More Information on Ray DeCamillo

NORWALK

The trial of former Norwalk police officer Ray DeCamillo, charged with fondling a 20-year-old woman during a traffic stop, continued Thursday with a sergeant saying DeCamillo failed to report the stop to the dispatcher.

The woman, now 23, told police DeCamillo that the incident occurred two years ago on Silvermine Avenue.

DeCamillo, who was fired in May 2007, is charged with fourth-degree sexual assault and unlawful restraint. If convicted of both charges during his trial in state Superior Court in Norwalk, he faces a maximum sentence of two years.

During the fourth day of testimony Thursday, the main witness was the lead investigator, Detective Bureau Sgt. Arthur Weisgerber.

Weisgerber said he examined dispatch records and could find no indication that DeCamillo called in the traffic stop at 3:15 a.m. July 5, 2006.

He said he checked the records of the National Crime Information Center and found that the woman's license plate was not checked by dispatchers that night, as it would have been if the stop was called in.

Weisgerber said the woman had a phone number, which she said was given to her by "Officer Ray," in hopes she would call him later.

Weisgerber said the cell phone number was the one DeCamillo gave to the police department for when he needed to be reached for extra-duty work.

During cross-examination, Weisgerber told DeCamillo's defense attorney, William Pelletreau, that the woman could not pick DeCamillo's picture out of a photo array of 41 officers.

Weisgerber said the woman described "Officer Ray" as olive-skinned and husky with black hair about one inch long.

DeCamillo is black and shaves his head.

Investigators were unable to find DeCamillo's fingerprints on the woman's car, Weisgerber said, but a light rain fell that night and could have affected that.

Weisgerber said he interviewed DeCamillo on July 18, 2006, and DeCamillo admitted pulling a car over on Silvermine Avenue. DeCamillo volunteered that he "made a mistake" by not calling the stop in to the dispatcher, Weisgerber said.

After his testimony, Assistant State's Attorney Michael DeJoseph rested the state's case.

Pelletreau said he had as many as three more witnesses to call today before resting his case.