Crime & Safety

Man Threatened Coworkers At Durham Facility: Police

A Meriden man was arrested Thursday in Durham on charges that he threatened his coworkers.

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DURHAM, CT - A Meriden man was arrested for threatening coworkers at a Durham facility, according to state police. Jeffrey Wilson, 46, was charged with second-degree breach of peace.

Police said they received a call Thursday at 11:20 a.m. from Durham Manufacturing that an employee was making "generalized statements" threatening others. The employee was fired a short while later.

When police arrived, the employee had already left. Police issued a shelter-in-place order for schools in the area while they searched for the suspect.

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Police found Wilson at his Catlin Street home in Meriden soon thereafter. Wilson was taken into custody without incident. A weapons check showed no weapons are registered to Wilson.

Wilson admitted to police that he made those statements but that he no intention to hurt anyone.

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