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09-9122 HARGES: or Allan: · 53a-167a-Resisting Arrest · 53a-49/21a-278b-Criminal Attempt to Distribute Narc · 53a-48/21a-278b-Consp to Distribute Narcotics or Thomas:

1. 53a-59-Assault 1st

· 53a-167a-Interferring with an Officer · 53a-167c-Assault on a Police Officer · 53a-49/21a-278b-Criminal Attempt to Distribute Narcotics · 53a-48/21a-278b-Consp to Distribute Narcotics 5. 14-224a-Evading Responsibility

7. 14-222-Reckless Driving

3. 14-147c-Misuse of Plates ~.

14-213b-Operating W/O Insurance

lO. 14-12a-Unreg M/V L1. 14-36a-Operating W/O License

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EVIDENCE: Seized from Allan: 1. One Nokia cell phone

Seized from Thomas: 2. One Motorola cell phone BACKGROUND: On 4-14-09 in the late afternoon and early evening hours, members of the Drug Enforcement Agency-New Haven Task Force (herein referred to as DEA-TF) were in the area of Maple St and Maple Branch and were watching a known street level drug dealer who was making deliveries to various people and vehicles. This known drug dealer is street named "Capone" and his real name is Nemiah Allen. This male has been detained and arrested on numerous cocassions by members of the Meriden Police Department, the Narcotics Unit and this writer.

On 4-15-09 beginning around 1830 hours, surviellance was re-set up in the area of Maple St/Randolph Ave and West Main St. Again members of the DEA-TF and members of the Meriden PO-Crime Suppression Unit (herein referred to as CSU) observed "Capone" and another individual hanging out on Randolph Ave and West Main St. "Capone" was observed going between individuals on the street and into an apartment on Maple Branch. Surviellance was then set up where members of both teams had a clear and unobstructed view of "Capone" going between Randolph Ave where he was hanging out and meeting up with people and the residence on Maple Branch. During this surviellance, it was observed that "Capone" would obtain money from the buyers and then walk up to a residence on Maple Branch with the cash in his hand. He would then exit the residence and return to the buyer and give the buyer an item.

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09-9122 Subsequently on 4-15-09 at approximately 1845 hrs, members of the DEA-TF observed a transaction between a male in a white van and capone in the same methoed as previous noted in the background section. Once the transaction was completed, the van drove off and was stopped approximately a block away. The bag of Crack Cocaine was recovered from the operator who was cooperative. The operator was arrested and provided a written statement detailing the transcation between "Capone" and himself which is what we also witnessed. Once this arrest was made, it was decided that we would observe several more transactions and attempt to make several more "buyer" arrests before arresting "Capone".

We then observed "Capone" meet up with an individual in a minivan and receive money and go to the address on Maple Branch, however once "Capone" went back to meet up with the operator, it was done inside a convenience store, so this vehicle was not stopped.

We then observed "Capone" and a second individual who was aSSisting "Capone" with his street dealing. They walked to Lewis Ave and halfway down the street, met up with an unknown individual in the shadows and then turned around and walked back. We never apprehended the individual and "Capone" and the other individual went right back to the area of Randolph Ave and West Main St and hung out.

We then observed the individual with "Capone" go into a residence on Randolph Ave and "Capone" remained outside. Subsequently the male came outside and handed "Capone" a cell phone that he was talking on. "Capone" took the phone and spoke with the caller and immediately began walking across West Main St to Maple St. {At the same time, Sgt. MennOne of the DEA-TF had observed an Acura type vehicle park on Maple Branch facing Maple Street. As "Capone" made his way to this vehicle, the Acura began flashing his high beams at 'Capone" who walked quickly over to the side of the Acura. The interior light of, the Acura came on and the operator of the vehicle and 4-16-09

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'Capone" conducted a transaction. "Capone" then walked away and the Acura drove off turning onto Maple St heading towards Springdale ~ve.

The vehicle drove off at a normal rate of speed and both the surviellance team in Sgt. Mennone's vehicle and the take down team in

his writers vehicle began to follow the Acura. The Acura turned onto Cliff St ,and came out onto Grove Street and drove to Foster St.

vlembers of CSU in the take down vehicle that this writer was driving caught up to the vehicle on Foster St at Grove St as the vehicle ~pproached

the intersection (We came into the area from a different street and both our undercover vehicle and the Acura ended up at the

bur way intersection of Grove St and Foster together.) The operator of the Acura looked over at the unmarked SUV that this writer was

iriving and then turned onto Foster St.

