Deceased/Not Found CT - Jennifer Dulos, 50, New Canaan, 24 May 2019 *ARRESTS* #44

[kaen]

And, it was right if Newtown was reimbursed that they give money to the CSP to help offset their costs as well. I don't think Newtown balked at this.

 

[thekirbyfamily]

I just can't imagine NC getting a bill. The second part of the article is the same guy talking about how he heard from someone about some town. In reality, towns pay back if they get reimbursed by the federal government. The article points to Newtown which did pay back the CSP for their services.

IMO, it is a crazy day when a conversation like that gets played out in the town newspaper. In NY and CT, there are towns that have no LE except state police so the state police do the investigating from beginning to end. I think CT has more than 75 towns with either a resident trooper or under the care of a local troop. Will towns with no local police be charged by CSP for activities-- no. It makes no sense and serves to just rile up people and get them to question the activities of the local police.

CT has over 150 separate towns and this something my husband and I have talked about for years....all these seperate police forces...and sadly what happens when situations like this arise. It's either too many cooks in the kitchen or the right hand doesn't know what the left hand is doing or for lack of better description too many Chiefs and not enough Indians.

Another thing that struck us as weird...we lived in one of the larger and better known towns on shore when we first arrived. The towns along the shore triple their population in the summer months. They all have volunteer fire departments, which blew my mind for a place that had so many individuals partaking in water-related activities and was one of the wealthiest communities in the state. That summer there was a woman who died from drowning because it took the volunteer fireman like 30 minutes to get there coming from their homes, other jobs, dealing with traffic, etc. Her family then sued the town for millions and just remember thinking how odd all of this was.

 

[thekirbyfamily]

I just can't imagine NC getting a bill. The second part of the article is the same guy talking about how he heard from someone about some town. In reality, towns pay back if they get reimbursed by the federal government. The article points to Newtown which did pay back the CSP for their services.

Double post

 

[kaen]

There was a major issue when our local VFD took too long to arrive at a house fire and then refused to call for help from the local professional FD. The house was lost. It seemed crazy that the VFD would not ask for backup because of a turf war that had been brewing between VFDs and PFDs with town wanting to take over the VFDs in the area.

 

[thekirbyfamily]

There was a major issue when our local VFD took too long to arrive at a house fire and then refused to call for help from the local professional FD. The house was lost. It seemed crazy that the VFD would not ask for backup because of a turf war that had been brewing between VFDs and PFDs with town wanting to take over the VFDs in the area.

Just to be clear, I am not saying anything bad about firefighters or first responders (I love them, my dad was a fireman), just the politics behind it all.

 

[kaen]

Just to be clear, I am not saying anything bad about firefighters or first responders (I love them, my dad was a fireman), just the politics behind it all.

Me, either. CT has lots of problems. But, the CSP billing local towns is not one of them. The original story was written to either manufacture some local drama or to pit local LE against CSP. Not necessary from my perspective.

 

[afitzy]

Palmetto Surety Bond Package Information-Source of info: 50 page bond package posted by Marissa Alter:

-Information in the package wasn't clear and complete as Patrick McKenna didn't fill out a complete application. The amounts contributed by Patrick McKenna and GV are redacted or not clear on the forms. Unclear whether there are any liens on 80MS, 84MS or 585DC per the paperwork. We had known that Sturbridge and 4Jx were both subject to foreclosure.

$6.0 million Fd Bond info:

Fd/FORE - Properties and Cash:

• 80MS
• 84MS
• 585 DC
• Sturbridge, NC (in foreclosure)
• 4Jx, Farmington (in foreclosure)
• $1,000 cash drawn on People's Bank Checking Acct

Palmetto Capital and Surplus = $4.61 million a/o 2018 per email of MACasey to Atty Colangelo which would represent max. allowable bond of $466,000. The Fd bond was $6.0 million.

AC ($147,000 paid - $272,150 to be paid in monthly instalments through 4/9/21). AC listed personal assets of $650,000 and personal liabilities of $170,000 = personal net worth $480,000.

