Thursday, April 5, 2012

3rd suspect arrested in Shelton assault

By Register Staff
SHELTON — A third man has been arrested in the March 18 attack on a resident.
Jason Terry, 25, 
of Shelton was being processed this morning in connection with the serious assault of a city man at Coram Avenue and Kneen Street, police said today.
Terry is charged with assault in the first degree and conspiracy to commit assault in the first degree.
A week after the attack, police arrested Daniel Zeleznik, 23, of 187 Howe Ave., on a warrant. The other suspect, Andrew O’Connell, 18, of 528 Wheeler's Farms Road, Orange, was subsequently also arrested on a warrant.
The victim, Jason Chevrier, 32, was found by passers-by early March 18, unconscious and bleeding heavily from the face and head. Chevrier was in critical condition for two days in Bridgeport Hospital, police said, and will need plastic surgery.
Zeleznik and O’Connell were also charged with assault in the first degree and conspiracy to commit assault in the first degree.
Zeleznik was released on $100,000 bail for an appearance April 9 in Superior Court, Derby.
O’Connell was held in lieu of $250,000 bail.

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