NORWICH – With recommendation from the victim, the court approved a request made by the Public Defender’s Office to move a teen-ager’s attempted murder case back into the family court system.
Fourteen-year-old Ty A. Tumminia, Norwich, had been charged with second-degree attempted murder after being arrested April 1. The teen attacked his mother first with a phone cord and then with his bare hands in an attempt to strangle her because she refused to allow him to visit his girlfriend in Iowa. The mother was left unconscious and thought to be dead by her son.
Norwich City Police responded to the home at 80 South Broad St. and discovered the mother unconscious within moments of the incident because the defendant’s younger brother called 911 after hearing his mother’s cries for help during the attack.
Officials had said repeatedly the mother “would have most likely have died if it was not for the arrival of police.”
The teenager fled the scene when the PD arrived and the officers were too busy attending to the victim to pursue him. The New York State Troopers discovered Tumminia along Rt. 12 just south of the city and took him into custody a short time later.
Public Defender Alan Gordon asked the court to move the case back to Family Court, citing the results from the mental evaluation and the feedback from the family.
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