Date: Fri 03-Jul-1998

Publication: Bee

Author: ANDYG

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Local Man Arrested In Seymour On Multiple Charges

SEYMOUR -- Police report they charged a Newtown man on the morning of June 28

with first-degree burglary, second-degree assault, third-degree assault and

threatening in connection with a case of domestic violence at an undisclosed

location.

Seymour Police Lieutenant Paul Beres said June 30 police charged Francis

Fortin, 28, of 301 South Main Street, Newtown, with the offenses.

Mr Fortin allegedly called a former girlfriend, whom police did not identify,

and then forced in a rear door where the woman was staying with another man,

whom police also did not identify.

The first-degree burglary charge stems from Fortin allegedly forceably

entering the residence through a door.

The second-degree assault charge results from Fortin allegedly hitting the

unidentified man in the head with a wooden stool, requiring that the man go to

Griffin Hospital in Derby where he was treated for injuries and released,

according to police.

The third-degree assault charge stems from Fortin attacking the woman who was

not seriously injured and required no hospital treatment, according to police.

The threatening charge results from Fortin telling the woman and the man that

they were both "dead," according to police.

Fortin later turned himself in to police at the police station. He was held

overnight on a $100,000 bond for arraignment on the charges June 29 in Derby

Superior Court.