Patrick James McKenna / Atty. P. PI (unknown contribution to bond). Mr. McKenna did not fill out the complete application for the bond and so it did not include his personal net worth as is required.

GV put up IRA account (unknown contribution to bond). GV listed personal assets of $108,000 and personal liabilities of $11,000 = personal net worth $97,000.

MOO

 

[afitzy]

Latest real estate stats for New Canaan:
New Canaan Home Sales Down 24% in January

 

[Nocturnal19]

Looking at the suicide note tonight, I noticed the 8 in 1/28 seemed a little off- Anyone think there's a possibility that the 1/28/20 date on the note could have originally been 1/20/20? Was anything happening on or around 1/20 that would cause him to write the letter.. possibly waiving the probable cause hearing??

 

[afitzy]

Police: Fotis Dulos Attempts Suicide [UPDATED]

 

[afitzy]

Looking at the suicide note tonight, I noticed the 8 in 1/28 seemed a little off- Anyone think there's a possibility that the 1/28/20 date on the note could have originally been 1/20/20? Was anything happening on or around 1/20 that would cause him to write the letter.. possibly waiving the probable cause hearing??
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IDK, the situation on Sturbridge was heating up then - here is article and motion from Danbury Savings Bank:

Savings Bank of Danbury files motion of appointment against Fotis Dulos’ construction company

 

[Nocturnal19]

IDK, the situation on Sturbridge was heating up then - here is article and motion from Danbury Savings Bank:

Savings Bank of Danbury files motion of appointment against Fotis Dulos’ construction company

Thank you! That is interesting... it really does look like 1/20 to me or even 1/20/19, but I think given the contents of his note, it would make sense that he wrote it on the 28th. I have NO doubt that is the one who wrote the letter.

 

[Mimi in London]

That photo journalist seemed way out of his league with the FD ability to charm the heck out of anyone, that was his schtick, that is why his Greek family is so distraught that is all they saw: the charming handsome guy with successful business and father of 5.
Nothing could be further from the truth with a philandering, stealing, lying, cheating ******* he actually was. That lay in wait to kill the mother of his 5 kids and never had the guts to admit his guilt even when committing suicide. Barely mentioning his 5 kids now left with no parents due to his hideous actions.
Beware of Greeks bearing gifts -
FD gift was charm, and boy did he manage to fool a lot of the people but only up to a point.

The piece the guy was working on would, IMO, have been a ‘feature’ that was commissioned and ‘sponsored’ by the company/person featured. In very small print alongside the piece, it might say ‘Advertisement’.

 

[Mimi in London]

Thank you for posting these wonderful articles!

Each year in New Canaan during DV month, a purple pinwheel is placed on the front lawn of Town Hall (or adjacent area Vine Cottage) representing 1 DV case (I don't recall the national stat on how many unreported incidences exist for each reported incidence - but, think of how many more pinwheels there would be for ALL the incidences! NC is a small town of 20,000 people).

Each year there are more pinwheels and so the space needed for the display keeps growing. Its a heartbreaking reminder of how close DV is to so many in New Canaan.

I will see if I can find a picture of this past years pinwheel display. I wish I had the sequence of displays over the years to show the growth as I think it tells the story perfectly about how many people are touched by DV not just in New Canaan but all over Fairfield Country and CT.

Here is the picture from 2018 in New Canaan of the pinwheels:

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Raising DV awareness in New Canaan was a total grassroots effort and the people surrounding this effort have done an incredible job IMO. Here is an article about some of the folks involved and the various initiatives they have undertaken in town:

Domestic Violence: Network strives to prevent town’s No. 1 violent crime

Quotes from article:

Despite underreporting, domestic violence is the No. 1 reported violent crime in New Canaan and neighboring towns of Westport, Darien, Wilton and Weston, according to the Domestic Violence Crisis Center (DVCC), which serves Stamford, Norwalk and the above towns. “People think domestic violence only touches the underprivileged and underserved populations when, in fact, it is not the case at all,” said Kevin Shippy, new executive director at DVCC and a father of two girls.


