Police have arrested a 26-year-old Torrington man who is accused of assaulting a girl.
Shawn Mariano was arrested after police responded to a "civil disturbance" on Riverside Avenue and found him behind the apartment building.
He had facial injuries that police said happened during an altercation with the victim, who is under 18. he was sent to the hospital and has been released into police custody, police said.
Mariano was charged him with risk of injury to a child, third-degree assault, second-degree strangulation, interfering with an officer, resisting arrest and assault on a public safety official or EMT.
He was held in custody on a $10,000 surety bond and is due in court on Feb. 23.
