05-05-2025
CT fugitive apprehended in Bridgeport last week charged in two stabbings
A man wanted as a fugitive in multiple states who was arrested last week has been charged in two stabbings in Bridgeport.
Nicholas Allwood, 27, was charged Monday with attempted murder and two counts each of first-degree assault and carrying a dangerous weapon, according to the Bridgeport Police Department.
Police said Allwood has been accused of stabbing the same man twice. The first incident was reported at the intersection of Iranistan Avenue and State Street on Feb. 10. The second was reported last Wednesday on Hanover Street about two hours before Allwood was apprehended. The victim, a Bridgeport resident, suffered serious injuries during both attacks, police said, declining to release the motive for the alleged assaults.
According to police, Allwood calls himself 'Hot Head' and used an alias when he was shot on Gregory Street on Easter morning. He was identified with assistance from the U.S. Marshals Service. Authorities found that he had multiple warrants out for his arrest and conducted a two-hour manhunt for him, which led authorities to a home on Gregory Street where they saw a woman who was allegedly being held captive run from the home.
Police said Allwood was armed with a knife as he chased the woman, who was not injured. Authorities were preparing to enter the home in search of Allwood and said they were not aware that he had a woman hostage.
Police were able to wrestle away the knife from Allwood, who has been in custody since. He was arrested on charges of first-degree kidnapping, second-degree assault, carrying a dangerous weapon, first-degree unlawful restraint, second-degree threatening, assault on a public safety officer and possession of narcotics with intent to sell.
Allwood has several extraditable felony warrants from numerous states, including one charging him with attempted murder out of New York, according to police. He also has a federal warrant issued by the U.S. Marshals Service charging him with felon in possession of a weapon and is wanted by the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency's New York Field Office
Allwood was also charged with four counts of being a fugitive from justice, police said.
