Crime & Safety
Police: Bethel Man Arrested After Taking Ex-Wife's Car
The man was charged with assault and other charges after the alleged August 10 incident.
A Bethel man was arrested for assault and other charges after forcibly making off with his ex-wife's car and fleeing to Danbury, according to reports released Sunday from the Bethel Police Department.
Police say Ernesto Rodrigues, 44, of Maple Row showed up at his ex-wife's house on the morning of August 10 and demanded she give him the keys to her car. When she told him to leave and tried to go to a neighbor's house to call 911, he allegedly grabbed her by the hair and tried to force her in the car -- "preventing the call to police and causing injuries," police said.
Rodriguez fled to Danbury, police said, and was arrested at about 6:26 a.m. and taken back to the Bethel Police Department. He is charged with first-degree unlawful restraint, taking a vehicle with an owner's permission, interfering with an emergency call and third-degree assault.
Information is provided by the Bethel Police Department. Arrests are not indications of guilt.
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