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Showing posts with label Petit murders. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Petit murders. Show all posts
September 22, 2011
Could Bristol police have stopped Komisarjevsky?
October 21, 2008
Petit to join Hamzy and Fitzgerald for press conference Thursday
Press release from the state House GOP:
Rep. Hamzy, 77th Assembly District Candidate Fitzgerald to Hold Three Strikes News Conference at City Hall Will Sign Pledge to Support Three Strikes Law if Elected; Dr. William Petit, Johanna Petit-Chapman to Participate
State Representative William A. Hamzy and 77th Assembly District candidate Jill Fitzgerald will hold a news conference Thursday, October 23rd at Bristol City Hall, where they will sign a pledge to vote for a meaningful ‘three strikes’ law if they are elected to the state House of Representatives November 4th.
They will be joined by Dr. William A. Petit Jr., M.D., whose family was murdered during an invasion of their Cheshire home July 23, 2007 by two recently-paroled burglars; by Dr. Petit’s sister, Johanna Petit-Chapman; and by state Senator Sam S. F. Caliguri, R-16th District, chairman of the 3 Strikes Now Coalition.
Dr. Petit and Johanna Petit-Chapman are the organization’s honorary co-chairs. The coalition is a non-partisan, not-for-profit organization dedicated to having a ‘three strikes and you’re out’ law enacted in Connecticut. The proposed three strikes law would require judges to impose life sentences without the possibility of parole on criminals convicted of three violent felony offenses, such as murder, rape, home invasion, or kidnapping.
The three strikes initiative is intended to protect innocent, law-abiding citizens from repeat violent offenders whose criminal histories strongly indicate that they are so prone to violence and so unwilling or unable to change their behavior that they should be kept behind bars because of the threat they pose to society.
The coalition has sent all candidates for the state legislature a letter asking them to sign a pledge form promising to support enactment of a three strikes law if they are elected.
The news conference will take place at 2 p.m. Thursday, October 23rd in the meeting room at Bristol City Hall. The meeting room is located adjacent to Council Chambers on the first floor.
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May 6, 2008
A Plainville Petit may challenge Colapietro
Johanna Petit Chapman, a Republican active in Plainville politics, may challenge state Sen. Tom Colapietro, a Bristol Democrat who has represented the 31st District for 16 years.
Chapman, a former town councilwoman, could not be reached for comment. She is the sister of Dr. William Petit, the sole survivor of a home invasion in Cheshire last summer that left the doctor's wife and two daughters dead.
The chairman of the Bristol GOP, Tom Barnes, Jr, said that he has heard Chapman is considering whether to campaign for the seat but can't confirm that she'll do it.
“I wouldn’t say there is any definite yes or no. I think she’d be a great candidate and we’d love to have her run,” Barnes said.
Colapietro said he's heard that she will do it. He said he's ready for anyone the Republicans put up against him.
Chapman is a well-known figure in Plainville and is the incoming president of the town's Rotary Club.
She has been among those pushing for enactment a so-called ‘three strikes and you’re out law’ after two paroled burglars allegedly broke into Dr. William Petit’s home in Cheshire last summer, badly injuring him and murdering his wife Jennifer Hawke-Petit, and their two daughters, Hayley and Michaela.
Here is a PDF of Chapman's testimony before the legislature's Judiciary Committee.
The 31st District Republican convention is slated for Tuesday, May 13 at 7:30 at the Board of Education. (And, for those keeping tabs, the 77th and 79th state House conventions are scheduled for 7 p.m. on Wednesday, May 21, also at Board of Education.)
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Chapman, a former town councilwoman, could not be reached for comment. She is the sister of Dr. William Petit, the sole survivor of a home invasion in Cheshire last summer that left the doctor's wife and two daughters dead.
The chairman of the Bristol GOP, Tom Barnes, Jr, said that he has heard Chapman is considering whether to campaign for the seat but can't confirm that she'll do it.
“I wouldn’t say there is any definite yes or no. I think she’d be a great candidate and we’d love to have her run,” Barnes said.
