2 Hartford residents charged in attack on Trinity student


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HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Two Hartford residents have been arrested and charged with assault, accused of attacking a Trinity College student who was walking near the campus in March 2012.

Pedro Carillo and Veronica Marquez were charged Thursday with second-degree assault and conspiracy to commit second-degree assault. The 20-year-old Carillo is in custody for a separate charge.

The 27-year-old Marquez was arrested without incident Thursday night and ordered held on $250,000 bail Friday. Neither is a Trinity student.

Marquez's lawyer, Gerald Klein, told reporters the arrest warrant shows little evidence connecting his client to the assault.

The Hartford Courant reports that detectives working on a separate investigation developed information needed to get an arrest warrant for the suspects in the Trinity attack.

A brother of Pedro Carillo told police that Marquez told him the crime occurred after "a drunk white kid yelled something at her" and she pulled over, according to the warrant. Darren Carillo said Marquez told him she hit the young man and, when he hit her back, Pedro Carillo joined in and starting fighting the man.

Christopher Kenny, a sophomore at the time, was beaten and kicked in the face as he walked with a friend near the Hartford campus between 2 a.m. and 3 a.m. on March 4, 2012. His jaw and cheekbone were broken and he underwent surgery.

His mother, Cecily Kenny, said Thursday night the family is "happy that there can be some closure" with the arrests.

Christopher Kenny, now 23, graduated last year and is working in New York, she said. "He pushed through this whole thing," she said.

Parents complained about campus safety and students rallied to demand increased security. The college added security officers and increased lighting and surveillance equipment. It also hired a consulting firm to study security.

Yale University's police chief was appointed interim security director, succeeding the retiring security chief.

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