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Resident defaces cruiser, utters racial slurs

Note: All suspects are innocent until proven guilty in a court of law

On Saturday, Feb. 15, at approximately 4:48 p.m., the Milford Police Department responded to calls for a disturbance on Dogwood Lane. On arrival, officers encountered an intoxicated male.

As a result of an on-scene investigation, Matthew Daniello, 28, of Milford was taken into custody. During the transport process, Daniello became uncompliant, defacing the officer’s vehicle and uttering racial slurs to an assisting officer.  

Daniello has been charged with assault & battery, defacing property (2 counts), assault, strangulation or suffocation, disorderly conduct, disturbing the peace, assault & battery on a police officer, civil rights violation. 

Source: www.milfordpolice.org/news