WATERBURY, Conn.
A member of the Waterbury police department was arrested Wednesday, accused of arranging to buy illegally prescribed pain pills.
Laura Donovan, 40, of Waterbury, surrendered at police headquarters the day after police arrested a man they said illegally bought OxyContin and Percocet for her.
Donovan, a 10-year-member of the force, was charged with criminal attempt to possess narcotics in connection with illegal drug buys on Tuesday and Saturday, police said.
Members of the police department were watching Tuesday as John Soricelli, 34, of Waterbury, pulled into a Huntington Avenue parking lot to buy drugs from Domenic George, 57, of Waterbury, police said.
Both men were arrested, then police saw Donovan’s personal car drive by the parking lot, police said. She was not on duty or in uniform, police said.
After being arrested, Soricelli told police he was buying pills for Donovan, police said.
Soricelli also bought OxyContin for Donovan in another location on Saturday, police said.
Donovan was arrested Wednesday. She was suspended from the force with pay, pending the outcome of an internal affairs investigation, police said.
Donovan was released and is scheduled to appear in court next week.
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