FARMINGTON — The Farmington Police Department's arrest log for Tuesday runs one page, carries one name, and ends with a line reading "Total Arrests: 1."
On Tuesday, August 4, at 8:45 a.m., Officer Richard E. Bianchi arrested Lukequann Vernon Bunch, 32, of Meriden, at 319 New Britain Avenue. That address is the police station, which is where the department records warrant arrests, and this was one. The warrant existed before the arrest did.
Bunch faces a single count of breach of the peace in the second degree, a class B misdemeanor under section 53a-181 of the Connecticut General Statutes. The statute covers six distinct kinds of conduct, from fighting in a public place to abusive language. The log records the charge, not the subsection, so it does not say which one is alleged, and neither will we. It also does not say when or where the underlying conduct is supposed to have occurred, only that a warrant was issued for it and served Tuesday morning. He has been charged with one misdemeanor and convicted of nothing.
Bond was set at $2,500, nonsurety. He posted it and was released. His court date is Tuesday, August 18.
That is the entire log. The reporting window runs 7 a.m. to 7 a.m. and the department generates the report either way, which is how a page like this one gets made: one line of type and a good deal of white space under it. The previous edition, covering the long weekend, ran to three pages and nine names. Tuesday needed one.
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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.