["his writer observed that the license plate on the vehicle was CT Reg# 589-UKV and this writer ran an NCIC check on the license plate

hrough Police Communications. HQ advised that the license plate was registered to a 2000 Mazda Millenia 4-door color gray however the

)Iate was on a gold colored Acura TL. HQ also advised that the registration had expired on 5-1-08 and had been cancelled as of 2-29-08. ~Q

also reported that the plate was in the name of "BRANDY CLAYTON" of 85 Windsor Ave in Meriden CT.

It should be noted that it is common for drug users (aka drug buyers) to have unregistered cars since they spend their money on their Iddiction and do not maintain other issues in their life such as the insurance and registration on their vehicle}.

Ve then continued to follow this vehicle for several miles while Det. Lt. Merrigan attempted to catch up to us to stop the vehicle with a 1arked cruiser. As we followed the vehicle, which made numerous turns, it was plainly obvious that the operator knew he was being )lIowed by an unmarked Police vehicle. The operator was stopping at every intersection and waiting 15-30 seconds before going. He had laced his seat belt on and was using his blinker for every turn. The operator went from driving without using these items to text book

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09-9122 riving. He also was constantly looking back in his rear view mirror at us (This writer was driving the unmarked vehicle, Det. Visconti was in e front seat on the passenger side and Off. Fonda was in the back seat on the passenger side. Sgt. Mennone was in a second unmarked. ehicle behind us with several Temporary Field Agents with the OEA in his vehicle as well).

fter making over approximately five more turns, the vehicle came to the intersection on Camp St at Center St and pulled to the shoulder of e road. The traffic light on Camp St at Center St was red and there was a car at the light stopped in front of us. It appeared that the cura had pulled over as if we had emergency lights on and the operator was looking back at us. At this point Oet. Lt. Merrigan had dioed that he was still a distance away and this writer drove partially pass the Acura and stopped and Oet. Visconti and Off. Fonda exited e undercover vehicle with their badges displayed hanging on chains around their neck. Both told the operator that they were "Police fficers" and Off. Fonda actually grabbed his badge and pushed it out from his chest showing the operator. This writer could also see the perator clearly and the operator seemed calm and motion that it was not a problem. Off. Fonda then began to say something to the perator who placed the car in reverse and began to back up. Oet. Visconti, who was going to the passenger side of the Acura to cover hat side during the M/V stop (which is standard operating procedure taught to all Officers who are not going to be the main Officer talking :> the operator). Det. Visconti said something to the operator like "Whoa leave the car in park" as the car backing up surprised him.

uddenly the car went forward, right at Oet. Visconti who had placed his hands on the hood of the car as it was driving at his legs. The car ::led up and Det. Visconti who was now running backwards withb his hands still on the hood could not get out of the way. The operator of le Acura then took off at a high rate of speed and Oet. Visconti was thrown up onto the hood of the car slamming into the windshield and ,nding on the hood of the Acura on his rear end with his back against the windshield. The vehicle had made a right turn onto Center St as did this which prevented Oet. Visconti from leaping out of the way before the,increased speed catapulted Oet. Visconti onto the hood.