Colapietro said he's heard that she will do it. He said he's ready for anyone the Republicans put up against him.
Chapman is a well-known figure in Plainville and is the incoming president of the town's Rotary Club.
She has been among those pushing for enactment a so-called ‘three strikes and you’re out law’ after two paroled burglars allegedly broke into Dr. William Petit’s home in Cheshire last summer, badly injuring him and murdering his wife Jennifer Hawke-Petit, and their two daughters, Hayley and Michaela.
Here is a PDF of Chapman's testimony before the legislature's Judiciary Committee.
The 31st District Republican convention is slated for Tuesday, May 13 at 7:30 at the Board of Education. (And, for those keeping tabs, the 77th and 79th state House conventions are scheduled for 7 p.m. on Wednesday, May 21, also at Board of Education.)
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April 24, 2008
Colapietro joins GOP on losing vote on 3 strikes measure
A Republican effort in the state Senate to enact a modified version of a “three strikes and you’re out” measure fell short in the wee hours of Thursday morning, but the changes were enough to convince a Bristol Democrat to buck his party and side with the GOP.
State Sen. Tom Colapietro, whose 31st District includes Bristol, joined the Republicans on the losing side of an 19-16 vote that fell just short of passage.
Shortly afterward, with wide bipartisan support, the state Senate approved a bill that aims to toughen penalties for repeat violent offenders. It heads next to the state House.
The proposed change in state law calls for doubling the mandatory minimum sentences for second offenses and triple those sentences after a third conviction
But Colapietro said he backed an even tougher standard after Republican modified their original “3 strikes and you’re out” proposal to allow some discretion for judges.
“We just couldn’t afford a real three strikes and you’re out,” Colapietro said, because of the increased tab for prisons and the likelihood that many more accused criminals would seek full-blown trials instead of accepting plea deals.
“It would cost us a fortune” to implement the bill that Republicans originally championed, Colapietro said.
The senator said that the proposal “has nothing to do” with the sickening crimes in Cheshire and New Britain that spurred GOP efforts to toughen the law. In neither crime would a three strikes and you’re out law have kept the accused perpetrators behind bars.
Colapietro said that if it were up to him, he’d just “put a bullet” in the men who massacred three members of the Petit family in Cheshire last summer and invaded a home in New Britain recently.
Killers who commit those sorts of crimes deserve the death penalty, Colapietro said.
A section of the proposed legislation approved by the Senate calls for spending $10 million to hire more prosecutors, probation officers and public defenders, and provide more GPS tracking of offenders.
It also would expand a cold case unit, provide additional programs for people leaving prison, and fund a special unit that targets people with outstanding warrants.
Doubling and tripling of minimum and maximum felony sentences; more money for prosecutors, state police, GPS tracking, alternative housing
Hartford - The Democrat-led state Senate early this morning overwhelmingly approved a much tougher version of Connecticut’s existing persistent dangerous felony offender law, doubling and tripling jail sentences for the most violent criminals and giving criminal justice professionals $10 million in new funding for the prosecutors, GPS tracking, state police, parolee supervision, warrant service, parole officers, alternative housing and other tools that they have requested—legislation that state Senator Thomas A. Colapietro (D-Bristol) praised.
“This bill sends a very clear message to criminals who try to take advantage of honest, law-abiding people in our state,” said Senator Colapietro. “This law says that when you commit a second serious crime, you don’t get a third chance. You will face a long time in prison. This law will help us keep violent, dangerous people in prison. It gives prosecutors and judges the tools that they need to get the job done and keep violent felons off the streets.”
The amendment to Senate Bill 671 was passed around 2 a.m. today on a 32-3 bipartisan vote in the Senate. The bill now heads to House of Representatives for consideration.
For criminals who are found to be “persistent dangerous felony offenders,” the bill doubles the minimum and maximum penalties (up to 40 years in prison) that they face upon a second serious felony conviction, and triples the minimum and maximum penalties (up to life in prison) for a third serious felony conviction.
