CT Man Charged After Stabbing a Watermelon, Police Say

Sometimes slicing a watermelon can be against the law, just ask Carmine Cervellino, 49, of Thomaston. 

Police say Cervellino is alleged to have stabbed a watermelon with a large butcher knife and left it in the kitchen for a woman to see, the Register Citizen reports. 

The woman believed it was a menacing gesture, the paper reports. Police believe Cervellino stabbed the watermelon in a “passive aggressive” manner because he was angry at the woman, the Register Citizen reports. 

The man was charged with second-degree threatening and disorderly conduct. 

Read the full Torrington Register Citizen story here.