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09-9122 Both teams in the unmarked vehicle were completely helpless to do anything as Det. Visconti was now being driven at over 50 MPH Southbound on Center St while he was sitting on the hood of the vehicle "Indian style" holding onto the windshield wipers. Both unmarked vehicles then took off after the vehicle and we were radioing HQ what had just occurred. The Acura drove one and a half blocks passing Park St and drove a second City block approaching Pratt St. As the vehicle approached Pratt St, we could see that Det. Visconti was rolling slightly to his side while on the hood. The Acura came upon a slow moving large vehicle and the Acura drove across the double yellow lines into the NIB lane passing this vehicle. As the Acura went to pass this vehicle, the slow moving vehicle was actually making a left turn into a driveway and the Acura struck the side of the slow moving vehicle spinning the slow moving vehicle at of the way. When the Acura struck the slow moving vehicle, Det. Visconti was shot off of the hood of the acura "like a rocket" and was thrown approximately 20-30 feet into the parking lot of Meriden Glass Company at the corner of Center St and Pratt St. The Acura continued to travel SIB at a high rate of speed and never stopped or slowed down. The Acura as it went around the slow moving vehicle which was now heavily damaged, nearly ran over Det. Visconti who was laid out on the ground and appearred to be seriously injured. Sgt. Mennone radioed to this writer that he would take care of Det. Visconti and to go after the Acura. Off. Fonda and this writer then went after the Acura which had just ran the red light on Center St at Pratt St still gOing SIB at a high rate of speed with no lights on and debris from the Acura coming off of the car. This writer tried to catch up to the car which was traveling at over 80 MPH on Center St as this writer was doing approximately 60 MPH and could not catch up. The Acura drove approximately a half mile coming to Uberty St which had a red light. The Acura ran the red light now traveling SIB on the one way section of Center Street approaching East Main St at a very high rate of speed. Because of the speed and highly populated neighborhood, we did not try to keep up with the vehicle and gave its location to Police HQ. As we came upon the one way section of Center St, there were two vehicles sideways on the side of the road and the individuals were pointing towards East Main St to us. This writer then drove up Center St to East Main St and upon reaching East Main St .elf

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COMd~O~/ct3'-j there were several people on the sidewalk who were shaking their heads and talking. This writer showed these individuals his badge and said "Police, where did that car go". The individuals stated several swear words towards the operator of the Acura and stated that it almost ran them over and turned onto Broad St going SIB. This writer then drove up to Broad St looking Southbound and observed that three blocks up there were two Meriden Police cruisers on the side of Broad St at Olive St with their emergency lights on.

Believing that they had the vehicle stopped, this writer radioed to them and they stated that the Acura never came by them (They were on an unrelated M/V stop). At this point numerous Meriden Police Officers swarmed into the area and began checking numerous streets looking for the vehicle. During this time, the vehicle was located abandon in a parking lot of a commercial business on Charles Street. This was found because a citizen called the Police Department reporting that a vehicle was dumped and the operator ran in a Westerly direction towards Elm and Olive Streets. Several perimiters were set up in the area and members of the Meriden Police and DEA Task Force were joined by numerous State Troopers searching for the operator. Several Troopers responded with a german shepard canine and a blood hound canine and completed tracks from the abandon vehicle. While the tracks were being done, one of the Agents with the DEA was approached by two individuals named Jessica Michonski and Daniel Pelrin. They stated thatthey saw the male from the car running towards Elm Street towards the Olive Street area. This was the same direction that the two canine teams were also moving in. Around the same time, Off. DeGumbia found a blue sweat shirt on the side of a building on Olive St at Akron St that had fresh blood on it. (It should be noted that when Officers arrived at the Acura which had been dumped, there were three bullet holes in the windshield and fresh blood in the vehicle.) This was also in the same direction that the canines were traveling on the scent of the suspect.

This writer who had given out a physical description of the operator remembered that he was wearing a sweatshirt at the time. A second track was started from the sweatshirt and continued in a Westerly direction.

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-t:2[ -ct H:1足 t this time, Off. Fonda and this writer went back to the Randolph Ave area to look for "Capone" to arrest him for the previous sale case

o hours earlier (See 09-9109) and attempt to find out who was the male in the Acura.

As we turned onto Randolph Ave, we observed "Capone" sitting on a porch where he was hanging out making his sales. We exited our vehicle and "Capone" looked at us and started to get up. This writer yelled at him to stay there that we were the Police (however "Capone" clearly knew this writer was a Narcotics Detective with the Meriden Police from numerous previous arrests including last year where this writer arrested him and he was given jail time and was just recently released. Members of CSU had just stopped him a week earlier for suspected drug activity and this writer had a conversation with him).

