FARMINGTON — The Farmington Police Department's latest arrest log counts eleven arrests between 7 a.m. Wednesday, August 12, and 7 a.m. Thursday, August 13. It took six people to produce them. Seven of the eleven files are warrant service, and four of the eleven belong to one woman, who was held on a combined $305,000 bond.
Wednesday, 9:48 a.m. Officer Grace L. Petersen arrested Aleixander Matheuw Puerta, 33, of Windsor Locks, at 197 Scott Swamp Road. He faces five charges: criminal violation of a protective order under section 53a-223 of the Connecticut General Statutes, use of drug paraphernalia under section 21a-267(a), possession of a controlled substance under section 21a-279(a)(1), operating an unregistered motor vehicle under section 14-12(a), and failure to carry a registration or insurance card under section 14-13. Bond was $5,000, nonsurety, on the protective-order count. He posted it. Court date August 13.
Wednesday, 10:00 a.m. Officer Jeffrey A. Glaude arrested Marissa A. Polechronis, 35, of Teaticket, Massachusetts, at GA 18, the Geographical Area 18 courthouse that handles Farmington cases. Two files, both warrant arrests, each a single count of larceny in the sixth degree under section 53a-125b, with bond set at $25,000 on each. Her court date was August 12, the same day.
Wednesday, 10:30 a.m. Officer Glaude again, same courthouse, half an hour later: Victor Manuel Ortiz, 20, of New Britain, on two warrant files carrying seventeen counts between them. Among them: burglary in the third degree under section 53a-103, larceny in the fourth and sixth degrees under sections 53a-125 and 53a-125b, illegal taking of a payment card under section 53a-128c(a), use of a revoked payment card under section 53a-128d, identity theft in the third degree under section 53a-129d, conspiracy counts attached to several of those under section 53a-48, operating under suspension under section 14-215, and operating without minimum insurance under section 14-213b. Bond was $25,000, surety, on each file. His court date was also August 12.
Wednesday, 2:14 p.m. Officer Michael A. Meier arrested Matthew Lawrence Laflamme, 53, at 4 Main Street. The log lists his address as 1 Homeless Street, Hartford. He is charged with criminal attempt at larceny in the fifth degree under sections 53a-49 and 53a-125a, and forgery in the first degree under section 53a-138. Bond was $1,000, cash, on the larceny attempt. He posted it. Court date August 26.
Wednesday, 4:30 p.m. Officer Joseph G. Aiello arrested Monique S. Sockabasin, 26, of Pleasant Point, Maine, at 1600 Southeast Road. Three separate files carry the same 4:30 time stamp. The first charges use of drug paraphernalia under section 21a-267(a), larceny in the fifth degree under section 53a-125a, robbery in the third degree under section 53a-136, assault in the third degree under section 53a-61(a)(1), and possession of a controlled substance under section 21a-279(a)(1); bond was $25,000, surety, on the robbery count, and the remarks read, "Arrested in connection with Robbery. Held on bond." The second and third files are re-arrest warrants for failure to appear in the second degree under section 53a-173, one at $25,000 and one at $5,000, both surety.
Wednesday, 8:22 p.m. Same address, same officer, a fourth file for Sockabasin: an extradition arrest under section 54-170, with bond set at $250,000, surety. Across her four files, the bond totals $305,000. She was held. Court date on all four was August 13.
Wednesday, 10:29 p.m. Officer Michael J. Smith arrested Tasha Marie Miller, 45, of Hartford, on Old Mountain Road. She is charged with operating a motor vehicle under the influence of alcohol or drugs under section 14-227a and drinking while driving under section 53a-213. Bond was $1,500, nonsurety. She posted it. Court date August 28.
The log covers one day and picks up where the August 7 to 11 log left off. The six people on it list addresses in Hartford (two of them), New Britain, Windsor Locks, Pleasant Point, Maine, and Teaticket, Massachusetts. No one on it lists a Farmington address, which regular readers of the Farmington Police Department's log will recognize as the standing condition of this series. Seven of the eleven files are warrants finding their people: two served at the courthouse before lunch, five more by evening. The other four arrests happened the ordinary way, one of them at 10:29 at night on Old Mountain Road.
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Jack Beckett has read enough Farmington arrest logs to know that eleven arrests can be six people and one long Wednesday. Third coffee. ☕
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The Farmington Mercury publishes the Farmington Police Department's daily arrest log as a matter of public record. All individuals named are presumed innocent unless and until convicted. Charges reflect allegations by police, not findings of a court. Bond and court information is drawn from the published log and is subject to change.