Road Rage Incident From 2024 Leads To Charges Against Oxford Resident

OXFORD, CT — Investigation into a March 2024 road rage incident on Interstate 84 in Middlebury led to a warrant application and eventual arrest of an Oxford resident Saturday.

Gerard Carbonaro, 61, was charged with reckless driving, second-degree reckless endangerment, making a false statement and improper passing. He was released on a $10,000 bond, and is scheduled for arraignment Jan. 21 in Waterbury Superior Court.

According to an affidavit supporting Carbonaro's arrest, just before noon on March 7, 2024, he was driving eastbound on I-84 when a Chevy Colorado cut him off doing between 90 and 100 miles an hour. He told police the Chevy operator gave him the finger, then began weaving in and out of his lane "as if he wanted me to rear end him."

Carbonaro told police the Chevy driver then pulled "what appeared to be a black revolver, possibly a .357 and pointed it out of his window at me." He said he followed the truck onto Route 63 and wrote down the license late number before losing him, according to the affidavit.

Police went to the home of the Chevy driver and, after considerable questioning in which he admitted to giving Carbonaro the finger, he allowed them to view footage from a dash camera mounted on his windshield. The video "corroborated the statements made by the accused," while contradicting Carbonaro's claims, according to the affidavit.

The footage confirmed "at no point was a firearm visible," according to the affidavit.