In Hartford, WTIC Reporter, Photographer Attacked

By Andrew Gauthier 

Hartford Courant

Two Fox CT journalists were assaulted by the husband of a woman who was to appear in Superior Court to answer charges that she received stolen beer from Hartford Distributors shooter Omar Thornton, police said.

Reporter George Colli and photographer Alan Chaniewski were sprayed with wasp and hornet spray about 9:45 a.m.

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Chaniewski was hit in the face by the spray. He then rushed across the road to an Enfield fire house for first aid. Colli was hit in the head by the spray, and on his clothing. More…

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