Crime & Safety

Picketer Charged With Breach of Peace

Police arrested one man at Dichello this morning.

Officers assigned at the Dichello Distributor labor dispute made an arrest for Breach of Peace on April 11 at 10:27 a.m. 

In response to a posting for job openings at Dichello, two males and a female were leaving the property on foot and walked through the line of picketers with the assistance of officers.

One of the picketers, Daniel Mezzanotte, 56, of 145 Hall St., New Haven, allegedly threw a cup of soup at them, hitting the female with the contents of the cup.

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Officers placed  Mezzanotte under arrest without incident and he was transported to headquarters.He was released on a promise to appear in court April 25.


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