Police: New Canaan Woman, 18, Injures Both Parents in Family Fight

An 18-year-old Heather Drive woman injured both her father and mother while fighting with them just before 1 a.m. on March 4, New Canaan police said.

Police gave this account (an accusation not proven in court) of the incident:

A heated verbal dispute turned physical after midnight on Wednesday, March 4 in the family’s home. At one point, the daughter was trying to get a telephone away from her father, 60.

During the struggle, on of the father’s fingers was injured. He told police he believed it was broken. After police arrived, he was taken to a hospital to get it evaluated.

The daughter also struggled with her 57-year-old mother, whose head hit a door and broke a window pane. The mother injured her knee when she fell.

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Since the woman’s parents said they thought their daughter might have been under the influence of something, she was taken to Norwalk Hospital for an evaluation.

She was charged with disorderly conduct and two counts of third-degree assault. Later she was released on a promise to appear the next day in state Superior Court in Norwalk. She remained in the hospital that night. Her next court date is April 1.

Other recent New Canaan police news:

• Police: New Canaan Man, 68, Charged with DUI Had 2X Legal Blood-Alcohol Limit
• Police: Mother Arrested When Son Hosts Teen Party with Alcohol, Pot

Editor’s note: This situation was borderline as to whether or not we should publish the arrested woman’s name. Originally we did, but we thought more about it and decided to remove the name. We normally publish names in more serious domestic violence cases, especially with injuries, but we aren’t certain about the extent of the injuries here.