Pair Caused Commotion At New London Park, Interfered With Police: Cops

NEW LONDON, CT — Two people were arrested after a disturbance in the parking lot of a New London Park Saturday evening, police said.

Police received a call around 6:07 p.m. for a woman striking a young child across the face in the parking lot of Ocean Beach Park. An officer assigned to the park responded to the scene and was told that a woman who tried to intervene in the situation had been assaulted.

Police said the woman who tried to intervene was struck with a purse and then punched several times by the suspect, Ciara Subrian, 25, of East Hartford. When the officer approached Subrian, she allegedly struck him and then police say Subrian actively resisted arrest.

A 20-year-old man, identified as Robert Carrion-Rivera, 20, of Holyoke, Massachusetts, began to physically interfere in the situation between the officer and Subrian, police said. The officer then had to call for additional assistance because a large crowd formed around him.

Subrian was taken into custody and Carrion-Rivera fled police by foot before police found him hiding behind a home on Bentley Avenue.

Subrian was charged with risk of injury, third-degree assault, assault on a police officer, interfering with police and breach of peace. She was also issued an infraction for possession of marijuana. Carrion-Rivera was charged with assault on a police officer, interfering with police, third-degree criminal mischief and third-degree criminal trespass.

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