Three police officers in three Connecticut towns were arrested Wednesday and Thursday.
Police said officers from Naugatuck, Middletown and Hartford were all arrested and were not connected.
Hartford police Officer Rhashim Campbell was arrested on Thursday after an internal investigation into an assault in the city lockup.
Police said Campbell was arrested on Thursday.
Campbell was charged with assault and fabricating physical evidence.
Police said Campbell was released on a promise to appear.
In addition to the criminal charges, Campbell also faces administrative charges, according to police.
Campbell is suspended without pay from the Hartford Police Department.
Hartford Police Chief Daryl K. Roberts said, "We take the care of persons in our custody very seriously. The inappropriate acts of these officers are not representative of the dedicated and professional officers of the Hartford Police Department. The Hartford Police Department will continue to serve our community with the highest professional standards, always focusing on service, relationships and safety."
A New York man who said Hartford police assaulted him while he was in the city lockup stood before a judge on Thursday.
Michael Stewart appeared in court on his breach of peace arrest that occurred the morning after Halloween.
Peter Oldum, Stewart's attorney did all the talking.
The Long Island man was charged in connection with an arrest in the early morning the day after Halloween. Hartford police reports said Stewart had to be pepper sprayed twice.
It's what happened after Stewart's arrest, in the city lockup, that has generated the most attention.
Officers Kent Lee and Rhashim Campbell were suspended with pay after a confrontation between them and Stewart was caught on the city lockup's surveillance cameras.
In court on Thursday, Oldum asked the judge to make sure that the recording is preserved.
Judge Glen Woods granted the request.
Lee has since retired since the incident took place.
In Middletown, police Officer Angelo Passanisi surrendered to Capt. William McKenna at the Middletown Police Department.
Police said Passanisi was charged with insurance fraud, fabricating evidence and falsely reporting an incident.
Officials said the arrest followed a lengthy investigation conducted by McKenna.
In September, Passanisi filed a police report with the Middletown Police Department in which he reported that his parked car had been struck by another vehicle that then fled the scene.
In October, after receiving information that Passanisi crashed the vehicle himself and staged an accident scene to make it appear that the accident was a hit-and-run, he was placed on administrative leave.
After his arrest, Passanisi was processed and released on a $2,500 non-surety bond and was scheduled to appear in court on Dec. 23.
In Naugatuck, Officer David Reilly was arrested by Wallingford police and is facing felony charges involving larceny and computer crimes.
Police said they received a complaint from a resident in April.
Police would not elaborate on the actual crime but Wallingford police said Reilly was charged with larceny, computer crimes and coercion.
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Thursday, December 10, 2009
Wednesday, December 02, 2009
Officer Jason Bandy Arrested for Urinating on Bar Floor
Jason Bandy was charged with second-degree breach of peace, interfering with an officer and disorderly conduct.
New Haven Police's Internal Affairs division is also investigating this incident. Bandy is currently on administrative duty pending the outcome of an internal investigation.
"The New Haven Police Department takes any incident involving possible misconduct by an officer very seriously as we expect officers to serve as role models to the community," Chief James Lewis said.
Bandy allegedly refused to leave the Center Street Lounge on Oct. 30. Police say he urinated in the floor in front of a female bouncer and later showed his badge and said, "Do you know who I am?"
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Saturday, July 18, 2009
Officer Christopher Sullivan Arrested for Domestic Violence
An off-duty Hartford police officer was arrested early Friday by Vernon police on domestic violence charges.
Christopher Sullivan, 34, of Old Town Road, was arraigned Friday in Superior Court in Rockville on charges of first-degree burglary, third-degree assault, second-degree threatening, breach of peace and unlawful restraint.
Vernon police said they were called at 2:33 a.m. to an apartment on South Street on a report of a domestic violence assault. The woman they met told them that she and Sullivan had been in an argument that escalated into an assault. She told officers that Sullivan held her down and threatened her.
The woman told police that she asked Sullivan to leave several times. He finally did, and she locked the door behind him, she told police. Sullivan then broke the door open and assaulted her again, police said.
Police found Sullivan at his apartment and took him into custody. His bail was set at $250,000.
Hartford Assistant Police Chief Neil Dryfe said Friday afternoon that Sullivan, according to department policy, has been suspended from his duties without pay. Sullivan has been a Hartford police officer for seven years.
Christopher Sullivan, 34, of Old Town Road, was arraigned Friday in Superior Court in Rockville on charges of first-degree burglary, third-degree assault, second-degree threatening, breach of peace and unlawful restraint.
Vernon police said they were called at 2:33 a.m. to an apartment on South Street on a report of a domestic violence assault. The woman they met told them that she and Sullivan had been in an argument that escalated into an assault. She told officers that Sullivan held her down and threatened her.
The woman told police that she asked Sullivan to leave several times. He finally did, and she locked the door behind him, she told police. Sullivan then broke the door open and assaulted her again, police said.
