Police: Disorderly Man Had Machete and Knife

Police made an arrest Sunday afternoon following a report of an armed man at a residence in South Norwalk.

Police spokeswoman Sgt. Lisa Cotto said officers arrived at 150 South Main St. and people outside told them the perpetrator was in the house and named Carlos.

Cotto said the officers entered the home, announced themselves as police, and encountered two men. She said the officers ordered the men to hold up their hands, but only one complied.

The man who did not comply, later identified as Carlos Vasquez, got into a struggle with the officers, Cotto said, but was eventually brought under control and handcuffed. The officers, she said, found he was in possession of a machete and a knife.

Vasquez was take to Norwalk Hospital to be checked for injuries resulting from the struggle, then taken to Police Headquarters and processed for arrest, Cotto said.

Vasquez, 63, of 150 South Main St., was charged with first-degree reckless endangerment, second-degree threatening, interfering with an officer, disorderly conduct, and risk of injury to a minor.

He was held on $2,500 bond and was to appear in court Monday.