For those following the sickening massacre in Cheshire of a fine family, you may be interested in a rather paltry Bristol Press story from 2002 about the arrest of one of the alleged killers on burglary charges. Here's the link: Investigation ends with burglary arrest.
I don't know if there were other stories in the paper at the time -- though I certainly hope there was -- but this appears to be the only one that made it online.
At the time, according to the story, alleged killer Joshua A. Komisarjevsky, then 21, was living with his 16-year-old girlfriend's family at 150 Wilderness Way. He got nabbed by the cops for a long series of burglaries.
According to The Hartford Courant, a judge sentenced him to nine years behind bars for the crimes and called him "a cold, calculating predator."
There's something wrong when "a cold, calculating predator" can hit the streets so quickly while all sorts of rather ordinary drug addicts are rotting in prison for decades. That's something for our legislators to consider.
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4 comments:
Time off for good behaviour perhaps? Forgive the satire. Your point is well taken, in the end it dosent matter what will set off or trigger the criminal mind. Sometimes it will slumber for years, even decade's, yet, its true, in the end they inevitably always re-offend. This is the case in which I will presume to speak in absolutes, I can't afford not to.
I'm not sure I agree with that. I think there are people who shape up, often by finding God and sometimes just by getting older, slowing down and maybe getting married.
I remember reading how the Palestinian leadership figured out how to calm down a generation of young fighters it had brought to a boil: it married them off. Worked like a charm, they said.
But I do think that a "cold, calculating predator" isn't likely to become the sort of guy you want living next door... ever.
To be fair, I would have to agree. maybe I'm the one who is jaded. Lets just hope the one's who find god dont begin the carnage all over again in his name. (I doubt he would appreciate it).
Here's the original Press story in 2002:
Investigation ends with burglary arrest
By KRISTEN A. TURICK, The Bristol Press
05/25/2002
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BRISTOL -- Eleven local burglary investigations were closed Friday with the arrest of a 21-year-old city man.
Joshua A. Komisarjevsky, of 150 Wilderness Way was charged by Bristol police with nine counts of second-degree burglary, four counts each of sixth-degree larceny and fourth-degree larceny, two counts of fifth-degree burglary and one count each of third-degree larceny, third-degree burglary and criminal attempt to commit fifth-degree burglary.
Komisarjevsky had been held on $305,000 bond prior to Friday's arrest for his alleged involvement in three incidents in Burlington in February of this year in which video games, movies, telephones and weapons were taken during night burglaries. According to court documents, police seized a kit of burglary tools from Komisarjevsky that included a night vision monocular, latex gloves, screwdrivers, lighters, a knife and a flashlight.
Komisarjevsky is being held on $1,000 bond for each of the Bristol cases linked to Friday's arrest. Court documents indicate Komisarjevsky cooperated with Bristol detectives and pointed out the homes he burglarized between July 2001 and February 2002.
The warrant for Komisarjevsky's arrest alleged he stole bicycles, a silver flatware service for 12, medical supplies, a Palm Pilot, a $900 DVD player and more than $1,500 in cash from 10 Bristol homes and one vehicle. One of the burglarized homes belongs to a Connecticut state trooper who discovered $624 worth of equipment, including parts of his uniform and a canister of pepper spray, missing from his basement.
According to court documents, most of the items taken from city homes have been recovered. Komisarjevsky was living with the family of his 16-year-old girlfriend at the time of his February arrest, according to his arrest warrant, and detectives were given permission to search the home.
Komisarjevsky is scheduled to return to Bristol Superior Court on June 17 for further proceedings.
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