LEDYARD, Conn. (WFSB) - A Ledyard man was arrested Wednesday evening after strangling someone during an argument, police said.

Officers responded to a home on Hillcrest Avenue around 5:17 p.m. after receiving a report that 49-year-old Jeffery Dugas had choked a victim during a dispute.

The victim received medical treatment for injuries at the scene, authorities said. The extent of those injuries was not disclosed.

Dugas was taken into custody and charged with second-degree strangulation and disorderly conduct.

He was held on a $50,000 cash/surety bond.

He is scheduled to appear in New London Superior Court in August 2025.

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