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The Farmington Police Department's arrest log for the 24-hour period ending at 7 a.m. on June 18 records one arrest: a single warrant, served on a Hartford man, carrying six charges and a $100,000 surety bond.
According to the log, Joanberto Rivera, 27, of 114 Preston Street, Hartford, was arrested at 11:10 a.m. on June 17 on a warrant served at Geographic Area 18, the Hartford courthouse where Farmington officers regularly serve warrants on people already in the court system. The log notes the arrest as a warrant arrest with the warrant served on a habeas, the procedural step that produces a defendant who is already in custody for an appearance.
The charges run heavier than the recent log average. Rivera is charged with third-degree burglary under Connecticut General Statutes §53a-103, first-degree criminal mischief under §53a-115, and third-degree larceny under §53a-124. Each of the three carries a companion conspiracy charge under §53a-48, the conspiracy statute, meaning the warrant alleges Rivera did not act alone. Only the burglary charge carries a listed bond, set at $100,000, surety. The conspiracy and remaining counts are listed at no additional bond.
The arresting officer was Jeffrey A. Glaude, who has served warrants at GA 18 before, including a dual-warrant arrest in the June 9 log. Rivera was given a court date of June 17, the same day as the arrest, consistent with a warrant served on someone already before the court.
Rivera is presumed innocent. The arrest log is a record of charges, not a finding of guilt, and The Farmington Mercury does not follow individual cases to disposition.
It was a quiet log otherwise. One arrest, no Farmington residents, no incidents on local streets. The single entry was processed entirely through the court system in Hartford, which is to say the busiest thing in Farmington's police record that day happened in another city.
Jack Beckett has covered the Farmington police log long enough to know that "served Habeous" is doing a lot of quiet work in a one-line remarks field. He is on his second coffee. The statutes were read in full. ☕
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