Police: CT man charged in Westbrook stabbing of elderly man
News // Middletown
Peter Yankowski
Ricky Loveland, 37, of Chester
Contributed / Connecticut State Police
WESTBROOK — Connecticut State Police have arrested a Chester resident in a stabbing last week they said left an 82-year-old man with "significant" injuries.
Ricky Loveland, 37, was charged with second-degree assault on an elderly person. He was held in lieu of $150,000 bond and will appear for his arraignment Friday in state Superior Court in Middletown.
State police said officers at Troop F in Westbrook received a 911 call from the victim around 3:25 p.m. last Thursday, saying he had been stabbed near the front entrance to the Middlesex Health Shoreline Medical Center.
State police said the victim reported another male got out of his vehicle and confronted him in his car, "ultimately stabbing him."
Police said the suspect, later identified as Loveland, got back in his vehicle and fled.
"Although the caller had significant injuries as a result of his stab wound, his injuries were not considered life threatening," state police said.
Investigators were working with limited information about the suspect and his vehicle. State police said detectives were able to identify Loveland with the assistance of the public and the media, and obtained a warrant for his arrest.
He was taken into custody without incident at his home in Chester on Thursday morning, state police said.
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Peter Yankowski is a breaking news reporter for Hearst Connecticut Media. He previously reported for the Danbury News-Times and, before that, the Ridgefield Press.