Stamford Man is Accused of Choking Co-Worker

A 57-year-old Stamford man was arrested this week after he was accused of choking a co-worker in a Greenwich office building.

“It was an argument between co-workers…an ongoing dislike towards one another and it took a turn for the worse and became physical,” said Greenwich Police spokesman Lt. Kraig Gray.

The victim told police that he was choked by the suspect in a bathroom of an office building at 100 W. Putnam Ave., shortly before 9 a.m. Jan. 5, according to a police report.

The victim had “injuries consistent with being choked,” according to the report. And the suspect, who denied there was a physical altercation, “displayed fresh wounds to his right arm consistent with someone attempted to remove themselves from his grip,” according to the report.

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The suspect, identified as Leoncio Garcia, of Stillwater Avenue, Stamford, was charged with third-degree assault, disorderly conduct and second-degree strangulation, a felony, according to police.

Garcia was released after posting a $250 bond and is scheduled to appear Jan. 13 in state Superior Court in Stamford.

Greenwich Police photo: Leoncio Garcia.