Crime & Safety
UPDATE: 3 Teen Suspects Charged in Greenwich Assault
A teen was knocked unconscious when a gang of teens attacked him, stripped him of his shoes and socks.
Greenwich Police photos. From left, Andrew S. Calderon, Aldair Garcia and Nicholas Estiven Ortiz.
Updated: 2:30 p.m.
Three Greenwich teens have been arrested on assault charges for a late November attack during which the victim was knocked unconscious, spat upon and stripped of his sneakers and socks.
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The attack occurred in the area of Holly Hill Lane and Greenwich Police say the marauding teens filmed the attack on cell phones. Police were able to obtain two cell phone videos of the Nov. 25 attack and identify the suspects ”because of past dealings with the police department.”
Police obtained arrest warrants for four suspects, according to spokesman Lt. Kraig Gray.
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Two of the suspects were arrested on Dec. 28 — Aldair Garcia, 18, of 58 Weaver St. and Nicholas Estiven Ortiz, also 18, of 59 Wilbur Peck Ct. On Dec. 29, police arrested Andrew S. Calderon, 19, of 19 Armstrong Ct.
All three were charged with second-degree breach of peace and third-degree assault. Bonds were set at $20,000 each.
A 17-year-old Greenwich teen, accused of delivering the blow to the head, was arrested Dec. 18 on similar charges.
Original story: 10:15 a.m.
A second Greenwich teen has been arrested on an assault charge in connection with a late November attack during which the victim was knocked unconscious, spat upon and stripped of his sneakers and socks.
The victim was repeatedly kicked and one blow to the head knocked him unconscious on Nov. 25 by a group of teens, according to a Greenwich Police report.
Police describe the suspect as one of “several individuals” involved in the “melee (that) was captured on two separate cell phone videos which were later acquired by Greenwich Police.”
Police obtained an arrest warrant for Andrew S. Calderon, 19, of 19 Armstrong Ct. Calderon was arrested Dec. 29 on third-degree assault and second-degree breach of peace charges. His bond was set at $20,000. He is scheduled to appear Jan. 6 in state Superior Court in Stamford.
A 17-year-old Greenwich teen, accused of delivering the blow to the head, was arrested Dec. 18 on similar charges.
Police said all of the participants in the attack have been identified “because of past dealings with the police department.”
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