Crime & Safety
Police: Estranged Husband Violates Protective Order
Climbed into wife's home through a guest room window, police said.
Police say a city man violated a protective order Saturday night when he broke into his estranged wife’s home to see their son and daughter.
The woman called 911 at 9:12 p.m. to report her husband had entered the home through the window of a guest bedroom. She said when she confronted him, he cursed at her and pushed a TV set onto the floor.
She said she shouted she was calling the police and he left out the window.
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Police spokesman Sgt. Carlos Cotto said the woman told officers her husband, Angel Escalante, had come to the front door of her home about 30 minutes earlier, but she refused to let him in and turned off the interior lights.
Based on a description of him she provided officers, Escalante was spotted walking on North Taylor Avenue and taken him into custody.
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Cotto said Escalante told officers he wanted to see his 13-year-old son and 17-year-old daughter, who live with their mother.
Escalante, 47, of 11 Pettom Rd., was charged with second-degree burglary, disorderly conduct, and criminal violation of a protective order. He was held on $50,000 bond and was to arraigned Monday in state Superior Court in Norwalk.
