Police: Torrington woman coughs on officer, says she has coronavirus during arrest
A Torrington woman facing charges of assaulting an officer after police say she coughed on one of them and said she had COVID-19.
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Apr 11, 2020, 11:22 AM
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Updated 1,836 days ago
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A Torrington woman facing charges of assaulting an officer after police say she coughed on one of them and said she had COVID-19.
Police say they were trying to arrest 31-year-old Cassandra Spada following a domestic dispute when she began aggressively coughing in the officer's face and said tested positive for coronavirus.
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They say Spada later claimed she did not have coronavirus, and did not have a temperature at the time of her arrest.
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