Danbury Police: Henry Gebert Charged with First-Degree Assault

Danbury Police saw Henry Gebert, 51, walking on Beaver Street at 11:22 a.m. Sunday, and stopped him. Police knew they had an active warrant for Gebert charging him with first-degree assault. Gebert was held on a $150,000 bond.

This information was provided by the Danbury Police Department. A person charged with a crime is innocent until having been convicted in court. The following information was provided by the Connecticut Judicial Department.

Gebert has a publicly available criminal history of misdemeanor and felony convictions dating back to 2007. He was cleared of a Danbury murder charge in 2000, but convicted in that case involving a death at the Brass Rail of carrying a dangerous weapon. In 2012, Gebert was charged with breach of peace and violation of probation. He was also charged with interfering with a police officer/resisting arrest. He was sentenced to five months in prison.

He was charged in 2011 with third-degree assault. He was sentenced to a year in prison suspended after two months. He was to serve two years of probation.

He was convicted in 2009 with third-degree burglary, second-degree larceny, and third-degree larceny. He was sentenced on those three charges to three years in prison.

In 2007, Gebert was convicted of violation of probation, second-degree failure to appear, interfering with a police officer, operating a motor vehicle with a suspended license and reckless driving. In those cases, he was sentenced to two years of probation on the failure to appear, six months for the violation of probation and unconditional discharge on the interfering and motor vehicle violations.