“Dangerous felony” crimes generally include murder, manslaughter, arson, kidnapping, 1st- and 2nd-degree robbery, 1st- and 3rd-degree sexual assault, 1st-degree assault, home invasion, 1st-degree burglary, 2nd-degree burglary with a firearm, or any attempt to commit those crimes. The range of jail sentences for the most serious of these crimes generally ranges from 10 years to life; it is those ranges which will be doubled and tripled under the proposed new law.
The bill requires that prosecutors who do not seek persistent dangerous felony offender status for those who qualify must state on the record why they are not seeking that option.
The bill also provides $9,996,000 over the next year for a variety of law-enforcement tools, including:
$681,000 to the Division of Criminal Justice for enhancing the prosecution of repeat offenders and administrative coordination and information technology capacity.
$512,000 to the Public Defender Services Commission for enhancing the legal defense of indigent defendants and handling increased prosecutions.
$5,232,000 to the Judicial Department from the General Fund for enhancing court operations and probation supervision of sexual offenders, including the use of global positioning system and polygraph technologies, and for increasing the capacity to serve outstanding warrants for violations of probation, providing truancy prevention and establishing a juvenile justice urban cities pilot program.
$514,000 to the Department of Public Safety for hiring additional staff within the State Police Major Crime Squad.
$2,147,000 to the Department of Correction for funding alternative housing, additional correction and parole officers, expansion of the use of global positioning system devices in the supervision of parolees, and additional staff for the Board of Pardons and Paroles to screen parole candidates and process files.
$910,000 to the Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services for enhancing coordination and monitoring of community services for individuals served by the alternative supervision and intervention support teams, providing supportive housing for individuals served in the jail diversion or reentry programs, enhancing the women’s jail diversion program, and hiring an additional clinician to expand the capacity of the alternative drug intervention program.
The 2008 regular legislative session adjourns on May 7.
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State Sen. Tom Colapietro, whose 31st District includes Bristol, joined the Republicans on the losing side of an 19-16 vote that fell just short of passage.
Shortly afterward, with wide bipartisan support, the state Senate approved a bill that aims to toughen penalties for repeat violent offenders. It heads next to the state House.
The proposed change in state law calls for doubling the mandatory minimum sentences for second offenses and triple those sentences after a third conviction
But Colapietro said he backed an even tougher standard after Republican modified their original “3 strikes and you’re out” proposal to allow some discretion for judges.
“We just couldn’t afford a real three strikes and you’re out,” Colapietro said, because of the increased tab for prisons and the likelihood that many more accused criminals would seek full-blown trials instead of accepting plea deals.
“It would cost us a fortune” to implement the bill that Republicans originally championed, Colapietro said.
The senator said that the proposal “has nothing to do” with the sickening crimes in Cheshire and New Britain that spurred GOP efforts to toughen the law. In neither crime would a three strikes and you’re out law have kept the accused perpetrators behind bars.
Colapietro said that if it were up to him, he’d just “put a bullet” in the men who massacred three members of the Petit family in Cheshire last summer and invaded a home in New Britain recently.
Killers who commit those sorts of crimes deserve the death penalty, Colapietro said.
A section of the proposed legislation approved by the Senate calls for spending $10 million to hire more prosecutors, probation officers and public defenders, and provide more GPS tracking of offenders.
It also would expand a cold case unit, provide additional programs for people leaving prison, and fund a special unit that targets people with outstanding warrants.
Here's Sen. Colapietro's press release on the legislation:
SEN. COLAPIETRO: INCREASED SENTENCES SEND CLEAR MESSAGE, LEGISLATION GIVES LAW ENFORCEMENT NEEDED TOOLS
Doubling and tripling of minimum and maximum felony sentences; more money for prosecutors, state police, GPS tracking, alternative housing
Hartford - The Democrat-led state Senate early this morning overwhelmingly approved a much tougher version of Connecticut’s existing persistent dangerous felony offender law, doubling and tripling jail sentences for the most violent criminals and giving criminal justice professionals $10 million in new funding for the prosecutors, GPS tracking, state police, parolee supervision, warrant service, parole officers, alternative housing and other tools that they have requested—legislation that state Senator Thomas A. Colapietro (D-Bristol) praised.
