Thursday, July 11, 2013

Prescription pills stolen from home of missing Branford man

By Evan Lips
Register Staff

BRANFORD >> Weeks after Crouch Road resident John Deveau, 61, was declared missing, court records show police arrested a man who lives next door after he allegedly broke into Deveau’s house and stole his prescription painkillers.
But police say the man they arrested in the theft of the painkillers, Thomas Chester Malinka, 43, who resides in a small house at 33 Crouch Road, Unit D, is not considered a suspect in Deveau’s disappearance.
Malinka was arrested June 10 and charged with burglary, larceny, possession of narcotics and use and possession of drug paraphernalia. His bond was set at $500,000.
Adding to the mystery, Deveau went missing in the spring after he reported being the victim of an ATM larceny.

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Friday, July 5, 2013

East Haven internal affairs report slams officers' conduct, actions as 'unconstitutional'


Mara Lavitt/New Haven Register An East Haven cruiser and a car collided at the I-95 southbound entrance ramp on Sargent Dr. in New Haven 1/17.
By Jennifer Swift
Register Staff
EAST HAVEN >> Police officers acted in ways that were “unconstitutional,” abused their power and severely violated a litany of the department’s policies, procedures and codes of conduct, while investigating a misdemeanor and operating in New Haven months ago, an internal affairs investigation report shows.
The internal affairs investigation, obtained by the Register via a Freedom of Information request that was granted mid-day on the July 4 holiday, probed the conduct of seven officers and sustained allegations of misconduct for five of them for incidents on Jan. 17.
Several police officers questioned multiple people, drove through New Haven and East Haven with lights and sirens activated, and some changed their story during the course of the deputy chief’s investigation into the matter, all because they were investigating a misdemeanor purse snatching of an officer’s mother, which led them out of their jurisdiction.

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