Teen Hospitalized After Fight With Brother Over Juice: Police

Hamden police arrested a 20-year-old man who is accused of hurting his teenage sister during an argument over juice and sending her to the hospital.

Police said they responded to a home on Gorham Avenue on Jan. 5 to investigate an assault weeks earlier and the person who filed the complaint said her teenage daughter was seriously injured on Dec. 12.

The teen and her brother, 20-year-old De’Shawn Fuller, had gotten into a disagreement over juice and Fuller threw the teen against an entertainment center, according to police.

The teenage girl was hospitalized with serious injuries and police obtained a warrant for Fuller.

Police arrested him on Monday on several charges, including risk of injury to a minor, threatening, third-degree assault and disorderly conduct.

He was detained on a court-ordered $15,000 bond, is scheduled to appear in court in Meriden on Tuesday.

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