Overview
- A 911 call around 6:20 p.m. reported a woman yelling for help on Otis Street in Norwich, where police say the mother reported she was assaulted and her two children were taken.
- Police identified the suspect as 26-year-old Jonathan Driscoll, the father of one child and with no affiliation to the second child.
- Investigators contacted Driscoll by phone, and police say he claimed to have a firearm before negotiations resulted in the children being returned safely.
- Officers attempted a traffic stop but say Driscoll fled; police did not pursue and believed he was intoxicated and making threats about the children's safety.
- Driscoll was arrested on charges including first-degree kidnapping with a firearm and two counts of risk of injury to a minor, held on $200,000 bond, with unrelated state police warrants noted and a request for tips at 860-886-5561.