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Dead Man's Brother Sues City
4/11/13 - Nearly two years after Oscar "Primo" Santiago Rivera died following an encounter with cops, his family is bringing his story to court.
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Cool Justice: A 'Don Bolles Project' for fallen Internet activist Aaron Swartz
1/22/13 - Did federal prosecutors and MIT play a role in the death of prodigy and Internet freedom activist Aaron Swartz? Without a doubt, they tightened the noose – again and again and again.
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Lake residents to sue Lebanon
4/3/12 - More than 35 lake property owners filed a notice of intent to sue the current and former planning and zoning commission members.
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Sister asks court to take property away from Enfield tobacco farmer Stephen Jarmoc
2/15/12, Stephen and Laura Jarmoc battle in court.
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NACDL December E-News
12/21/11 - NACDL December 2011 E-News, Volume 10, Number 12.
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Probate judge removes Jarmoc as executor
06/16/11 - A probate judge has removed tobacco farmer Stephen Jarmoc as the executor of his father's estate, which has been the subject of a bitter legal battle between Jarmoc and his sister.
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First He's Hit by a Car, Then a $50 Ticket
3/29/11 - Talk about adding insult to injury. A CT Transit bus driver, who was hit by BMW earlier, had the added bonus of being fined by police shortly after the accident ...
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Injured bus driver to fight traffic ticket
3/28/11 - Nearly a month after being thrown into the air by a BMW on East Putnam Avenue, a CT Transit bus driver said it isn't just his injuries that still hurt....
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Police cite bus driver hit by car with jaywalking fine
3/4/11 - Roger Bouzy was hit by a car while crossing the highway after helping out a fellow bus driver....
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Good Samaritan Struck By Car, Ticketed For Jaywalking
3/3/11 - Roger Bouzy was in a Connecticut hospital on March 3, 2011, after suffering multiple injuries when he was struck by a car while trying to help out another motorist. This Good Samaritan was also fined $50 for jaywalking....
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First hit by a car, then a $50 Ticket
March 2011
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SIBLINGS FEUD OVER TOBACCO FARMER FATHER’S ESTATE
2/17/11 - In a probate battle over former tobacco farmer Edwin Jarmoc’s estate, his daughter has accused her brother of fraud and self-dealing and using his father’s estate as collateral to take out millions of dollars in loans while his father suffered from dementia...
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Siblings fued over tobacco farm feather's estate
2/14/11 - In a probate battle over former tobacco farmer Edwin Jarmoc's estate, his daughter has accused her brother of fraud and self-dealing and using his father's estate as collateral to take out millions of dollars in loans while his father suffered from dementia.
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Police misconduct lawsuit carries on in Newington
1/7/11 - A lawsuit was recently filed against the town of Newington and the Newington Police Department's Jeanine Allin and Chief Richard C. Mulhall...
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Former Councilor Suing Old Lyme
12/19/10 - Berlin residents Stephen and Evelyn Anderson have enjoyed their small summer cottage near the beach in Old Lyme for the past 40-plus years...
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In Old Lyme, Fighting a Curb on Year-Round Use
12/16/10 - Rosemary and Peter Breen (standing to the right of their house) are among the owners in Old Lyme who have supported a legal challenge to the town’s classification of some houses as seasonal...
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EH council, local man agree to settlement of police bias claim
1/7/10 - The Town Council unanimously agreed Tuesday to settle a lawsuit filed by a local man that claimed police used unnecessary force and racially harassed him...
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Connecticut Law Tribune - Family Can’t Sue Police After Faulty Raid
6/8/09 - Officers had a valid warrant, but the wrong apartment
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Law Tribune News - Cool Justice, Prison Memoirs Of An Innocent Man
Lisa is a big deal in prison. "Lisa" is the brand name for state-issued soap in Connecticut jails, where such commodities take on special meaning.
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Lawsuit: Police Beat Suspect
5/2/09 - A lawsuit filed in federal court Friday accuses members of a regional police task force of "savagely" beating a suspect during a drug bust in Glastonbury, giving him what his lawyer called "a hole in his head."
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The Hartford Courant - Lawsuit Claims Police Task Force Beat Suspect
5/1/09 - A lawsuit filed in federal court today accuses members of a regional police task force of "savagely" beating a suspect during a drug bust in Glastonbury, giving him what his lawyer called "a hole in his head."
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Hartford Courant - Man Convicted In Rocky Hill Gun Incident Sues Police
3/3/2009 - DEFENDANTS: POLICE CHIEF, EIGHT OFFICERS - "A man who was shot at by police after he repeatedly pointed a rifle at officers during an incident in 2007 is suing the town, saying police used excessive force.
