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Wife Arrested After Punching Woman With Her Husband At Fairfield Metro

FAIRFIELD, Conn. - A Bridgeport woman was arrested at the Fairfield Metro train station after smashing a motorcycle helmet and hitting another woman during an argument with her husband, police said. 

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Fairfield police were called to the train station shortly after 1 a.m. Saturday on a report that three people were fighting by the tracks, police said. 

When officers arrived, they found a woman in the parking lot who said she had been been punched in the face with a closed fist by her male friend's wife, police said. The man's motorcycle helmet had also been smashed to the ground, police said.

According to the victim, Aquila Walters-Dunn, 39, of Bridgeport, came up to her and her male friend and yelled at her to stay away from her husband, police said. The victim and the husband had spent the day in New York, she told police. 

Before officers arrived, Walters-Dunn and her husband had fled the scene on a motorcycle and in a car, the victim told police. 

The husband was stopped on the motorcycle on Kings Highway East, police said. He confirmed that his wife had smashed his helmet and punched the victim, police said.

Walters-Dunn was found sitting on the front porch of her home in Bridgeport and was taken into custody, police said.

She was charged with breach of peace and third-degree criminal mischief and released on a written promise to appear in court on Aug. 14. 

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