Ridgefield woman charged with two counts of attempted murder

A Ridgefield woman was arrested Oct. 3 and charged with two counts of attempted murder after authorities say she poisoned beverages consumed by her estranged husband in early August, leaving him hospitalized with symptoms consistent with antifreeze poisoning. Kristen Hogan, 33, was also charged with one count of interfering with an officer, and is being held on a $1 million bond, according to a Connecticut State Police affidavit.

Police say the 34-year-old victim drank from a partially opened bottle of wine kept in his refrigerator and became violently ill in early August, experiencing slurred speech, staggering and repeated vomiting. Family members found him and took him to a hospital, where clinicians initially considered a stroke before identifying signs of ethylene glycol poisoning. He was transferred to an intensive care unit and placed on dialysis after developing renal failure, the affidavit says.

Forensic testing of the wine and the man’s blood reportedly detected ethylene glycol, a chemical used in antifreeze. Detectives recovered the wine from the residence and submitted it to the state laboratory, which returned positive results, the affidavit states. Investigators...