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Police: Man arrested for assault, stealing firearm

Police: Man arrested for assault, stealing firearm
"RESPONSIBLE ADULT" -- IN CHARGE OF JOHNSON. BUT THE COURT DECIDED...HE WILL STAY IN POLICE CUSTODY FOR NOW. THIS MORNING... A COLCHESTER MAN FACING MULTIPLE CHARGES AFTER ALLEGEDLY ASSAULTING AND STEALING A FIREARM FROM A PERSON IN BURLINGTON. POLICE SAY 39- YEAR-OLD MICHAEL BENUSOLA TEXTED A PERSON... THAT HE WAS IN TROUBLE AND HURT. WHEN HE GOT TO THE PERSON'S HOME... THE PERSON... AGREED TO TAKE BENUSOLA TO U-V-M MEDICAL CENTER. POLICE SAY... STARTED HITTING THE PERSON... WHO WAS TRYING TO HELP HIM ááMULTIPLE TIMES AND WHEN THAT PERSON FELL.... HE STOMPED ON THEM. WITNESSES DESCRIBED 's BEHAVIOR AS "MANIC AND IN ANOTHER WORLD." BEFORE HE LEFT THE AREA... POLICE SAY STOLE A GUN FROM A WITNESS WHO TRIED TO STOP THE ATTACK. POLICE FOUND HIM AT THE QUALITY INN IN COLCHESTER AND HE WAS TAKEN INTO CUSTODY. HAS A CRIMINAL HISTORY. AND WAS RECENTLY ARRESTED... EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. FOR A SEPARATE SITUATION ON CHURCH AND MAIN STREET. BURLINGTON POLICE TELL US THAT USE OF FORCE BY OFFICERS IN THAT ARREST IS UNDER REVIEW BY THE POLICE DEPARTMENT
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Police: Man arrested for assault, stealing firearm
A Colchester man is facing multiple charges, including assault, after he stole a firearm in Burlington.Police say that Michael Gbenusola, 39, texted a person that he was in trouble and hurt on Wednesday.When he arrived at the person’s home to be taken to the hospital, Gbenusola allegedly began hitting the person trying to help him multiple times, and when the person fell, he stomped on him.Witnesses described Gbenusola’s behavior as “manic and in another world.”The person got Gbenusola to stop hitting them by spraying him with a defensive aerosol. However, Gbensusola stole a firearm from a witness who tried to intervene before running away. Police later found him at the Quality Inn in Colchester and took him in to custody. He was being held on $5,000 bail until his arraignment on Thursday morning.Gbenusola has a criminal history and was recently arrested Sunday morning for a separate incident related to a disturbance on Church and Main Street in Burlington. Police say the use of force in that incident is under review by the police department. Gbenusola is facing multiple charges for this incident and is scheduled to appear in court next month.

A Colchester man is facing multiple charges, including assault, after he stole a firearm in Burlington.

Police say that Michael Gbenusola, 39, texted a person that he was in trouble and hurt on Wednesday.

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When he arrived at the person’s home to be taken to the hospital, Gbenusola allegedly began hitting the person trying to help him multiple times, and when the person fell, he stomped on him.

Witnesses described Gbenusola’s behavior as “manic and in another world.”

The person got Gbenusola to stop hitting them by spraying him with a defensive aerosol.

However, Gbensusola stole a firearm from a witness who tried to intervene before running away.

Police later found him at the Quality Inn in Colchester and took him in to custody. He was being held on $5,000 bail until his arraignment on Thursday morning.

Gbenusola has a criminal history and was recently arrested Sunday morning for a separate incident related to a disturbance on Church and Main Street in Burlington.

Police say the use of force in that incident is under review by the police department. Gbenusola is facing multiple charges for this incident and is scheduled to appear in court next month.