“This bill sends a very clear message to criminals who try to take advantage of honest, law-abiding people in our state,” said Senator Colapietro. “This law says that when you commit a second serious crime, you don’t get a third chance. You will face a long time in prison. This law will help us keep violent, dangerous people in prison. It gives prosecutors and judges the tools that they need to get the job done and keep violent felons off the streets.”
The amendment to Senate Bill 671 was passed around 2 a.m. today on a 32-3 bipartisan vote in the Senate. The bill now heads to House of Representatives for consideration.
For criminals who are found to be “persistent dangerous felony offenders,” the bill doubles the minimum and maximum penalties (up to 40 years in prison) that they face upon a second serious felony conviction, and triples the minimum and maximum penalties (up to life in prison) for a third serious felony conviction.
“Dangerous felony” crimes generally include murder, manslaughter, arson, kidnapping, 1st- and 2nd-degree robbery, 1st- and 3rd-degree sexual assault, 1st-degree assault, home invasion, 1st-degree burglary, 2nd-degree burglary with a firearm, or any attempt to commit those crimes. The range of jail sentences for the most serious of these crimes generally ranges from 10 years to life; it is those ranges which will be doubled and tripled under the proposed new law.
The bill requires that prosecutors who do not seek persistent dangerous felony offender status for those who qualify must state on the record why they are not seeking that option.
The bill also provides $9,996,000 over the next year for a variety of law-enforcement tools, including:
$681,000 to the Division of Criminal Justice for enhancing the prosecution of repeat offenders and administrative coordination and information technology capacity.
$512,000 to the Public Defender Services Commission for enhancing the legal defense of indigent defendants and handling increased prosecutions.
$5,232,000 to the Judicial Department from the General Fund for enhancing court operations and probation supervision of sexual offenders, including the use of global positioning system and polygraph technologies, and for increasing the capacity to serve outstanding warrants for violations of probation, providing truancy prevention and establishing a juvenile justice urban cities pilot program.
$514,000 to the Department of Public Safety for hiring additional staff within the State Police Major Crime Squad.
$2,147,000 to the Department of Correction for funding alternative housing, additional correction and parole officers, expansion of the use of global positioning system devices in the supervision of parolees, and additional staff for the Board of Pardons and Paroles to screen parole candidates and process files.
$910,000 to the Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services for enhancing coordination and monitoring of community services for individuals served by the alternative supervision and intervention support teams, providing supportive housing for individuals served in the jail diversion or reentry programs, enhancing the women’s jail diversion program, and hiring an additional clinician to expand the capacity of the alternative drug intervention program.
The 2008 regular legislative session adjourns on May 7.
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Contact Steve Collins at scollins@bristolpress.com
August 1, 2007
Komisarjevsky burglary sentencing document
For those of us who are following with rapt attention the developments in the Cheshire murder case, and wondering how it all connects to Bristol, here's a fascinating document made available by the ctlocalpolitics.net blog, which happens to be one of the essential websites for Connecticut news.
Click here to read the sentencing transcript in PDF format
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Click here to read the sentencing transcript in PDF format
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July 30, 2007
Alleged Cheshire killer a child molester?
From what little we know about alleged killer Joshua Komisarjevsky, he appears to have a thing for young teenage girls. What's particularly alarming is that his sickness may have been obvious back in 2002 if only authorities in Bristol had noticed or cared.
I've already written about this here, but it is an important issue that's worth real scrutiny. If Komisarjevsky was having sex with a 15-year-old Bristol girl, and there's reason to believe he was, then why didn't he get charged with the crime at the time? Bad enough that he was donning night vision goggles and burglarizing homes, but if you throw in the sexual abuse of a minor, you have a far better idea why a judge once called him a "cold, calculating predator."
I don't know if it would have saved the Petit family, but I do know that there was plenty of reason for police and prosecutors to look at the issue in Feb. 2002, when Komisarjevsky's 16-year-old girlfriend was about to give birth to a daughter later named Jayda. Did they look into it? Did they care? And what did they find out if they did investigate?
