Post by Shuftin on Jul 26, 2006 10:13:35 GMT -5
Jul 26 2006
DANBURY – A former Danbury police officer drew a six-month suspended jail term and two years on probation for an incident in which police said he assaulted his pregnant girlfriend earlier this year.
Patrick Barry, 35, was living on Chestnut Street in Bethel at the time of the April 30 incident there.
Prosecutors lowered the assault charge to breach of peace last Wednesday, and Barry was sentenced to the suspended term.
Last Wednesday prosecutors also nolled, or dropped, Barry's June 2004 third-degree assault charge for allegedly beating a motorist during a traffic stop. Barry was granted a court program that wiped his record clean. As part of that program, he had agreed to undergo anger management classes.
About the charges involving her, Barry's girlfriend, 31, said the situation was blown out of proportion. She said she was not harmed and was not afraid of Barry.
Mayor Mark Boughton said Barry "pensioned out with a disability" from the police force April 6. He had worked for the police department for about 10 years and had a work-related disability.
DANBURY – A former Danbury police officer drew a six-month suspended jail term and two years on probation for an incident in which police said he assaulted his pregnant girlfriend earlier this year.
Patrick Barry, 35, was living on Chestnut Street in Bethel at the time of the April 30 incident there.
Prosecutors lowered the assault charge to breach of peace last Wednesday, and Barry was sentenced to the suspended term.
Last Wednesday prosecutors also nolled, or dropped, Barry's June 2004 third-degree assault charge for allegedly beating a motorist during a traffic stop. Barry was granted a court program that wiped his record clean. As part of that program, he had agreed to undergo anger management classes.
About the charges involving her, Barry's girlfriend, 31, said the situation was blown out of proportion. She said she was not harmed and was not afraid of Barry.
Mayor Mark Boughton said Barry "pensioned out with a disability" from the police force April 6. He had worked for the police department for about 10 years and had a work-related disability.