Hamden police have arrested a husband and wife accused of being out of control at a local restaurant and the husband is accused of hitting several police officers.
Police said they responded to Mickey’s Restaurant, at 2323 Whitney Ave., at 10:30 p.m. on June 29 after receiving a report of an unwanted person and were told Ralph and Valerie Dondi, were acting erratically and “out of control.”
When officers asked them to leave the premises, Ralph Dondi Jr., 66, of Hamden, pushed an officer and threatened him, police said. Then he aggressively approached another officer and pushed him, so officers arrested him and transported him to police headquarters, police said.
Valerie Dondi, 62, of Bradenton, Florida, grabbed an officer in an attempt to assist her husband and was also arrested, police said.
At police headquarters, Valerie Dondi kicked another officer and tried to assault her husband in the cell block area, according to police.
Police said that while he was in the detention facility, Ralph Dondi hit a fourth officer in the chest and it took three hours to process the couple.
Ralph Dondi Jr. and Valerie Dondi were charged with breach of peace and interfering with a police officer and are scheduled to appear in court in Meriden on July 14.
