Rockville, Conn.
The father of a man charged with sexual assault was arrested after striking a television reporter outside a courthouse where his son's bail had just been revoked, police said.David Shefelbine, 67, of Tolland, knocked WTNH-TV reporter Erin Cox to the ground with his arm or fist when she approached him as he left court Thursday, police said. Cox was checked at a local hospital and released.
She said during the station's 6 p.m. broadcast Thursday that she was "a little shaken, but otherwise OK," and that Shefelbine also jostled a cameraman as he left the courthouse.
"When I asked him to comment, he hit me and kept on walking," Cox said.
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