Norwalk Victim: I Don't Know Why I Was Attacked

A Norwalk man who showed up at the Norwalk Hospital emergency department late Wednesday evening with a broken collar bone told police that he had no idea why he was attacked.

Police gave the following account:

After Norwalk Hospital staff contacted police about the suspicious wound, police officers spoke with the victim. At first, the victim refused to tell police what happened.

Then the victim told police that he was standing outside at 61 Ohio Ave., smoking a cigarette when a man came up to him and hit him with a baseball bat, then walked away.

The victim could provide no description of the perpetrator.

Attempted break-in

Someone attempted to break into the building housing Mafcote Industries Inc. at 108 Main St., and part of a door was pried outward, but not enough for anyone to gain entry. The matter was reported to police at 5:18 p.m. Wednesday.

Threats with a baseball bat

A 51-year-old Norwalk man reinforced his statement of concern for his mother's care at Norwalk Hospital by swinging a baseball bat and making threats, police said.

Police gave this account of the incident:

William Cyrta of 21 Bartlett Ave. parked his car near the valet parking booth at Norwalk Hospital. A security guard told him he could not leave the car there, but Cyrta initially refused to move the car.

Instead, Cyrta started swinging a baseball bat and positioned himself in a way indicating he'd damage a car, then moved in such a way that he indicated he'd swing at a guard.

Cyrta told the guards that his mother was in the hospital, and if anything bad happened to her, he would return and beat Hospital staff with his bat. He then got back in his car and drove off. Security guards took down the license plate number and called police.

A short distance away, police spotted Cyrta in his car and pulled him over. They took away the baseball bat. Police said Cyrta has a history of erratic behavior.

Cyrta was charged with second-degree threatening and having a weapon in a motor vehicle.