ANSONIA, Conn.
Decorated Ansonia police officer Mustafa Salahuddin has turned himself in to State Police on a theft charge.
Salahuddin's lawyer says his client has been charged with larceny for allegedly stealing a garden hose from the police department. Ansonia Police Chief Kevin Hale is declining to discuss details, but attorney Rob Serafinowicz says it's a case of retribution.
Serafinowicz believes the investigation is retribution for a successful complaint Salahuddin filed a decade ago with the state civil rights agency over his right as a Muslim to wear a trimmed beard.
Serafinowicz says the alleged theft involved a $25 garden hose that the department has in its possession.
Salahuddin has received the department's Distinguished Service Award and last year he received a Life-Saving Award.
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