Anyone out there who has information on the issue, please let us know what you know. You can reach me at scollins@bristolpress.com or phone me at the newspaper at (860) 584-0501 x. 254.
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I've already written about this here, but it is an important issue that's worth real scrutiny. If Komisarjevsky was having sex with a 15-year-old Bristol girl, and there's reason to believe he was, then why didn't he get charged with the crime at the time? Bad enough that he was donning night vision goggles and burglarizing homes, but if you throw in the sexual abuse of a minor, you have a far better idea why a judge once called him a "cold, calculating predator."
I don't know if it would have saved the Petit family, but I do know that there was plenty of reason for police and prosecutors to look at the issue in Feb. 2002, when Komisarjevsky's 16-year-old girlfriend was about to give birth to a daughter later named Jayda. Did they look into it? Did they care? And what did they find out if they did investigate?
It's already past time for the relevant probation reports, court files and police records to be unveiled so that we can see what happened back in 2002. Get it out in the open -- and quick.
Anyone out there who has information on the issue, please let us know what you know. You can reach me at scollins@bristolpress.com or phone me at the newspaper at (860) 584-0501 x. 254.
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July 27, 2007
Suspected killer's daughter born in Bristol
Reporters Matthew Kauffman and Lisa Chedekel of The Hartford Courant dug into court records this week to come up with the story of Jayda Norton, who was born in Bristol.
"Jayda was born at Bristol Hospital March 15, 2002, when Norton was 16 and Komisarjevsky was 21," the story said.
"The baby lived with Norton at her parent's home in Bristol until Christmas Day 2003, according to court records. Norton then moved in with a boyfriend in Bristol," the Courant reported.
So Komisarjevsky was arrested in Bristol one month before Jayda was born. Instead of caring for his very young, pregnant girlfriend, he was out wearing night vision goggles and breaking into homes in Bristol and Burlington.
This poor girl, whose mother is former Bristol resident Jennifer Norton, 22, is living now with Joshua Komisarjevsky's family in Cheshire.
It was with Norton's family on Wilderness Way that Komisarjevsky lived before his arrest on burglary charges. The family moved away at least a couple of years ago.
Incredible as it sounds now, the father won a custody fight for her six weeks before he allegedly helped massacre the Petit family, according to the Courant's story.
God help little Jayda is all I can say.
And thanks for nailing down the story, Matt and Lisa.
The only remaining question I have is what is Jennifer Norton's birthday? It sure seems that Komisarjevsky may have been guilty of having sex with an underage girl when he was 21. Was Norton 15 at the time she got pregnant? And if she was, how come nobody prosecuted him for that? Clearly the police and prosecutors knew he was living with a 16-year-old mother of his child, since they told a Press reporter that at the time.
Assuming the stories in the Press in 2002 and the Courant today are accurate, Jennifer Norton had to turn 16 sometime between February and July of 2001. She was pregnant in June 2001, though we can hardly be sure she hadn't been seeing Komisarjevsky before that.
He started robbing homes in the area in July 2001, the police said, which may be an indication he was seeing a lot of Jennifer Norton by then.
This guy may well have been a child molester who should have been charged with that at the time - a move that might have kept in prison longer and would have landed him on the sex offender list.
I have some sympathy for high school kids who fool around with slightly younger schoolmates -- not exactly the kind of predators you worry about -- but none at all for 21-year-old men who are having sex with 15-year-old girls.
In any case, this is clearly something we need to know more about.
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"Jayda was born at Bristol Hospital March 15, 2002, when Norton was 16 and Komisarjevsky was 21," the story said.
"The baby lived with Norton at her parent's home in Bristol until Christmas Day 2003, according to court records. Norton then moved in with a boyfriend in Bristol," the Courant reported.
So Komisarjevsky was arrested in Bristol one month before Jayda was born. Instead of caring for his very young, pregnant girlfriend, he was out wearing night vision goggles and breaking into homes in Bristol and Burlington.
This poor girl, whose mother is former Bristol resident Jennifer Norton, 22, is living now with Joshua Komisarjevsky's family in Cheshire.
