A Torrington teen accused of killing his mother at their home on Forest Street earlier this month is being held on more than $1.5 million bond.
Nicholas Hulme, 18, was arrested 80 miles from the crime scene in Sleepy Hollow, New York. He appeared in court on Tuesday after being extradited back to Connecticut.
Hulme bowed his head as he was arraigned on murder and larceny charges Tuesday.
According to the arrest warrant, Hulme admitted to killing his mother, 49-year-old Wendy Hulme, after arguing for hours about his drug addiction.
Nicholas Hulme told police he and his mother were driving to a drug rehab clinic in New York state the morning of Nov. 3 when they stopped for lunch in Newtown and he decided he didn't want to go, according to the warrant.
As Wendy Hulme turned the car around and headed back to Torrington with her son, the two began arguing over money and drugs, Nicholas Hulme allegedly told police.
They continued to argue after they got home, and Nicholas Hulme said "his mother came at him" and he grabbed her throat, choking her until she was unconscious, then "brought her to the floor," according to the warrant.
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Nicholas Hulme then took his mother's car and bank card, withdrew $100 from an ATM and went to Waterbury to buy heroin and crack, police said. He took the drugs, then drove to through New York City, New Jersey, Bridgeport and Fairfield over the course of four days before ultimately arriving in Sleepy Hollow.
He was found with his mother's car at the Sleepy Hollow train station two days after police discovered Wendy Hulme's body in the bathroom of her third-floor apartment.
Police said Wendy Hulme's injuries appeared to indicate that she had been strangled, and the medical examiner determined that she died of neck compression.
Her mother, who reported Wendy and Nicholas Hulme missing on Nov. 5, told police Nicholas Hulme moved back home about three months ago and wanted his mother to pay off his drug dealer, according to the arrest warrant.
The victim's sister told police Wendy Hulme had left her home in recent weeks because her son had become violent, the warrant says. Law enforcement and government sources said Nicholas Hulme was already on juvenile parole at the time of the murder.
Police said they are still investigating the case.
Anyone with information is asked to call Torrington police Det. Jim Crean at 860-489-2061 or Lt. Bart Barown at 860-489-2036.