Police found Sullivan at his apartment and took him into custody. His bail was set at $250,000.
Hartford Assistant Police Chief Neil Dryfe said Friday afternoon that Sullivan, according to department policy, has been suspended from his duties without pay. Sullivan has been a Hartford police officer for seven years.
Friday, February 20, 2009
More Information on Officer Andrew Barone Charged with Sexual Assault
Police at Central Connecticut State University have charged a Wilton police officer with sexual assault and other crimes that allegedly occurred on the New Britain campus, authorities said.
Andrew Barone turned himself in to campus police, said Mark McLaughlin, a CCSU spokesman.
Barone, who was hired by the Wilton department in January 2008, is on paid administrative leave while an internal affairs investigation is being done, said Capt. Michael Lombardo.
Barone, a CCSU student from 2004 to 2008, is charged with second-degree sexual assault, three counts of third-degree computer crime, eight counts of breach of peace and one count of sixth-degree larceny, according to court records.
He is free on $150,000 bond and is scheduled to appear March 13 in Superior Court in New Britain.
Barone's ex-girlfriend and her sister, who was 16 at the time of the alleged incident, described to police a night of heavy partying about three years ago at CCSU that ended with all three of them falling asleep in a dorm room.
In an arrest warrant affidavit, the sister said that at some point during the night, Barone left the bed he was sharing with his girlfriend and sexually assaulted her.
The younger woman also told police Barone had previously touched her inappropriately when he was visiting her sister at their home.
Barone told police that his girlfriend's sister had been jealous of their relationship and had told lies about him. He said he had passed a polygraph test to become a police officer, which included questions about sexual deviation.
Barone also is accused of posting nude photos on the Web of a female student while on campus in December 2008, McLaughlin said. The arrest warrant affidavit on those charges has yet to be released.
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Andrew Barone turned himself in to campus police, said Mark McLaughlin, a CCSU spokesman.
Barone, who was hired by the Wilton department in January 2008, is on paid administrative leave while an internal affairs investigation is being done, said Capt. Michael Lombardo.
Barone, a CCSU student from 2004 to 2008, is charged with second-degree sexual assault, three counts of third-degree computer crime, eight counts of breach of peace and one count of sixth-degree larceny, according to court records.
He is free on $150,000 bond and is scheduled to appear March 13 in Superior Court in New Britain.
Barone's ex-girlfriend and her sister, who was 16 at the time of the alleged incident, described to police a night of heavy partying about three years ago at CCSU that ended with all three of them falling asleep in a dorm room.
In an arrest warrant affidavit, the sister said that at some point during the night, Barone left the bed he was sharing with his girlfriend and sexually assaulted her.
The younger woman also told police Barone had previously touched her inappropriately when he was visiting her sister at their home.
Barone told police that his girlfriend's sister had been jealous of their relationship and had told lies about him. He said he had passed a polygraph test to become a police officer, which included questions about sexual deviation.
Barone also is accused of posting nude photos on the Web of a female student while on campus in December 2008, McLaughlin said. The arrest warrant affidavit on those charges has yet to be released.
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Tuesday, February 17, 2009
Officer Andrew Barone Arrested for Sex Crimes
WILTON
Information from the state's Superior Court revealed hundreds of naked pictures on the Internet were posted illegally from an IP address belonging to the home and registered e-mail of a Wilton police officer.
The officer, Andrew Barone, 23, of Trumbull, was arrested on Friday by the Connecticut Central State University (CCSU) Police on one count of sexual assault in the second degree, three felony counts of computer crime in the third degree, one count of larceny in the sixth degree and eight breach of peace counts in the second degree.
Barone's girlfriend was notified by a school official on Dec. 3, 2008, there were nude photographs of her online. She said some of them were taken the night before by Barone, and the following morning, she and her roommate were at class, and Barone was alone in their dorm room.
Barone said he left his camera with the photos in the room and does not know how they got online.
A few days later, Barone's ex-girlfriend was notified by the police naked photos of her were also online.
She said in the affidavit she didn't know there were nude pictures of her on the Internet, but she was "100 percent sure" Barone posted them because she had never let anyone else take pictures of her nude.
During more than a month-long investigation, the owner of the Web site, girlfriendshowoff.com, confirmed the photos found on Dec. 3 were posted from an IP address registered to Barone's girlfriend and posted from her computer that morning.
He also confirmed others were posted from a computer with an IP address registered to Barone's Trumbull address.
According to the affidavit, the owner of the Web site said whoever owns the e-mail accounts registered to the IP addresses was "seriously obsessed," and was the fifth most frequent user out of 7,000 accounts.
One IP address was connected to the e-mail address abarone@ccsu.edu, but Barone said in the affidavit he has not used that e-mail address since his freshman year. He also denied posting any pictures of his current girlfriend or ex-girlfriend and said his computer was hacked into in the spring of 2008.
