MIDDLETOWN — A man accused of tossing his infant son to the boy’s death from a Connecticut River bridge in Middletown appeared in court Tuesday ahead of his trial.
Tony Moreno is charged with murder in the July death, with police saying Moreno had been in a dispute with the child’s mother.
Moreno, 21, of Middletown, is accused of throwing his son Aaden off the Arrigoni Bridge in Middletown on July 5, 2015 and then jumping off himself in an apparent suicide attempt. Aaden was just 7 months old.
On July 8 he was arrested and charged with murder and murder of a victim under the age of 16. He was held on $2 million bond and remains in custody.