Man Allegedly Smashes Another Car's Window, Causes Traffic in Wilton

A man allegedly exited his own car and broke another vehicle’s window with his hands, then struck the driver while the two cars were stopped on Rte. 7 just beyond the Rte. 33/Rte. 7 intersection in Wilton last Wednesday at around 6.p.m., according to the (WPD).

Police said that Wilton Police Officer Robert Cipola had just passed through the intersection leading towards Wilton center when Cipola saw a man flailing his arms in anger and shouting, with shattered glass about his feet, standing near two cars deadlocking the northbound traffic lanes. Cipola called in the incident himself and investigated the incident.

Allegedly, Frank Gasparini, 51, of Mohawk Drive in Norwalk, had a verbal altercation with another driver, both of whom accused the other of cutting the other off, police said. The two vehicles stopped in the road, locking up traffic, and Gasparini allegedly exited his car and smashed through the other driver’s glass and then “began striking him [the other driver] in the chest,” said Captain John Lynch of the WPD. Gasparini also allegedly broke the victim’s antennae.

Police identified the victim, who was not injured, as a 47-year-old male from Ridgefield. The victim was driving with a 13-year-old passenger.

Police arrested Gasparini and charged him with breach of peace and criminal mischief in the third degree; he was released on a promise to appear in court, according to police reports.