Police: Ex-Boyfriend Threatened, Assaulted, Held New Canaan Woman

The ex-boyfriend of a 54-year-old New Canaan woman, who she hadn’t seen in three months, suddenly showed up at her door, struck her in the face, pressed a hot container of water against her and held her down when she was on the floor, police said.

New Canaan police gave this account of the matter, an accusation not proven in court:

On Sunday, April 19, Bruce Hoberman, 59, of Stamford, showed up at the woman’s door on Lockwood Avenue in New Canaanafter the two hadn’t been in contact for three months. Hew wanted her to sign a motor vehicle title. The police report does not say whether she objected or not.

He came inside and yelled at her, and at one point took a heated pot on a stove and held it to her arm, leaving a red mark. He also struck her on her eye, also leaving a mark, and held her down.

The woman went to police two days later, on April 21, because she was scared of him, she told police.

New Canaan applied for and received an arrest warrant charging him with second-degree assault, second-degree threatening, disorderly conduct and first-degree unlawful restraint. With Stamford police present (a standard policy), New Canaan police arrested Hoberman at his home on Austin Avenue in Stamford.

Hoberman was held on $50,000 bond, which he did not post, and was taken to state Superior Court in Norwalk the next morning. There, his bond was reduced to a promise to appear in court. His next court date is May 20.

Picture: New Canaan police arrest photo of Bruce Hoberman, 59, of Austin Avenue in Stamford