MIDDLETOWN
A judge has set a date of March 18 to begin proceedings in the trial of a former city officer accused of using excessive force during a September 2005 arrest.
Executive Assistant State's Attorney Michael A. Gailor and attorney Norman A. Pattis for former police officer Brian Lawlor met with a judge for a status conference Tuesday at Middletown Superior Court. Gailor said after discussing the case, a judge set a final date of March 18 for the trial to begin.
"The trial will begin on that day and we expect to move forward in presenting evidence," said Gailor, who could not comment further on the pending case.
Messages left for Pattis were not immediately returned Tuesday.
Lawlor, 34, of Meriden, faces charges of second-degree assault with a weapon and tampering with evidence during a 2005 arrest of a Meriden man accused of using excessive force in subduing a suspect who had led police on a chase.
Court records show that Lawlor has appeared on the docket 19 times including having been scheduled to start trial during his last three appearances in January and February. In all three scheduled appearances, a judge had continued the case.
Lawlor was arrested in July 2006 after a nine month investigation into complaints that he had used excessive force against Meriden resident Alexis Hernandez. Police records said Lawlor was fired by the police department in December 2005 after an internal investigation that included a police cruiser video allegedly showing Lawlor using a pistol to strike Hernandez repeatedly.
The Freedom of Information Commission denied a request by the Record-Journal in 2006 to acquire the tapes, saying release of the video could compromise the investigation.
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More of this happens that the police department want to talk about its about time that some thing was don’t too bad he did not get a longer sentence like an every day citizen.
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