Dentist - Already Facing Sexual Assault Charges - Busted for Alleged Stalking, Witness Intimidation: Meriden Police

MERIDEN, CT — Meriden dentist Dr. Jeffrey Krahling, 51, already facing sexual assault charges, was arrested Friday night for allegedly breaking into a home in Meriden, violating a protective order and tampering with and intimidating a witness, according to police.

Police were called to an unnamed residence at 10 p.m. Friday on a report of a burglary in progress.

"As officers arrived in the area of the burglary, officers observed a vehicle fleeing from the area," police wrote in a statement. "The vehicle was subsequently found to be registered to a Jeffrey Krahling. Officers were unable to stop the vehicle during the initial sighting."

Meriden officers, with assistance from Wallingford police, then went to Krahling's Wallingford home where they arrested him, based on witness and officer identification from the burglary.

Additional details of the burglary and arrest were not disclosed, but Krahling was charged with:

• 2 Counts Of Risk of Injury
• Criminal Mischief 2 nd Degree
• Violation of a Restraining Order
• Stalking 1 st Degree
• Criminal Mischief 3 rd Degree
• Tampering with a Witness
• Intimidating a Witness
• Breach of Peace
• Reckless Endangerment 1 st
• Interfering w/ Police
• Criminal Attempt to commit assault on a officer (two counts)
• Reckless Driving

He is being held in lieu of a $1,000,000 bond.

Photo: Jeffrey Krahling. Photo credit: Meriden Police Department