"Capone" ignored this writers commands and he was told that he was under arrest. He tried to take off and this writer knocked him to the ground and he raised his hands trying to either punch this writer or push this writer away from him so he could escape. This writer struck him several times and Off. Fonda assisted with forcibly placing his hands behind his back and he was handcuffed. Because every Police :ruiser and Officer in the City was tied up with the search for the suspect or protecting the different scenes, Off. Fonda and this writer :ransported "Capone" to the Police Department. "Capone" was advised of what happen and was given his Miranda Warnings. He stated :hat he only knew the guy in the Acura as "Fleef', a dealer from Waterbury who makes deliveries of Crack Cocaine. He stated that "Fleet" Nas going to give him, some Crack for making sales for him yet he did not and drove off. As this writer was talking with "Capone", HQ :alled this writer and asked for a call. HQ reported that a female named "BRANDY CLAYTON" had called the Police Department and wanted :0

report her Acura stolen from her home. HQ reported that this female was at the Broad St Citgo waiting for the Police because she did

lot have a phone that worked. When "Capone" who was with us heard the name "Brandy" he stated that, that is "Fleets" girlfriend and he :an ID her. He also stated that "Fleets" cell phone number is in his phone and, he showed Off. Fonda the outgoing call Capone made to

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then transported "Capone" to Broad St to positively

entify Brandy as the girl he has seen with "Fleet".

It should be noted that for over a year, members of CSU have tried to identify "Fleet" who we have received information about from

umerous arrestees and several Informants. We also made a controlled purchase from Fleet in the fall of 2008 using a Cooperative Witness owever were unable to ID him then, were unable to make a second purchase so an arrest warrant was never completed.} fficer Fonda and this writer then transported Capone to the Broad St Citgo where this writer met up with a female who was ID as Brandy layton. "capone" told Off. Fonda who stayed in the vehicle that, that girl is "Fleets girlfriend. This writer then asked this female if she ll

ailed the Police Department and she stated that she did and if I was a Detective. I stated that I was and she said that she was with her

ister (who was present) and that her sister brought her home and she found that her car had been stolen. She stated that she had no idea ho took her car and that it was not registered, she had her old license plate from her old vehicle on it. This writer asked her if she had the eys to the car and she stated that she did that the ignition must of been popped on the vehicle.

It should be noted that Sgt. Zimnoch radioed that he is very familiar with Brandy Clayton and that she runs with various drug dealers lcluding a male named Kennedy Johnson who this writer has arrested on numerous occassions. He also stated that the igntion on the cura was not damaged.} his writer then confronted this female with the fact that her car had been involved in a drug transaction, that the guy that was driving the :ura struck and seriously injured a Police Detective with the car and that the operator may have been shot in the

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J(lc3d is female did not seemed fazed by this and she was asked what her boyfriends street name was and she stated that it was "Fleet". She s asked what his real name was and she stated that it was Kareem Thomas and that he was around 19 years old. She stated that she s not seen him for several days and that he was having an affair with another girl and she dumped him. She was asked what his cell one was and she stated that it was

(which the same phone number given to us by "Capone") She was then confronted

out the ignition not being damaged on her car and that the operator had a set of keys to the car with him. She stated that she has a cond set of keys to the car and they should be in the apartment or the car. At this time several more Officers, Detectives and Supervisors rived at the Citgo to assist. Ms. Clayton's sister who was standing by asked if she could leave as she does not normally associate with andy and was just hanging out with her tonight. The sister stated that she does not know or has seen her sister Brandy's boyfriend. The ter who was 10 as Wendy Trella date of birth_ith an address of 49 Avery Ave in Meriden then left, leaving her sister behind. . Clayton was then asked if she was familiar with a male named "Capone" and was with "Fleet" when he conducted transactions with apone". Ms. Clayton said "Noll to both questions and this writer confronted her with the fact that "Capone" says that he knows her. She en saw IICapone" who was going to be transferred to a marked cruiser for transport to Police HQ. She then admitted that she knows :apone" but knows nothing about drug dealing. Ms. Clayton was then asked if we could search her apartment on Twiss Ave (a block vay) for Fleet and she said that we could and restated that she has not seen or talked with him for several days. She signed a consent to arch and went with the Police personnel to her apartment. There she allowed entry and the apartment was searched and "Fleet" was not 1

:ated inside the apartment. owever at the same time that Ms. Clayton's apartment was being searched, the two canine teams had followed the scent of the suspect o the area of Oak St and Galloppi St where numerous Officers were surrounding the area. While this was going on, several more Federal

