Police Seize Two Knives Machete, Suspect Arrested
(Bridgeport, CT – March 19, 2014) – A 50-year-old man faces weapons charges after an incident at a Schofield Avenue rooming house.
On Tuesday at 10 a.m., Officers Antonio Deida, William Brooks and Joseph Horesco responded to the house at 277 Schofield on a report of a man acting erratically while carrying a large machete.
The officers received an account of what happened and knocked on the door of the suspect, Dennis Ellis. When Ellis opened the door he denied carrying a machete, although police could see one on his bed behind him. They subsequently recovered two knives from his pockets.
He was charged with carrying a dangerous weapon and breach of peace.
(Bridgeport, CT – March 19, 2014) – A 50-year-old man faces weapons charges after an incident at a Schofield Avenue rooming house.
On Tuesday at 10 a.m., Officers Antonio Deida, William Brooks and Joseph Horesco responded to the house at 277 Schofield on a report of a man acting erratically while carrying a large machete.
The officers received an account of what happened and knocked on the door of the suspect, Dennis Ellis. When Ellis opened the door he denied carrying a machete, although police could see one on his bed behind him. They subsequently recovered two knives from his pockets.
He was charged with carrying a dangerous weapon and breach of peace.