FARMINGTON — A Florida man was arrested Tuesday afternoon on a warrant charging second-degree stalking and harassment, and a Farmington man was charged with disorderly conduct that evening and held on a $10,000 bond. They are the only arrests on the Farmington Police Department's two logs covering the 48 hours ending at 7 a.m. Thursday.
Tuesday, Oct. 20
4:15 p.m., 319 New Britain Avenue, the address of the Farmington Police Department. Officer Pacifico T. Flores arrested Abraham David Velasquez Hernandez, 23, of Sunrise, Florida, on a warrant charging stalking in the second degree and harassment in the second degree. Bond was $10,000, surety. The remarks line reads "Warrant arrest. Posted bond." The log lists a court date of Oct. 21.
The stalking charge falls under the part of state law covering a person who knowingly engages in a course of conduct aimed at a specific person that would cause a reasonable person to suffer emotional distress. It is a class A misdemeanor. Second-degree harassment, a class C misdemeanor, covers communicating with someone, with intent to harass, terrorize or alarm, in a manner likely to cause terror, intimidation or alarm. The log does not say who the warrant concerns or what the conduct was.
7:13 p.m., Pinnacle Road. Officer Michael J. Smith arrested Robert Stanley Stanek, 49, of Farmington, and charged him with disorderly conduct. Bond was $10,000; the log does not list a bond type. The remarks line reads "Arrested in connection with Disorderly Conduct. Held on bond." The log lists a court date of Oct. 21.
Under state law, disorderly conduct covers acts such as fighting, threatening behavior or unreasonable noise done with intent to cause inconvenience, annoyance or alarm, or recklessly creating a risk of it. It is a class C misdemeanor. The log does not say what led to the arrest.
Wednesday to Thursday, Oct. 21 to 22
The log for the 24 hours ending at 7 a.m. Thursday lists no arrests.
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