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nts from several agencies arrived in the area to assist. At the same time, in the Boston Massachussetts area, a Federal Agent was using nology that is used by Law Enforcement give the corrdinates of an individual on a cell phone. This Agent was given the cell phone ber belonging to "Fleef' AKA Kareem Thomas as #203-428-8568. Within several minutes, Agent Eric Ndrenika of the DEA stated that Agent in the Boston Mass area stated that the cell phone we are looking for was approximately "8 meters" from the area of Oak St and loppi St.]

en this information about the cell phone location was broadcasted over the Police Radio, Sgt. Zimnoch had stated that Brandy Claytons ily lived at 33 Galloppi, which would be about eight meters or so from the intersection. hin minutes from this information being broadcasted, Officer DeGumbia who was in the rear of 33 Galloppi was approached by an ividual from inside 33 Galloppi. This individual was ID as Dawn Zaler, the resident of 33 Galloppi and the sister of BRANDY CLAYTON. asked him who he was looking for and Off. DeGumbia responded that he was searching for a person. Ms. Zaler asked are you looking "Fleet" and Off. DeGumbia stated that he was. Ms. Zaler then stated that "Fleet" was inside the house hiding and allowed Officers and :ectives to enter the home. Ms. Zaler told Officers that he was in the house somewhere and several Officers found him hiding in a closet I

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same male that had pulled over in the Acura on Camp St near Center St for Officers and the same male who intentionally struck Det. Visconti with the Acura, drove approximately 3 blocks with Det. Visconti on the hood of the car and struck a vehicle seriously injuring Det. Visconti, the same male who then eluded Police by vehicle and on foot for several hours till his apprehension. This male was then positively identified as Kareem Thomas, the boyfriend of Brandy Clayton.

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stated that belongs to her boyfriend, Kareem Thomas AKA "Fleet".

At this pOint, Detective Clements interviewed and took written statements from Dawn laler, the resident of 33 Galloppi and the sister Wendy Trella who had actually gone back to 33 Galloppi after leaving this writer and her sister Brandy Clayton behind at the Citgo Gas station a half hour earlier.

Dawn laler stated in her two and a half page written sworn statement the following: Sometime after 8 PM, her sister Wendy Trella woke her up and stated that "We have a problem". She stated that Wendy went on to state that there was a bad drug deal and a cop was in critical condition and that "Fleet" had something to do with it and came to our house and was hiding in it. (It should be noted that Wendy Trella had this informnation from this writer who had told her a half hour earlier when she lied saying that she did not know "Fleet" or where he was, when all along he was in their families home hiding) Ms. laler continued to state that she went into the kitchen and saw "Fleet" who she knows and he said to her 'This is Bad", She stated that she told him to leave and he began begging her not to make him leave and to not do this to me. She stated that she told him to give himself up as the cops were 1

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til -q\Cd足 going to be there in 30 seconds and to go outside and do this. She stated that he refused to and she said that she was sorry and went outside and told the Police. She stated that she then let the Police in and they started searching the home as he went and hid somewhere.

She stated that he was apprehended and as he was being escorted out of the home he said to her "Why, Why, Why"? She stated that she has known Fleet for about a year or two and knows his first name as Kareem and that he has been dating Brandy for that time.

Separately and without being present for the interview of Dawn Zaler, Det. Clements interviewed and took a written statement from Wendy Trella. Det. Clements also did this, not knowing that this writer had previously interviewed Ms. Trella at the Citgo where Brandy Clayton was trying to file a false stolen M/V complaint.

Ms. Trella then provided a 3 page written l signed sworn statement as follows: That Brandy called her and wanted her to come pick her up to take her to their fathers house at 33 Galloppi. Ms. Trella stated that this was at around 9PM (a half hour after Det. Visconti had been struck and injured by Brandy's car). Ms. Trella stated that when Brandy and her arrived at 33 Galloppi, Fleet was there in the house as well and had a conversation with Brandy, his Girlfriend. She stated that Brandy then asked to get a ride back to her house to pick up some clothes for her child (Brandy's) who lives with Brandy's father. Ms. Trella stated that when she got back to the house, Brandy said that her car was stolen and called the Police from the Citgo Gas Station. Ms. Trella stated that a Detective at the Citgo Gas Station told her that the car had been involved in a shooting and that Fleet was involved. She stated that when she returned to 33 Galloppi she woke up her sister Dawn and told her what was going on and saw that Fleet was still there. She stated that within minutes, the Police came to the house, surrounded it and Fleet tried to hide but was arrested.

