Crime & Safety
'Road Rage' Incident Leads To Arrest Of Truck Driver In Waterbury
The incident between two tractor trailer truck drivers occurred Wednesday on Interstate 84 near Exit 23 westbound.
WATERBURY, CT — A 54-year-old Cabool, Missouri, man was arrested on weapons and related charges Wednesday after what Connecticut State Police described as a "road rage" incident in Waterbury, during which he "brandished a handgun."
Thomas M. Colburn, a tractor trailer truck driver, was charged with carrying a pistol without a permit; illegal possession of a weapon in a motor vehicle; illegal possession of a large-capacity magazine; second-degree breach of peace; and second-degree threatening.
Details of the 3:30 p.m. incident were not disclosed, but state police said that troopers were called to an area near Exit 23 of Interstate 84 westbound in Waterbury on a report that Colburn brandished the gun during a road rage conflict with the driver of another tractor trailer truck.
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Colburn was released after posting bond on bail of $5,000, and he is scheduled to appear in Waterbury Superior Court on June 25.
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