Connecticut man convicted of kidnapping and attacking Facebook Marketplace victim | fox61.com

Addison Clegg, 24, of Meriden, was convicted this week of first-degree kidnapping, first-degree robbery, first-degree strangulation and several other crimes. NEW BRITAIN, Conn. — A Meriden man involved in a brazen crime that seriously injured a victim was convicted of five separate charges this week.   A jury found 24-year-old Addison Clegg guilty of first-degree kidnapping, first-degree robbery, first-degree strangulation, stealing a firearm and criminal possession of a firearm. The verdicts were returned on Jan. 12 in New Britain Superior Court, according to a report from the Connecticut Division of Criminal Justice. Prosecutors revealed during the trial that Clegg arranged a Facebook Marketplace transaction to exchange sneakers with the victim. Instead, Clegg strangled the victim to the point of unconsciousness so that another person could then steal the victim’s legally registered 9mm gun and his vehicle. The victim was then driven from the scene while unconscious. At some point during the ride, the victim regained consciousness and escaped from the moving vehicle by jumping out on Cromwell Avenue in Rocky Hill. The victim’s escape caused him to suffer serious injuries, including a broken foot. The DCJ report did not specify when this incident took place. Now that Clegg has been
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