Man Accused Of Threatening Officers In New Canaan, Police Say

A 61-year-old man visiting a friend's house in Fairfield County accrued charged after physically threatening officers responding to the friend's house, said police.

Christopher Higbie, 61
Photo Credit: *New Canaan Police Department*

Christina Coulter

09/16/2020 9:30 a.m.

Christopher Higbie, of Stratford, refused when officers, dispatched to check the welfare of the homeowner whom Higbie was visiting, asked him to step away from his car in the driveway, said New Canaan Police.

After Higbie threatened the well-being of the responding officers, he was taken into custody.

Higbie was charged with the misdemeanor of interfering with an officer, and released from custody after posting $500 bail.

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