Crime & Safety
Police: Man Who Claimed Girlfriend Brandished Knife Used it to Unlock Door
Middletown Police say a 46-year-old city resident who called 911 on his girlfriend was the one who broke the law by playing loud music and locking her out of the bedroom.
A 46-year-old Saybrook Road man who called 911 about his girlfriend threatening him with a knife was arrested after Middletown Police say he locked her out of her room and played music excessively loud.
On Sept. 2 at 3:47 a.m., police were called to Saybrook Road on a domestic assault in which a male caller said his girlfriend pulled a knife on him. Anthony Ray, 46, of Saybrook Road, according to the report, told them he was asleep when his girlfriend got on top of him and made a motion like she was going to stab him.
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He said they had argued until 3:30 a.m. about him playing music too loudly in a room that he locked her out of, the report indicates.
Police say they recognized both from prior police contact.
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“She adamantly denied threatening him with the knife,” the report says, and she told officers that Ray came home highly intoxicated from the bar.
They both admitted to using a knife to open their locked bedroom door.
Ray was charged with breach of peace.
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