Crime & Safety
Wallingford Man Accused of Firing Gun While Intoxicated
The 60-year-old man was charged after police say he fired a gun in his backyard.
WALLINGFORD, CT — A 60-year-old Wallingford man is accused of firing a gun in his backyard while intoxicated, according to the Meriden Record-Journal.
The Record-Journal reports David Benoit, of 36 Pond Hill Road, was recently arrested on a warrant for the April 30 incident.
Benoit was hospitalized on April 30 for injuries he sustained in a fall and police later found two shell casings on his property and began investigating, according to the Record-Journal.
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Benoit had been drinking alcohol with another man earlier in the day and both men blamed the other for firing the gun, according to the Record-Journal.
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