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Man Attempts To Cut Dog's Throat During Fight In Fairfield County, Police Say
A Fairfield County man was arrested for allegedly attempting to cut a woman's dog's throat when the animal would not stop barking during a domestic dispute.
Edwin Gonzalez, age 30, of Bridgeport, was arrested on Monday, May 31, by Milford Police when they responded to the Mayflower Motel for a domestic violence report.
An investigation found that Gonzalez, who had an active order of protection against him, pushed the victim on a bed during an argument, Milford Police said.
As Gonzalez was screaming at the woman, her dog was barking and Gonzalez made swiping motions with a knife at the…
Jennifer's Law Passes Senate With Near-Unanimous Support
After more than two years of working with domestic violence survivors, Connecticut State Senator Alex Kasser was celebrating the near-unanimous support of the passage of Senate Bill 1091 aka Jennifer's Law.
The law is named after Jennifer Farber Dulos, of New Canaan, who disappeared in 2019 and whose late husband was charged with her brutal murder, and Jennifer Magnano, of Terryville, Connecticut, who was shot dead by her husband in 2007.
Dulos has never been found.
The bill, which passed Tuesday, May 18, in a 35-1 vote, would expand the definition of domestic violence to includ…
