To Protect ans Steal...
Posted on 11/29/2012 12:59:44 PM PST by Red Badger
A 43-year-old state trooper has been charged with larceny, accused of stealing jewelry and cash from the victim of a fatal crash on Route 15 in Fairfield on Sept. 22.
Trooper Aaron Huntsman, an 18-year veteran of the department, has been suspended from the department, according to state police.
Police began investigating when the victim’s family determined that jewelry, clothing and cash were missing, state police said.
The Connecticut Post is reporting that Huntsman is accused of stealing $3,000 in cash and a gold chain from the victim's body.
The family obtained the victim’s clothes from the hospital, but were not able to find jewelry.
As State Police investigated, they determined that no jewelry was logged into evidence and a large amount of cash was found in the trooper’s police cruiser.
Police obtained an arrest warrant on Wednesday charging Huntsman with two counts of third-degree larceny, interfering with police and tampering with or fabricating physical evidence.
Police arrested Huntsman on Thursday.
He was released after posting a $5,000 bond and will be arraigned in Superior Court GA #2 Bridgeport on Dec. 10.
According to the state Web site, Huntsman's state police salary is $80,000 and he made almost $112,000 in 2011.
So sorry for your loss. Truly a parents worst nightmare. I pray you have peace.
Not to be nit-picky, but LOTS of people steal who have no addictions. Let’s face it, EVERYBODY (me included) wants more.
Let’s face it, EVERYBODY (me included) wants more.”
My Catholic guilt would make me miserable forever...I would and could not steal from someone. But that’s just me....
But,ordinarily,the jewelry and the cash *also* would have been handed over to the hospital.Perhaps CT does it differently but that's the way it was done in Boston,Massachusetts.
It would take a while to detail the procedure an ER employs in receiving patient valuables in a situation like that but the clerk involved and/or another staff member could be the culprit.We had several incidents in my hospital,a very large and very famous one.As for the cash in the troopers cruiser it seems possible that there's an innocent explanation.
In short,do cops sometimes steal from suspects,crime victims or accident victims? Very probably.But I *know* that at at least one large hospital there were a couple of incidents that *I* know of where hospital staff members were the thieves.
Just sayin'.....
But many of us have honor.
Eighteen years on the force. That could add up to a lot of money. Police investigated burglaries/car accidents et... and all of those crimes give them access to valuables. I bet this isn’t the first time he got sticky fingers IMHO.
Let’s face it, EVERYBODY (me included) wants more.
Seems to be epidemic in today’s society.
And I’ll bet that the union defends him and gets his pension for him after he gets off probation.
Dollars to donuts that was not his first rodeo.
Yeah, you could say that.Or the argument could and probably will be be made by the cops can do no wrong crowd, a/k/a jackboot lickers, that the victim did not have any use for them where they are. So, yeah, for him and them it was a win, win situation. Any decent individual would find it repugnant.
“I’ll bet the union defends him...”
Wouldn’t surprise me but his patrol days have to be over. Think about it... every time he appears in court, I am sure his criminal history will come into question. If I was a juror, I would blindly believe anything that came out of his mouth whether he put his hand on a bible or not. His credibility is shot. However, you are right ... the department could put him at a desk for the rest of his career. You know... so he has time to meet with his therapist for whatever mental disorder someone comes up with that explains stealing from someone.
When I was a teen, me and my buddies had some run-ins with cops. They were always shaking us down. One time my buddy had a big stash of fireworks in a tool chest in his car trunk, M-80s, rockets, heavy-duty stuff. They asked him if the tool chest belonged to him, he said no. So the cop emptied the stash into his squad car, then chuckled and asked if my buddy wanted his tool chest back, he said yes. These cops were taking our stuff for their own enjoyment and not turning it in. Happened multiple times with other stuff. They knew we were happy not getting busted. Later on when I worked with cops I saw this going on. There's good cops and bad cops, just like any profession.
To Protect ans Steal...
Thanks for sharing - You're story - thankfully - is the norm... and you're right - there are 'a whole bunch of honest caring people ..." in all lines of work. And there are filthy dirty criminals in all lines of work too. I suspect the cop in this story will be out of work - and respect - for many years.
The Cop yelled for him to stop and the guy said OK, you can have the watch, but I get his wallet!
Things never change.
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