Cops: Norwalk Corrections Officer Fired, Threatens, Arrested

Christopher Anello of Norwalk told a coworker that if he was ever fired as a corrections officer, he'd shoot up his workplace, according to news reports.

So when the 27-year-old Norwalk man was fired on Monday and his statement came to the attention of authorities, at 9:47 p.m. that day he was arrested on charges of threatening and breach of peace, according to state police.

Anello, of Thistle Road, was a probationary corrections officer at Bridgeport Correctional Center, the Connecticut Post reported.

Initially set at $10,000, according to Troop G state police who arrested him, his bond was later reduced to a promise to appear in court, according to the Connecticut Judicial Branch website.

Statements about this case from police and news organizations are accusations not proven in court.