Douglas Cooke
DANBURY – A man armed with a knife injured an officer Friday morning after attacking his own co-worker at a car dealership in Danbury, police said.
Douglas Cooke, 45, of Laura Lane, Oxford, was charged with assault on a police officer, second-degree assault, third-degree assault and interfering with an officer / resisting arrest.
Police responded to Ingersoll, 84 Federal Road, where they found the victim standing outside with facial injuries. He said Cooke attacked him after a dispute over construction on the building, police said.
The suspect was found in a room under construction and he was asked to walk with the officers so they could speak with him, according to the report.
Cooke refused all their commands, police said, and he would not drop the pliers and a sheet-rock knife he was using on the site. A struggle between the suspect and the officers ensued and one of the officers suffered a laceration from the knife, according to police.
The suspect was taken into custody and he later posted $15,000 bond.
The officer was treated at Danbury Hospital, where he received several stitches before being released.