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Kidnapping arrest
PUTNAM — Eric Wilkinson, 31, of 328 Hartford Pike, Danielson, was arrested June 8 in Connecticut with a kidnapping and assault that took place in November, 2015. He was charged with first-degree assault, first-degree kidnapping, cruelty to persons, second-degree threatening, first-degree reckless endangerment, conspiracy to commit assault in the first degree and conspiracy to commit kidnapping first degree, according to Putnam Police Department Captain Justin Lussier.
The arrest warrant issued by Danielson Superior Court was the result of an investigation initiated on Nov. 29, 2015, and conducted by Putnam Police Department with assistance of the CT State Police Major Crimes Unit. This is the third arrest related to that incident. The victim, a male who was 29 years old at the time, reported that he was assaulted by several people and forcibly taken from Putnam to the area of Pulaski State Park in Rhode Island where he was left. The victim suffered significant injuries and was hospitalized. More arrests expected.
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