This report was updated at 11:25 am December 8 to include a statement from the Shelton Fire Chief.

All four of Newtown's on-duty officers faced a tense and harrowing scene as they confronted an armed local man who had allegedly shot his way into an occupied Andras Road residence just after 4 am Sunday, December 6, according to Police Chief Michael Kehoe.

The Newtown home invasion unfolded several hours after the same individual was also tied to an alleged assault in neighboring Monroe.

Upon arrival at the Andras Road location following several 911 calls reporting gunshots, Chief Kehoe said responding officers confronted Michael Dziubina, 27, who was reportedly holding a small pistol in his hand.

"Our officers showed great restraint after responding to several reports of gunshots," Chief Kehoe told The Newtown Bee Monday morning. "Fortunately, the suspect dropped his weapon when confronted by our officers with guns drawn. At that point they were able to take him into custody and resolved what was certainly a high risk, high threat situation."

According to the initial police report, as officers approached the scene on Andras Road they found a broken exterior door. Dziubina then reportedly appeared inside walking toward the door with a pistol in his right hand. He was taken into custody moments later without further incident or resistance, Chief Kehoe said.

Chief Kehoe said it wasn't until the suspect was brought back to headquarters that officers realized they had been to Dziubina's Newtown home on Cold Spring Road trying and locate him a few hours earlier after a call from the Monroe Police Department.

That call came after an incident on Kettle Creek Road, a couple of miles from the reported home invasion.

Monroe Police Captain Michael Flick told The Bee that just before 1 am December 6, Dziubina and a female companion were reportedly heading to his Newtown residence from a party at a friend's house in Shelton when she realized he was intoxicated.

Captain Flick said when Dziubina, described in the report as the victim's boyfriend, made a wrong turn on to Kettle Creek Lane, she told him to stop the car so she could get out. When Dziubina failed to stop, the victim stated she activated the emergency brakes by pulling up the handle located in the center console, turned the car off, and took the keys from the ignition.

The report states that this action "enraged her boyfriend, who then got out of the car, walked around and pulled the victim from the car by her neck and threw her to the ground."

He then started the car with a spare key and left at a high rate of speed, leaving the victim on the side of the road, Captain Flick said.

As this initial incident played out, Monroe Police received a call from a Kettle Creek Lane resident saying she heard loud screaming outside her home that she at first believed to be coyotes howling. But when the home owner opened her front door to investigate, she found the female victim in front of her home calling for help.

After calling police the resident took the women into her home. Upon investigation of the altercation, Monroe Police called Newtown to try and locate Dziubina, but local officers were unsuccessful.

Dziubina was charged in the Newtown incident with home invasion; burglary in the first degree for shooting the exterior door and entering the occupied residence; reckless endangerment in the first degree; unlawful discharge of a firearm; and criminal mischief in the first degree for discharging the firearm into the residence.

Chief Kehoe said there is no apparent connection between Dziubina and the residents of the Andras Road home. He said Dziubina was able to make a $100,000 bond and was scheduled to be arraigned in Danbury Superior Court December 7.

Later that day Monroe Police detectives obtained an arrest warrant for Dziubina for the charges of Unlawful Restraint First Degree and Assault Third Degree. He was subsequently  taken into custody at his parent’s home in Shelton. 

His bond from the Monroe arrest was set by the Court at $75,000, and Dziubina was expected to be arraigned on those added charges in Bridgeport Superior Court the following morning according to Captain Flick.  

A routine Internet search by The Bee developed a LinkedIn profile on Dziubina, which states he has served as a Shelton firefighter for the past eight years, and as a Shelton EMT for 12 years.

Shelton Fire Chief Francis Jones told The Bee December 8 that he had just received a letter of resignation from Dziubina that morning.

"He served with the Huntington fire company for eight years without any incident," Chief Jones said. "Up until now he was an exemplary firefighter."

According to the site, he is currently employed as an Emergency Medicine Physician's Assistant at St Vincent's Medical Center in Bridgeport. He graduated in 2012 with a Master's Degree from the PA program at Quinnipiac University.

St Vincent's communications office said there would be no comment on the matter. Messages left with the chief of the Echo Hose Ambulance for comment were not immediately returned.