Milford police: K-9 takes down suspect after attempted hatchet attack

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MILFORD >> A Milford man is facing charges after police say he tried to break into a local motel room with a hatchet to assault a person inside.

Nicholas DeMayo, 48, allegedly tried to fight with officers and was arrested after a police dog bit him, police spokesman Officer Joseph Dempsey said in a press release.

DeMayo was taken to Milford Hospital with a minor leg injury, Dempsey said Monday. An update on his condition was not immediately available.

Police responded to the Post Motor Inn, 1700 Boston Post Road, at about 11:40 p.m. Friday on a report of an assault.

Dempsey said investigators allegedly found DeMayo tried to attack the person with the hatchet. DeMayo denied the incident happened and then allegedly fought with officers before the police dog was called in.

DeMayo, who lives on Cornflower Drive, was charged with threatening, reckless endangerment, criminal mischief, interfering with police and criminal attempt to commit first-degree assault. He was released on $50,000 bond and is to appear April 19 in Milford Superior Court.

DeMayo had already been out on $10,000 bond in connection with a December incident in which he allegedly fought with a boy at his home then fought with police and hit a police dog.

In that case, court records show DeMayo was charged with disorderly conduct, interfering with police, cruelty to animals and three counts of assaulting an emergency responder. He has pleaded not guilty to those charges.

A message left for DeMayo’s attorney in that case was not immediately returned Monday.

To reach Wes Duplantier, the reporter on this story, email wduplantier@nhregister.com