court on Feb. 23, according to an arrest report.
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