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Hartford Courant - Connecticut man sues police for shooting at him
3/3/2009 - A man who pointed a rifle at Rocky Hill police in 2007 is now suing the officers who shot at him.
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New Britain Herald - Man sues city, police for tearing out catheter
09/14/2008 - A city man has filed a federal lawsuit against police, claiming they violated his civil rights when they roughed him up and tore his catheter out during a Feb. 28 search of his residence.
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Challenging Connecticut’s Bail Bond System
July 18, 2008 - Many of Hartford Attorney A. Paul Spinella’s clients have one thing in common: they were wrongfully imprisoned and held for long periods before the charges against them were dropped.
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New Britain Herald - Lawyer: Cops hurt discharged patient during search
May 9, 2008 - A neighbor of men charged with molesting a 14-year-old boy and 3-month-old baby was seriously injured by police during a search of his house, according to lawyer A. Paul Spinella of Hartford, who said Thursday he filed a notice of intent to sue police and the city.
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Hartford Courant - Federal Lawsuit Filed Against Southington Town Clerk
May 6, 2008 - The daughter of a man who died in 2005 is suing Town Clerk Leslie Cotton, accusing Cotton of granting a fraudulent marriage license to her father that let the woman he married get a substantial part of his estate.
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Hartford Courant - DUI Arrest Sparks Lawsuit
2/2/08 - Rights Violated, Resident Alleges - A 50-year-old resident is suing the town, police chief and three police officers involved in his April arrest on drunken driving charges despite tests by officers that showed he had no alcohol or drugs in his system.
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Hartford Courant - Avon man sues for alleged wrongful drunken driving arrest
2/2/08 - An Avon man is suing the town and members of the police department, claiming he was wrongfully arrested for drunken driving last April.
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Hartford Courant - Middletown Man Sues, Says Officer Violated Rights
A local man who got into a confrontation with a city police officer in a Dunkin' Donuts parking lot last year has filed a federal lawsuit alleging the officer violated his civil rights.
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Hartford Courant - East Hartford Man Sues Police Over Incident At His Home
A local man has filed a federal lawsuit against the town police department, alleging that officers raided his home without a warrant during a search for the driver of a stolen car, then beat and verbally abused him before realizing they had targeted the wrong address.
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Enfield - Ex-democratic Chairman plans to sue former mayor
May 28, 2007 - A longstanding feud between former Democratic town chairman Jack Mancuso and former mayor Patrick Tallarita took another turn last week, when Mancuso filed a notice of intent to commence civil action in connection with a May incident at Shaw’s supermarket.
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Hartford Courant - Dads' Suit: Arrests Illegal
February 27, 2007 - Deadbeat dads claiming they were illegally arrested by civilians posing as state marshals during a sweep in Waterbury last October have sued the state.
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Glastonbury - Search and Destroy
November 23, 2006 - A Glastonbury man accuses the police of racism after he is arrested and thrown naked to the floor. But just what was the guy up to?
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FAMILIES FILE SUIT OVER POLICE SHOOTINGS
11/07/06 - The families of two young Hartford men who were shot last year in a confrontation with a city police officer -- one fatally -- have filed a federal lawsuit against the city, a former police chief and the officer who fired the shots....
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Case Against Hartford Cop filed in U.S. District Court
11/03/06 - While the state's manslaughter case against Hartford Police Officer Robert Lawlor is expected to begin on Nov. 20, lawyers for the two teens he shot, one fatally, filed a wrongful death and civil rights complaint Friday against the officer in U.S. District Court...
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DUI arrest sparks lawsuit
Avon - Rights Violated, Resident Alleges A 50-year-old resident is suing the town, police chief and three police officers involved in his April arrest on drunken driving charges despite tests by officers that showed he had no alcohol or drugs in his system.
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Danbury - Police face "excessive force" suit
Videotapes from surveillance camera at the Danbury Police Department are expected to be used in a civil suit against the city that alleges the Department used “excessive force” against a 21-year-old Bethel man arrested in May on motor vehicle charges.
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prweb.com - Do We Need Protection from the Police?
July 16, 2006 - We depend on the state and local law enforcement to protect us from criminals in our society. But what happens when a small child and grandmother need protection from the authorities who are charged with protecting them?
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Manslaughter Case Against Hartford Police Officer
2005-06
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Hartford Advocate - The Letter of the Law
October 13, 2005 - Three years after police arrested Frank L. Robinson on a drug warrant and threw him in jail, they admit they were looking for a different guy with the same name
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Families Welcome Federal Inquiry Into City Shootings
6/2/05 - The families of two Hartford men who were shot by a Hartford police officer last month are pleased that a federal prosecutor in Washington, D.C., has been assigned to look into whether an independent, federal investigation of the shooting should be conducted, attorneys for both families said Wednesday...
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