ARRE
WARRil,NT APPUCAT10N STATE OF CONNECTICUT SUPERIOR COURT
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10-17714 17
MANTINI, Joseph M.
Application For Arrest Wjlrrant To: A Judge of the Superior Court The undersigned hereby applies for a warrant for the arrest of the above-named accused on the basis of the facts set forth in the: !:2J Affidavit Below. 0 Affidavit(s) Attached. i TypeJptint name of 1:1ef'f!RE'flM~itEE
Signed (Prosecuting authority)
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Affidavit The undersigned affiant, being duly sworn, depose
1. I, the undersigned, Detective S. A. Wojenski, being duly sworn, do depose and state that I am a member of the Southington Police Department and have been a police officer for approximately ten years prior to this date. At all times mentioned herein, I was acting as a member of the Southington Police Department. The following facts and circumstances are stated from personal knowledge and observations as well as information received from other police officers acting in their official capacity and from official police reports and statements made by prudent and credible witnesses. 2. On November 3, 2010 at approximately 1500 hours Officer Atterato responded to Southington Police Headquarters to investigate a reported fraud. Officer Atterato met with Elke Kuhr, the owner of Evergreen Nursery located at 567 Woodruff Street in Southington, CT. Kuhr reported her accountant, Joseph Mantini, had been forging her signature on Evergreen Nursery Business checks and cashing them. She said Mantini was hired for book keeping on 04/28/2010. Kuhr stated she was looking over her Farmington bank statement for the month of October 2010. She noticed three checks made out to Joseph Mantini with her signature. Kuhr informed Officer Atterato she did not sign the checks. Kuhr looked at bank statements going back to May of 2010 and reported approximately three to four checks a month were signed fraudulently without her knowledge. 3. On November 4, 2010 Officer Atterato met with Elke Kuhr at Southington Police Headquarters. Kuhr provided documents from Bank of America and Farmington Bank claiming a total loss of $20,445.75. The documents included cancelled checks from Farmington Bank and Bank of America. Also included in the packet was the name, date of birth, social security number, driver license number, and phone number for Joseph Mantini. 4. November 8, 2010, I was assigned to conduct the follow up investigation of the complaint of check forgery taken by Officer Atterato.
(This is page 1 of a 7 page Affidavit.) Signed (Affiant)
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Finding The foregoing Application for an arrest warrant, and affidavit(s) attached to said Application, having been submitted to and considered by the undersigned, the undersigned finds from said affidavit(s) that there is probable cause to believe that an offense has been committed and that the accused committed it and, therefore, that probable cause exists for the issuance of g warrant for the arrest of the above-named accl;I:Sed. /
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