Month: March 2016

#HARTFORD, CT - -Senator Ed Gomes (D-Bridgeport) continued his advocacy for reforming Connecticut’s policies around hiring applicants with a criminal record. Testifying in front of the General Assembly’s Judiciary Committee, Sen. Gomes called for the passage of Senate Bill 467: An Act Concerning Municipal Implementation of Criminal Justice Reforms.   The bill is a set of hiring policies for private employers, designed to ensure that applicants with criminal records are evaluated on the merits of their qualifications, not on their criminal records.   “This is an important bill for those with a record to have an opportunity to receive a job,” said Sen. Gomes. “A felony conviction too often haunts a person their whole life preventing them from moving on…

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NEW NATIONAL REPORT MEASURING CRIME RATES SHOWS CONNECTICUT’S SMART APPROACH TO VIOLENT CRIME

#HARTFORD, CT – Governor Dannel P. Malloyy highlighted the release of a new report on national crime punishment rates by the Pew Charitable Trusts, which shows that Connecticut’s approach of focused deterrence, including prioritizing violent and predatory offenders for incarceration, is reducing crime.   The report introduces a new metric known as the punishment rate, which compares the number of people in prison to the rate of crime for Part I crimes, including homicide, rape, robbery, aggravated assault, burglary, larceny, and motor vehicle thefts.  The report shows Connecticut ranks 13th nationally in the punishment rate – which is the highest of any state in New England – while its imprisonment rate ranks 34th.  That indicates that violent criminals are serving…

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Fairfield News: Arrest After Drugs Shipped To Home

On 3/16/16 Benny Palmieri of 93 Millspaugh Dr. Fairfield, CT. Was arrested for possession of a controlled substance with intent to distribute, 2 counts of Possession of controlled substance and Possession of Drug Paraphernalia after Fairfield Police executed a search warrant of his residence and discovered a large amount of GHB (A Date Rape Drug) and a quantity of Crystal Methamphetamine. The search warrant was obtained after authorities intercepted a parcel containing the GHB that was being sent to Palmieri's home from Hong Kong, China.   Charges: Possession of a Controlled Substance (2 counts),    Possession of a Controlled Substance with intent to sell (1 count)  Possession of a Drug Paraphernalia (1 count) Court Date: April 5, 2016 G.A. 2  Bond:  250,000.00 dollars (Fairfield Police…

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