Any idea who allegedly snuck in the FD's house and recorded him under false pretense?
Nope, no info but Atty. P. knows and IMO he threatened that person on the steps of the Courthouse today.
To see an atty issuing threats and reading peoples names aloud in Court today was something that I really thought we would not see in this tragic case. But I was wrong and its clear that there is really no boundary that Atty. P. and Pattisville won't cross IMO in their defense of Fd and this disturbs me greatly. The only thing that will prevent Atty. P. and Pattisville and Fd from crossing these lines continuously will be Atty Colangelo and people like Judge White who essentially told Atty. P. to 'zip it' with his ongoing badgering about the revisions to bail terms. Sure the language of Judge White was 'basic' but it was clear that he understood the substantive issues in play and this was good.
But, I worry greatly about the disconnect between what seems to happen with Judges issuing orders in Court and how they get implemented by the monitoring people and then how the information from the monitoring people circles back to Atty Colangelo and the Judge's. I'm very concerned as I'm not sure its working. It doesn't seem like a tough call to say that going shopping isn't part of house arrest. Why was this allowed? Why was the violation to remove the memorial not acted upon immediately by the CSP and Fd put in jail pending a court hearing?
Why do we see a person that has been accused of one of the most horrific crimes imaginable, killing another human being, treated as if he stole a candy bar from a convenience store? Why the kid glove treatment? If Fd knew that a trip to BPT would be the result for any iota of deviation from approved plans, IMO I think that Fd would make that extra stop and might think for a second about what he is doing. But no, no CSP and Fd continued to enjoy the 10,000+ SF house that doesn't belong to him any longer and he gets to wait for the Judge to rule. The idea that Atty. P. thought that the proper strategy was the harangue the Judge today in court is also lunacy and to me it speaks to what Atty. P. thinks about the CT Judiciary and its standards of behaviour.
Its nuts to say it because I've said it so many times here before, but all this that we saw play out in Court today is honestly outrageous IMO. A bail violation is a bail violation and the idea that the Judge today even spoke about "3 strikes and you are out" is pure insanity to me. For people like Fd the idea of someone even entertaining the idea of "3 strikes" to him is sending the message that there is room to negotiate and game the system further. The Judge and I differ on our definitions of 'strikes' here as I think Fd already has 3 strikes. But I wonder when Fd does eventually flee or commits another crime while out on bail or threatens someone like we saw his atty do today, what exactly the Judge will say? Oops, Strike 3, sorry citizens of CT but this guy had his chance and he blew it but its unfortunate he did something else that was horrific?
Further, there is now the missing Glock 19 that the Farmington PD gave to a friend of Fd. HOW do we know that Fd is not now in possession of this gun? Does Det. Kimball know where the Glock is? Is the Glock at 4Jx? Does the guy wearing the hoodie with the crowbar and the gas can perhaps have the Glock? Who else is in danger because of what the Farmington PD did here? Why does the Press not investigate this and why does Atty Colangelo not issue a statement about the status of the Glock 19 such that the people in Farmington and CT know that Fd and his associated are not 'armed and dangerous' while under 'house arrest'?
I am absolutely disgusted that this is simply the best that the State of CT and State Atty Colangelo and the Judge's can do here. Laws matter, Rules matter and "3 Strikes" as a standard for bail violations for someone accused of murder simply makes no sense to me AT ALL. But I do think the public deserves to know where the Glock 19 that the Farmington PD released is as this is a matter of public safety IMO.
MOO
