Naugatuck police have arrested a man accused of threatening a police officer three times, and referencing the 1991 murder of a state trooper, because he was upset about an investigation.
Robert Wagner, 64, of Naugatuck was arrested on Jan. 30 after threatening a Naugatuck police officer and making a reference to the 1991 ambush killing of State Trooper Russell Bagshaw.
Police said Wagner was upset about investigation into a tablet that had been stolen from him and told the officer “he would end up like Officer Bagshaw.”
The 28-year-old Bagshaw was killed while checking on a gun shop during a burglary on June 5, 1991 and the case is considered the “most cold-blooded violence ever leveled at a Connecticut State Trooper.”
When the shift lieutenant responded to Wagner’s home, he repeated the threat again.
Then, when the lieutenant, Wagner called the Naugatuck Police Department and left a message for the officer on his department voice mail box repeating the threat a third time, police said.
Wagner was charged with threatening and second-degree harassment intimidation and held on a $25,000 surety bond.