Naked pictures of five girls in connection with this case were found online.
Barone's ex-girlfriend said she never gave Barone permission to post the photos online, and, according to the affidavit, he did "worse things than just post pictures, and one of the two incidents happened at CCSU," but no further information is available.
Mark McLaughlin, associate vice president of marketing and communications at CCSU, said Barone was a student at the university at the time of the sexual assault, which allegedly occurred on April 22, 2006.
McLaughlin also said the girl involved in the alleged sexual assault was not a student. No more information on that charge was available at press time.
Barone was held on $75,000 bond and given a court date of March 13.
Captain Michael Lombardo of the Wilton Police Department said Barone went through the same screening process as all officers, including a psychological screening and an extensive background check by Wilton detectives.
The department is conducting an internal investigation, and Barone is on administrative leave with no power of arrest.
"We've initiated an internal affairs investigation," said Lombardo. "Pending that disposition, we will determine his status. . . As anyone who's accused of any crime, he's entitled to his due process."
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Monday, October 13, 2008
Trooper Mark Piccirillo Suspended for Domestic Violence
The resident state police trooper in Bethlehem has been suspended after Naugatuck police arrested him in connection with a domestic violence dispute with his wife at the couple's home last week.
Trooper Mark Piccirillo, 48, of 24 City Brook Road, was charged by Naugatuck police with misdemeanor charges of third-degree assault and breach of peace after the incident, which occurred in the couple's home on Thursday. The trooper's wife, Mary Piccirillo, 49, of the same address, faces the same charges.
The Naugatuck Police Department would not release a report of the incident on Tuesday. The Republican-American has filed a request for the report through the Freedom of Information Act.
Attempts to reach Piccirillo on Tuesday were unsuccessful.
Although little is known about what happened during the domestic dispute, state law says a third-degree assault charge, the most serious charge the Piccirillos face, can be levied if a person causes physical injury to another person.
According to documents on file at Waterbury Superior Court, Piccirillo and his wife posted separate $200 cash bonds at the police department on Thursday night and were arraigned at the courthouse on Friday.
Their case was remanded to Family Court Services of Waterbury, and the Piccirillos have signed court-imposed protective orders that say they will refrain from "imposing any physical restraint upon the person or liberty of the protected person" and from "threatening, harassing, stalking, assaulting, molesting, sexually assaulting or attacking the protected person."
Mark Piccirillo, who has been a state trooper in Bethlehem for at least 13 years, was ordered by the court to not possess any firearms, including all weapons issued to him by the Connecticut State Police.
Lt. J. Paul Vance, the state police spokesman, said Piccirillo's police powers have been suspended and that Piccirillo has been reassigned to undisclosed administrative duty, which requires him to have no contact with the public.
Vance said state police will conduct an internal affairs investigation of the case.
Vance also said another trooper from state police Troop L in Litchfield has been assigned to be the acting resident state trooper in Bethlehem "pending the outcome of this incident."
Vance did not immediately know Tuesday which trooper replaced Piccirillo.
Trooper Mark Piccirillo, 48, of 24 City Brook Road, was charged by Naugatuck police with misdemeanor charges of third-degree assault and breach of peace after the incident, which occurred in the couple's home on Thursday. The trooper's wife, Mary Piccirillo, 49, of the same address, faces the same charges.
The Naugatuck Police Department would not release a report of the incident on Tuesday. The Republican-American has filed a request for the report through the Freedom of Information Act.
Attempts to reach Piccirillo on Tuesday were unsuccessful.
Although little is known about what happened during the domestic dispute, state law says a third-degree assault charge, the most serious charge the Piccirillos face, can be levied if a person causes physical injury to another person.
According to documents on file at Waterbury Superior Court, Piccirillo and his wife posted separate $200 cash bonds at the police department on Thursday night and were arraigned at the courthouse on Friday.
Their case was remanded to Family Court Services of Waterbury, and the Piccirillos have signed court-imposed protective orders that say they will refrain from "imposing any physical restraint upon the person or liberty of the protected person" and from "threatening, harassing, stalking, assaulting, molesting, sexually assaulting or attacking the protected person."
Mark Piccirillo, who has been a state trooper in Bethlehem for at least 13 years, was ordered by the court to not possess any firearms, including all weapons issued to him by the Connecticut State Police.
Lt. J. Paul Vance, the state police spokesman, said Piccirillo's police powers have been suspended and that Piccirillo has been reassigned to undisclosed administrative duty, which requires him to have no contact with the public.
Vance said state police will conduct an internal affairs investigation of the case.
Vance also said another trooper from state police Troop L in Litchfield has been assigned to be the acting resident state trooper in Bethlehem "pending the outcome of this incident."
Vance did not immediately know Tuesday which trooper replaced Piccirillo.
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