HARTFORD — A Hartford woman faces numerous charges after she allegedly bludgeoned her husband with a wooden plaque with a picture of Jesus Christ on it, then threatened responding state troopers with an 8-foot-long tree branch, authorities said.
State Police used a Taser stun gun to disarm Laura A. Fraley, 51, during a Saturday afternoon confrontation in front of her 5051 county Route 30 home, officials said.
Troopers Jason Gutowski and Aaron Mound got to the home to find Fraley out front, waving a large tree branch toward the troopers and refusing to put it down, State Police Investigator Kevin Reppenhagen said.
She refused to drop the weapon, and after she was shot with a Taser and dropped the branch, continued to fight with troopers before they got her into custody, police said.
The two were arguing because she wanted the victim to convert to the Mormon church, Reppenhagen said. At some point, her husband mentioned an ex-boyfriend of Fraley’s, which further angered her, police said.
