Ridgefield woman accused of slipping antifreeze chemical into ex's wine posts bond

Kristin Hogan, 33, had been held on a $1 million bond since Friday when Connecticut State Police arrested her on charges of attempted murder and interfering following their investigation.

Marissa Alter

Oct 9, 2025, 11:57 PM

Updated 6 hr ago

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A Ridgefield woman accused of trying to kill the father of her child by poisoning his wine bonded out of custody after appearing in Danbury Superior Court Thursday.
Kristin Hogan, 33, had been held on a $1 million bond since Friday when Connecticut State Police arrested her on charges of attempted murder and interfering following their investigation.
Court records show the estranged couple is in the middle of a custody battle.
Hogan's voice was barely above a whisper as she agreed to the judge's bond release conditions. They included an immediate mental health evaluation at Danbury Hospital, GPS monitoring and home confinement at her grandparents' house in Massachusetts. The judge also issued protective orders barring Hogan from contact with her ex, their young son and her other two kids.
“This case is not what it seems. There's a lot more to this story. We can’t really get into more details than that. What we do know is Kristen is a loving mother. She cares about her kids more than anything, and she's looking forward to keeping this case moving and resolving it,” said attorney Mark Sherman, who represents Hogan, along with attorney Ryan O’Neil.
According to Hogan's arrest warrant, she secretly poured ethylene glycol, the chemical found in antifreeze, into an open bottle of wine at her ex’s house in Ridgefield on Aug 7.
Police believe it happened while the man was at the courthouse for a family court hearing that Hogan had requested but never came to.
Court records obtained by News 12 show Hogan had filed an application for relief from abuse, alleging, “controlling, threatening, and verbally abusive behavior,” and claiming, “I live in constant fear of what he may do next.” The judge dropped the matter when Hogan didn’t appear for the hearing.
Hogan’s ex told police that a few days later, on Aug. 10, he drank a small amount of wine that was in the refrigerator before bed, then woke up several times increasingly ill, according to the warrant.
When his mom arrived to bring him to the hospital, she found him, "slurring his words, staggering and vomiting," the warrant said.
Doctors initially thought he was having a stroke, then determined it was signs ethylene glycol poisoning, which led to him being admitted to the ICU and put on dialysis, according to the warrant.
When police went through Hogan’s phone, they found searches for various lethal poisons and how much would kill a person, the warrant said. Hogan had also searched "penalty for not appearing for court hearing on your own motion," the warrant said.
Hogan initially denied she put the toxic chemical in the wine, claiming she was in Rhode Island at the time, but location data from her phone put in the vicinity of the house on Aug. 7, according to the warrant. Hogan then confessed, saying “she never intended to kill him but just wanted to make him sick as payback for being mentally abusive,” according to the warrant. Hogan also admitted to pouring a small amount of mono ethylene glycol into an iced tea bottle of the victim’s at a different date, per the warrant.
Hogans’ attorneys wouldn’t comment on the alleged admissions or anything else in the warrant.
“That's just an allegation, OK. We need to see the evidence. Just because it says it in a warrant with accusations and allegations, doesn't mean it actually happened, so we need to look at the evidence,” Sherman told reporters after the court hearing.
“One of the things you all saw in the warrant is there were cameras,” added O’Neill. “There were mentions of Ring cameras and Nest cameras and other cameras, and what we asked the court to do is preserve that data, to send an order to Amazon, to Google and make sure that stuff gets preserved.”
According to the warrant, the victim gave police a motive for Hogan’s alleged actions, saying if he died, she would get full custody of their child and full ownership of the house. Court records show that house, which they bought together, is the focus of an ongoing property case between them.
Hogan's home confinement allows her to leave only for emergency medical care and required in-person court appearances. She’s due back in Danbury Superior Court Dec. 2.