Fairfield Police: Man Violated Protective Order, Threatened Ex-Girlfriend

FAIRFIELD, Conn. — A Bridgeport man was held on a $50,000 bond Sunday after he argued with a former girlfriend, violating two protective orders, at the Fairfield Circle Inn, police said.

Junaro Velez Cruz
Photo Credit: *Fairfield Police Department*

Meredith Guinness

08/22/2016 3:00 p.m.

The victim told police that Junaro Velez Cruz, 36, of Choosey Hill Road, threatened her and pulled her hair in the 2:30 p.m. incident at the Post Road motor inn. He was picked up while walking back toward Bridgeport, police said.

Cruz was charged with two counts of violation of a protective order stemming from two similar incidents in Fairfield, police said. He was also charged with disorderly conduct and second-degree threatening, police said.

He was scheduled to appear in court on Monday.

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