Crime & Safety
PD: Glastonbury Man Kicks Dog, Hits Another With Leash
Police say the local man hit the dogs at the Glastonbury dog park.
A local man was arrested on breach of peace charges after police say he kicked a dog and then hit another in the face with a retractable leash at the Glastonbury dog park.
At 6:30 p.m. on Friday officers with the Glastonbury Police Department responded to the dog park on Welles St. for a report of an intoxicated man, according to a press release.
Several individuals approached officers on the scene to tell them that a man had kicked one dog and hit another in the face with a retractable leash after the other dogs had been observed roughly playing with his dog, police said.
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Police identified the man as Stephen E. Schillinger, 50, of 45 House St., Glastonbury, and arrested him on a charge of second-degree breach of peace. He was released on a written promise to appear in Manchester Superior Court on Sept. 25.
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