Crime & Safety
Police: Cigarette Butts Lead to Assault
A Manchester man is under arrest after an argument that began over cigarette butts.

Editor’s note: We published this story earlier in the week, but here it is again in case you missed it.
A 37-year-old Manchester man is under arrest after an argument that began over cigarette butts, reports the Hartford Courant.
A 61-year-old woman was cleaning cigarette butts out of her yard when her stepson, Patrick Tanasi Jr., arrived home. After urinating on the house, he flicked another butt into the yard.
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The woman became upset and an argument ensued. Tanasi, Jr., of 49 Fairfield St., pushed and hit the woman.
He was charged with breach of peace and third-degree assault on an elderly person and was held on a $25,000 bond.
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