Man arrested and held without bail after confrontation with police at Hartford apartment complex

The Hartford Police Department provided an update Sunday regarding the shelter-in-place order issued Friday to residents of a Hartford condominium complex. Hartford Police responded to a parking lot adjacent to the Stony Creek condominium complex after receiving reports of a domestic violence incident. situation involving two elderly victims. The 72-year-old and 91-year-old women had visible injuries, which were treated on scene by Hartford EMS before being taken to Dartmouth Health by ambulance for further care. When officers went to the condo complex to continue their investigation into the incident by speaking with John Beane, Beane yelled to officers from the second story window that he had a gun and was planning to shoot them. shoot it with. This led officers to establish a perimeter and issue a shelter-in-place order. After hours of failed attempts to negotiate with Beane, HPD decided to end the perimeter. The next day, emergency personnel were called back to the complex after a relative reported that Beane was having a medical emergency in his apartment. After refusing treatment, Beane was taken into custody. He is charged with one count of first-degree aggravated assault, which is a felony charge, and one count of assault, which is a misdemeanor. Beane was taken to the Southern State Correctional Center, where he was held without bail throughout his detention. over the weekend, pending his arraignment Tuesday.