A 43-year-old Darien man has been charge with a felony and jailed on $20,000 bail for allegedly striking a woman with a 1x1 wooden board (length unspecified) and pushing her from his pickup truck at Route 77 and Sumner Road, Darien, just before 8 a.m. this morning.
The board strike broke the woman's arm, according to the Sheriff's Office.
Emergency dispatchers received a call about a woman with a broken arm who had been pushed from a vehicle at 7:52 a.m. The initial report also said the woman's face had been cut by a knife, but the Sheriff's Office report doesn't mention that injury.
Timothy M. Weinstein is also accused of breaking two mobile phones belonging to the victim and of growing marijuana.
He was identified as the suspect soon after the incident was reported and taken into custody a short time later.
He lives not far from the incident scene on Alleghany Road.
Weinstein is charged with secomd-degree assault, third-degree criminal mischief, criminal mischief, 4th, criminal possession of a weapon, 4th, criminal possession of marijuana, 3rd, and unlawful growing of cannabis.
Following arraignment in Town of Darien Court, he was jailed on $20,000 bail or $40,000 bond.
The investigation is ongoing and is being conducted by deputies Lonnie Nati and Andrew Hale, investigators Chad Minuto and Joseph Graff, the Local Drug Task Force, Corfu PD and the State Police.
Was that a nominal 1x1? So
Was that a nominal 1x1? So was it really 3/4" x 3/4"? How long was it?
Maybe it was a stake for
Maybe it was a stake for tying the stems from the pot plants, Alvin!
Like they do for tomatoes.