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Question of the Day By - Associated Press - Tuesday, April 27, 2021
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) - A Hartford police sergeant who struck a woman in the face after she spat at him while being booked was charged with misdemeanor assault, authorities announced Tuesday.
Sgt. James Guzie, 47, was arrested on a third-degree assault charge in connection with the incident on March 15 in the police department detention area.
“Despite the inappropriate behavior of the arrestee, the officer should never have reacted the way he did and it’s simply unacceptable,” Hartford Police Chief Jason Thody said in a statement.
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The long-running legal saga pitting the city of Hartford against Centerplan Construction Co., the original developer of Dunkin’ Donuts Park, will enter a new chapter Monday when the case goes before the state Supreme Court.
Centerplan, which was fired from the stadium project in 2016, saw its first attempt to secure $90 million in damages from the Capital City squashed in Hartford Superior Court almost two years ago, but the company appealed that decision and quietly petitioned to move the case in front of Connecticut’s highest court.
In November, the Supreme Court agreed to hear the case and oral arguments are scheduled to begin Monday at 9:30 a.m., court records show.
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Enfield resident Santos Vega, 42, was arrested following a late Sunday night incident which resulted in a man sustaining deep head lacerations. (Enfield Police Department)
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Former UConn graduate school diversity officer Charmane Thurmand, who was found by state ethics officials to have improperly given her husband a $53,000 fellowship, has paid a $20,000 fine two years after it was levied in 2019 finally ending a long and contentious case.