Crime & Safety

Altercation Briefly Shuts Down Hammonasset State Park in Madison

Three people were taken into custody.

Hammonasset Beach State Park was closed briefly Tuesday afternoon as local and state police were called to break up an altercation there, WFSB 3 TV reports. 
The park was closed briefly but has since reopened, the tv station reports. 
Three individuals and one juvenile were taken into custody, the television station reports. 
Two teens, 19 and 17 year-olds got into a fight with a 34-year-old New Haven man who was allegedly upset with comments the teens were making toward his wife and niece, WFSB reported. 
The three men were each charged with breach of peace. 
Read WFSB's full report here. 


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