One of his goals as the new head of DVCC is to change the conversation around domestic violence. New Canaan Police Chief Leon Krolikowski reports 85% of domestic violence victims are women. Young women between the ages of 16 and 24 experience the highest rate of domestic violence. According to the New Canaan Police Department website, in 2016 there were 73 family disputes to which police responded. Of those, 22 were between spouses, 19 were between children and parents, 24 were between boyfriend and girlfriend and eight were between siblings.

MOO

I can’t access the article, but thank you for the photo. The pinwheels visual is very striking.

 

[Woodswarrior]

If anyone has any brilliant ideas on how the State of CT accepted a bond from Palmetto Surety I'm sure the world would love to know.

I'd also like to know how Palmetto Surety was accepted by the State of CT to begin with as it appears their business focus is strictly in the southeast US (GA, TN and SC).

I have been unable to find any financial information about Palmetto Surety from their website or via the SC state website insurance section.

Will continue looking into the bond documents but as of now zero of this bond information in terms of the collateral and parties involved makes any sense as I cannot find anything to support AC ability to make good on a $3.0 million note.

The fact that the State of CT accepted this surety company and bond package for a person that by all accounts was a high flight risk is something that I don't understand AT ALL as the downside to Fd fleeing to him personally wouldn't have been $1,000 and whatever collateral he had in the properties (absent the ones that he fraudulently pledged as they were in foreclosure or not his pledge) and AC my guess could simply declare bankruptcy to escape responsibility for the $3 million note. BUT, I'm not even sure that the State would have been able to collect the $6 million for a person accused of murder if Palmetto didn't have the financial resources (believe this is what the whistleblower said too). Unbelievable that this can happen on a bond of this magnitude.

I do also wonder why Atty. P. PI seemed to be part of this bond package and I haven't seen an explanation for this issue in MSM anywhere either which is quite disappointing. I guess DA is more interested in playing messenger for Atty. P. rather than investigating the bonding process for alleged criminals in the State of CT!

Its hard not to laugh about all this as this is a high level bond for the State of CT. But I'm not understanding why this wasn't vetted in advance of being accepted by the Court and why it took nearly a month to sort out? Fd AND AC could have been long long gone from CT and sitting on a beach somewhere. I hope Atty Colangelo looks at putting an approved list of surety companies in place as based on the 50 pages we have seen, this entire transaction looks to have been a sham.

I hope this transaction is evaluated and AC is fully held accountable for her role in this situation.


MOO

Absolutely when the bond company realized the security for the six million was fraudulent.fd should of been picked up by the state police and Brought to the court hearing. Fd should of got no notice the police were on their way because fd should of been considered a non bonded flight risk. Moo

 

[Nikynoo]

Can you maybe explain how AC and PI are connected, in simple terms?

Is she acting in a professional capacity as an agent for FD? Would this require some sort of contract or payment by him to her?

I’m not understanding the connection ?

Or why she might have signed that check for $1000 which was FD’s cash responsibility.

Looking at the other documents, there is one where AC signs it as FDs Representative. I suspect she may have had some kind of authority from FD to do so (possibly a Power of Attorney?). ETA the document.

 

[Nikynoo]

Absolutely when the bond company realized the security for the six million was fraudulent.fd should of been picked up by the state police and Brought to the court hearing. Fd should of got no notice the police were on their way because fd should of been considered a non bonded flight risk. Moo

My understanding was that an insurance company underwrites the risk of the bail bond for a fee (very much like car or home insurance). In this case, it is also my understanding that the insurance compay when assessing that risk found that the collateral proposed by FD would not cover the risk and therefore the insurance company were unwilling to underwrite the bond. The bond company had no option but to revoke the bond. It is also my understanding that by revoking the bond, the bond is null and void - and the court would want a replacement bond. If the bond is null and void, I would imagine that AC would recover the majority of the fees that she paid out and would not be obliged to make further payments. IMO, this is why AC hired NP (for contract litigation).