It was with Norton's family on Wilderness Way that Komisarjevsky lived before his arrest on burglary charges. The family moved away at least a couple of years ago.
Incredible as it sounds now, the father won a custody fight for her six weeks before he allegedly helped massacre the Petit family, according to the Courant's story.
God help little Jayda is all I can say.
And thanks for nailing down the story, Matt and Lisa.
The only remaining question I have is what is Jennifer Norton's birthday? It sure seems that Komisarjevsky may have been guilty of having sex with an underage girl when he was 21. Was Norton 15 at the time she got pregnant? And if she was, how come nobody prosecuted him for that? Clearly the police and prosecutors knew he was living with a 16-year-old mother of his child, since they told a Press reporter that at the time.
Assuming the stories in the Press in 2002 and the Courant today are accurate, Jennifer Norton had to turn 16 sometime between February and July of 2001. She was pregnant in June 2001, though we can hardly be sure she hadn't been seeing Komisarjevsky before that.
He started robbing homes in the area in July 2001, the police said, which may be an indication he was seeing a lot of Jennifer Norton by then.
This guy may well have been a child molester who should have been charged with that at the time - a move that might have kept in prison longer and would have landed him on the sex offender list.
I have some sympathy for high school kids who fool around with slightly younger schoolmates -- not exactly the kind of predators you worry about -- but none at all for 21-year-old men who are having sex with 15-year-old girls.
In any case, this is clearly something we need to know more about.
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July 25, 2007
Former Komisarjevsky abode for sale
Whoever it was that alleged killer Joshua Komisarjevsky was living with on Wilderness Way apparently isn't around now. The house, which is pretty nice, is for sale for $469,900 at the moment.
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Alleged killer has a daughter?
It's possible that one of the alleged killers in the Cheshire murder case, Joshua Komisarjevsky, has another tie to Bristol beyond his conviction here in 2002 for a string of burglaries.
The Hartford Courant has a story today that mentions in passing that "associates of the family said Komisarjevsky has a 5-year-old daughter, Jayda, who has been living with him and his parents" in their Cheshire home.
Given that Komisarjevsky was living in Bristol in 2002 at the home of his 16-year-old girlfriend on Wilderness Way, there's certainly a question about whether Jayda's mother lived in town. We can be fairly sure after all that this charming fellow didn't father the child after his arrest.
Whether or not the girl has roots in Bristol, I do feel sorry for her. Can you imagine having a father who would do something like Komisarjevsky allegedly did in the Petit home?
I met a guy once whose dad committed a horrific, well-publicized murder when he was quite young. He didn't really know much about what had happened. But it gnawed at him, as you'd expect.
The sins of the father are, of course, his own. Yet it makes it all the more sickening that someone could terrorize, rape and kill when he has his own little girl at home, a life that ought to be so precious to him that nothing else matters.
Instead, for Komisarjevsky, if what authorities say about him is true, it seemed that nothing mattered.
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The Hartford Courant has a story today that mentions in passing that "associates of the family said Komisarjevsky has a 5-year-old daughter, Jayda, who has been living with him and his parents" in their Cheshire home.
Given that Komisarjevsky was living in Bristol in 2002 at the home of his 16-year-old girlfriend on Wilderness Way, there's certainly a question about whether Jayda's mother lived in town. We can be fairly sure after all that this charming fellow didn't father the child after his arrest.
Whether or not the girl has roots in Bristol, I do feel sorry for her. Can you imagine having a father who would do something like Komisarjevsky allegedly did in the Petit home?
I met a guy once whose dad committed a horrific, well-publicized murder when he was quite young. He didn't really know much about what had happened. But it gnawed at him, as you'd expect.
The sins of the father are, of course, his own. Yet it makes it all the more sickening that someone could terrorize, rape and kill when he has his own little girl at home, a life that ought to be so precious to him that nothing else matters.
Instead, for Komisarjevsky, if what authorities say about him is true, it seemed that nothing mattered.
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Bristol connection to Cheshire killer
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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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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