Crime & Safety

Hamden Cops: A Co-Worker Uses A Machete to End a Dispute

The victim avoided serious injuries.

A dispute between two Pep Boys employees allegedly led one of them to use a machete to end the disagreement, Hamden police told the New Haven Register. 

Marcus Rochester, 28, of Glenbrook Avenue, is accused of hitting a co-worker in the neck with a machete, the Register reports. 

The 42-year-old victim suffered injuries but they would have been more serious if the blade were sharper, police said. 

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