 

[enelram]

My understanding was that an insurance company underwrites the risk of the bail bond for a fee (very much like car or home insurance). In this case, it is also my understanding that the insurance compay when assessing that risk found that the collateral proposed by FD would not cover the risk and therefore the insurance company were unwilling to underwrite the bond. The bond company had no option but to revoke the bond. It is also my understanding that by revoking the bond, the bond is null and void - and the court would want a replacement bond. If the bond is null and void, I would imagine that AC would recover the majority of the fees that she paid out and would not be obliged to make further payments. IMO, this is why AC hired NP (for contract litigation).

I think in normal circumstances, you're right.
But before FD coulda/shoulda been released on this bond, the insurance underwriter should
have already analyzed, approved and signed off approval. Underwriting supposedly saw all the application documents.

Just like when you borrow money from a bank for a home loan. The underwriter for the co.
fronting the money for the bank must see all documents, analyze them and only then if the
numbers makes sense, then approve the loan.
If there's insufficent collateral or things on apps look hinky, the bond should have been stopped right there. It wasn't. It was pushed through.

So nothing was done to insure the state of Ct.
was protected by this bonding co. and their underwriter.
This problem with the bond was reported as being hinky by an outside source. Another
private bondswoman, a Whistleblower. She
realized that the numbers on the app. did not make sense and with a little investigation she
found the collateralized properties were in foreclosure and she also found the bonding co.
was not adequately funded to cover the bond
should FD flee.
If we're pointing fingers here, Palmetto Surety
and others on the apps, all had a part in this fiasco which ultimately led to FD's meltdown.
The bond was another "House of Cards" sneaked through and should never have been approved by the State of Ct. Insurance Regulators.
The State of Ct. Insurance Regulators have quickly dropped the investigation of this debacle. So no one will be held culpable. For now. They say "Case Closed", close up the file,
nothing to see here. Don't ask.
But Rena may have other ideas. And my guess
is some Mickey Mouse attorney was right in the middle of all the bond fraud.
Then when things came crashing down on 1/28/20 Mickey Mouse and Co. slithered as
far away as they could. DC. no phone calls,
only voice mails, you're on your own here FD.
Don't expect us to help you out here. Thus
FD's total meltdown.
moo

 

[Nikynoo]

why does this say The State of Florida vs Fotis Dulos?

 

[Nikynoo]

I think in normal circumstances, you're right.
But before FD coulda/shoulda been released on this bond, the insurance underwriter should
have already analyzed, approved and signed off approval. Underwriting supposedly saw all the application documents.

Just like when you borrow money from a bank for a home loan. The underwriter for the co.
fronting the money for the bank must see all documents, analyze them and only then if the
numbers makes sense, then approve the loan.
If there's insufficent collateral or things on apps look hinky, the bond should have been stopped right there. It wasn't. It was pushed through.

So nothing was done to insure the state of Ct.
was protected by this bonding co. and their underwriter.
This problem with the bond was reported as being hinky by an outside source. Another
private bondswoman, a Whistleblower. She
realized that the numbers on the app. did not make sense and with a little investigation she
found the collateralized properties were in foreclosure and she also found the bonding co.
was not adequately funded to cover the bond
should FD flee.
If we're pointing fingers here, Palmetto Surety
and others on the apps, all had a part in this fiasco which ultimately led to FD's meltdown.
The bond was another "House of Cards" sneaked through and should never have been approved by the State of Ct. Insurance Regulators.
The State of Ct. Insurance Regulators have quickly dropped the investigation of this debacle. So no one will be held culpable. For now. They say "Case Closed", close up the file,
nothing to see here. Don't ask.
But Rena may have other ideas. And my guess
is some Mickey Mouse attorney was right in the middle of all the bond fraud.
Then when things came crashing down on 1/28/20 Mickey Mouse and Co. slithered as
far away as they could. DC. no phone calls,
only voice mails, you're on your own here FD.
Don't expect us to help you out here. Thus
FD's total meltdown.
moo

I agree - weird all round. I'm not familiar with bail bonds (we dont have them here). But this is rubbish and the court should not have accepted the bond/or should have a better system in place.