Connecticut State Trooper Aaron Huntsman, 43, has been charged with larceny for allegedly stealing jewelry and cash from the victim of a fatal motorcycle crash on Sept. 22. There is perhaps no greater violation of public trust for an offer than the robbery of a deceased victim. If convicted, for that reason, Huntsman would likely face heavy aggravators on sentencing, pushing the sentence higher.
The 18-year veteran of the department is accused of robbing John Scalesse, 49, after he died from injuries sustained in the crash. The Scalesse’s family determined that jewelry, clothing and cash were missing — including $3,000 in cash and a gold chain from the victim’s body.
Upon investigation, it was determined that no jewelry was logged into evidence. Later, a large amount of cash was found in the trooper’s police cruiser.
That led to two counts of third-degree larceny, interfering with police and tampering with or fabricating physical evidence.
Huntsman’s state police salary is actually quite high: $80,000. He made almost $112,000 in 2011.
Source:NBC
>There is perhaps no greater violation of public trust for an offer than the robbery of a deceased victim.
Not even close. Try the shooting (& killing) an innocent or unarmed person.
That violation of public trust should be rewarded with the death penalty.. thereby slowly decreasing the number of rogue cops while simultaneously sending a message – loud & clear – that a police state is not what we want.
good to see some – pete, malisha – note this (generally) too.
However, leave it to a capitalist to consider money more important than life..
Darren –
>Generally with regard to pension rights most pensions are not retractable.
That doesn’t seem to apply to retirement accounts in companies hiring private citizens.. Re GM etc & Bain/Hostess style raping of employee retirement accounts.. Strange, that..
IMHO, YMMV
enjoy
bobby
Darren,
Agreed. Thanks.
America is special in many ways. Labor and companies could never agree except as part of a settlement after each “war” between them.
Here in Sweden, wanting labor to continue to be mobile, the need for a pension not connected to remaining with the same employer arose. How America solved this problem is another question. Here industry and blue collar unions created a pension company.
Are these separate solutions (if they are???) because of our separate beginnings. I think yes.
How much of America depends on our origin as colonies, each established as royally or non-royally established companies. Land grants for sale and exploitation.
All else developed from that, including pioneering. etc and the building of a nation with very restrictively defined central power.
Look at it now. Same old spirit, but with a wild runaway federal sector. Woooheeee! Ride’em cowboy!
Idealist:
Generally with regard to pension rights most pensions are not retractable. Once a person has their pension vested, that is having achieved a requisite number of years of service, that is the property of the worker and is generally not subject to revocation for misdeeds.
it should really be this way because otherwise there would be a problem with employers trumping up charges against employees in order to force them out of their pensions.
The other is of justice. If a person works 20 years and is to earn a pension at age 60 of $2,000 per month, and the state accuses the person of a minor crime, one that say has a $500 penalty but instead takes away the person’s pension. That taking away of the pension costs the person $240,000 over ten years while another person, who commits the same crime pays $500 Not exactly equal justice under the law.
OTOTOTOT
On the Egyptian sharia constitútion thread I mentioned a delay to the two-state process, implying that Israel does not want a two-state process and certainly not such a solution.
Apparently Mossad read my post and the Israeli government decided already to confirm my reading of the news that come from there. This is from today’s Headlines section of the NYTimes. not the best of sources.
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“TOP NEWS
Housing Move in Israel Seen as Setback for a Two-State Plan
By JODI RUDOREN and MARK LANDLER
Two settlement actions seemed timed to punish the Palestinians for securing upgraded status at the United Nations, and appeared to show that hard-liners had prevailed in the debate over a response
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NYTimes.
Ariel Sharom is quoted as saying that the Palestine solution was like pastrami. I interpret that to mean that thinly sliced meat is tenderer and easier to chew, one slice at a time.
It seems to us TV addicted Americans to take a long time to complete. but if you’ve waited for 2,000 years, then this is nothing in comparison.
Shano,
“Here is the NYPD going after a street artist with the surveillance state:
http://gawker.com/5964619/nypd-proves-street-artist-right-by-tracking-him-down-and-arresting-him
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Do you supposed he got confused in the interview and thought it was for a job?
There are several million who would like to employ him collectively for protests in the same genre.
Do you suppose that he will be interested after his term? Wonder what the drone models and the civil situation will be then?
And as a poor denizen he had to have a gun to protect himself, No security guards at his abode.
A de-named example.
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If he is guilty I hope they throw the book at him and if he has any pension rights take those too.
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Agree
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Are we in the vengance model here? Not quite the grave collective punishment, but the assumption of
dishonarable service would seem be the motive behind taking away his pension rights. It this motivated, or is it only emotions talking? I don’t know police pension rights and its caveats. Those who do and the authors who wrote the above are welcome—as of course are all.
Darren Smith,
“I would ask if you had any relatives who committed a crime should you have to pay, or more importantly would you set the example by submitting yourself for sanctions because a relative of yours did something illegal.”
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This is exactly how justice is meted out in some muslim countries. Clan versus clan. Retribution as though in a tort case, not criminal. Purely economist value according to fexed schedules.
Goal: A measured punishment is better than a clan war.
Eye for eye.
“There is perhaps no greater violation of public trust for an offer than the robbery of a deceased victim.”
Wow, I can think of PLENTY of greater violations of public trust.
Are you kidding?
We already have increased penalties for lots of situations: selling drugs in a school zone, Hate crimes. There has to be a happy medium between punishing police too much and not enough- the police seem to get off all the time on some of the most horrible crimes. The Kenneth Chamberlain case is one of the worst- if you want a story of horrific police abuse and murder.
Here is the NYPD going after a street artist with the surveillance state:
http://gawker.com/5964619/nypd-proves-street-artist-right-by-tracking-him-down-and-arresting-him