(By Ms. Trella's statementl Brandy Clayton lied to this writer about "Fleet" and clearly tried to report a false stolen car report to avoid Fleet from being captured)

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cB ..it/ad I fficers at the scene at 33 Galloppi then secured a consent to search of the home from the owner Philip Hunt who is the owner: 33 Galloppi. he consent to search was obtained so that evidence detectives could take photos of the home, the phone and the area where Fleet AKA areem Thomas was apprehended. areem Thomas was transported to Police HQ and was given his Miranda Warnings by Det. Seigler. His clothing was seized by Detectives nd Mr. Thomas refused to sign his rights form. He stated that he did not know anything and was then turned over to Off. M. Gibbs for rocessing. While he was being processed in the fingerprint room, this writer who was going home gave Off. Gibbs instructions on where to ave the UAR1s and processing paperwork for Mr. Thomas for this writer to write the case in the morning. As this writer was speaking with ff. M. Gibbs, Mr. Thomas on his own stated "I am sorry about that Detective, I did not mean to hurt him, it was an accident, I was ared" . This writer then replied nyou were given your rights, refused to sign them or acknowledge them and did not want to talk, do you ant to talk now?n. He stated II no, I just want to apologize, that it was not personai ll â&#x20AC;˘ This writer then stated "when you did not stop to let

1e Detective off of the hood, you made it nothing but personai ll â&#x20AC;˘ Thomas then again said 111m sorry, you are righe. This writer then told im to stop talking and finsihed with Off. M. Gibbs and left the room. homas was charged with the 11 criminal and m/v charges listed on two separate UAR's. He was incarcerated on a 3 million dollars bond

1,000,000.00) with a 4-30-09 court date. It should be noted that Thomas is currently on Adult Probation and as part of his Probation is Ippose to have no contact what so ever with drugs and drug dealing. He also has no ties to Connecticut and based on the case and larges is a flight risk. ',apone" who real name is Nemiah Allan was charged with the charges listed on page two in this case. By his own admisSions he was UNDER THE PENALTIES PROVIDED BY

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wr~b=9(dd \ icking Up a supply of Crack from "Fleet" aka Kareem Thomas but he claims he never received the drugs. However members of CSU and he DEA believe that he did as we observed the hand to hand transaction and when Capone was arrested, he had no money on him. Under ase #09-9109, the buyer who was arrested in that case stated that "Capone" will hide the drugs outside nearby him when he makes a ick-up since the cops stop him all the time.

lIan was incarcerated on a $50,000.00 bond with a 5-1-09 court date on this case. He was also charged with charges from the first drug ale case as well (See Case #09-9109)

t should be noted that Brandy Clayton stated that the car is not insured or registered and the plate was put on it to avoid it being towed.

CIC info on the Acura's VIN showed that there was no registration info for the Acura. **In this case, there were many Detectives, Police Officers and Federal Agents directly involved in the case. There were separate investigations completed for the accident involving the car that was turning into a driveway that Thomas had struck while Det. Visconti was )n the hood of the vehicle trying get off the car. It should be noted that from the speed that Thomas was driving prior to striking the car Nith Visconti on it to the speeds of 80+ MPH, had he not struck the car, Det. Visconti would have been more seriously injured or probably (illed as he could not of possibly held onto a car that was doing 80 miles an hour. There are numerous supplements to this case as well as vritten statements from various people. See those reports for details. '**As of this writing, Oet. Visconti had been admitted into Hartford Hospital. He spend several hours in the operating room during the Ivernite having rods and plates inserted into his leg and ankle as he had compound fractures to his leg and his ankle was shattered. He will ER THE PENAL TIES PROVIDED BY AlSE STATEMENT.

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lave to undergo more surgeries to repair broken bones in his arm and wrist as well as receiving road rash burns to portions of his body. rhe very early pronosis according to Det. Visconit's family is that he will be in the hospital for some time and will have to go rehab to be 3ble to walk again on the leg. It is unknown if he will be able to return to duties as a Police Officer since the leg and ankle were severly jamaged.

Il.rrest warrants will be completed for Brandy Clayton and Wendy Trella based on this investigation as well. Case open pending the :ompletion of the follow ups, supplemental report and arrest warrants.--足

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