Officers responding to a domestic incident in Ridgefield early Saturday morning found an elderly man dead inside a home, according to police.
The officers arrived at a home on Powderhorn Drive around 1 a.m. and that's when the found the man dead inside.
Police took 31-year-old Steven James Uricchio into custody without incident.
Investigators did not release details on what happened that led to the man's death. The have not released the victim's identity.
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Uricchio was charged with murder and is being held on $1.5 million bond. He is scheduled to appear in Danbury Superior Court on Monday.
Ridgefield detectives and the Connecticut State Police Western District Major Crime Squad are investigating the incident.
