The Farmington Police Department logged five arrests between 7 a.m. Tuesday and 7 a.m. Wednesday, involving three individuals, eleven charges on one of them, and a bond amount that suggests someone somewhere lost a significant amount of money.
Hirtik Hemchand Khatri, 25, of Lawrenceville, New Jersey, was arrested at 2:13 p.m. Tuesday at 319 New Britain Avenue on a warrant. The charges: conspiracy to commit larceny in the first degree and criminal attempt at larceny in the first degree, both felonies under Connecticut law, plus interfering with an officer. Bond was set at $803,000 surety. He did not post it. His court date is today, March 26.
First-degree larceny in Connecticut involves property or services valued at more than $20,000. The conspiracy and criminal attempt charges suggest this was not a solo operation. The incident number — 2500001467 — dates the underlying case to 2025. Officer Alexa N. Hopkins made the arrest. Khatri is the first arrestee in this log series to be held on bond rather than posting and walking out.
The day's other main event unfolded on Scott Swamp Road, where Alissah Laila Joseph, 20, of Avon, was stopped at 5:04 p.m. by Officer Jonathan Sotelo at 353 Scott Swamp Road. The result: nine charges. Failure to drive in a proper lane. Criminal impersonation. DUI with a BAC of .02 or more (under-21 threshold). Illegal operation of a motor vehicle under the influence. Interfering with an officer. Operating under suspension. Possession of alcohol by a minor. Distracted driving. And evading responsibility involving injury or property damage.
The criminal impersonation charge — Connecticut General Statutes §53a-130 — means Joseph is alleged to have assumed a false identity during the encounter. The operating-under-suspension charge means the license was already revoked before Tuesday. Bond on the evading responsibility charge was $2,500 nonsurety. She posted it.
Officer Sotelo then transported Joseph to 319 New Britain Avenue, where he processed two additional re-arrest warrants — one at 6:00 p.m. and another at 6:05 p.m. — both for failure to appear in the second degree on pending charges. Bond on each: $2,500 surety. She posted both. Court date: April 8.
Rounding out the log: Abigail Elizabeth Bradley, 30, of Westbrook, was arrested at 4:05 a.m. Wednesday at 8 Birch Street by Officer Malik D. Brown. Charges: disorderly conduct and assault in the third degree. Bond: $5,000 nonsurety. Posted. Court date: April 9.
Officer Brown last appeared in the March 23–24 log making a warrant arrest on Janelle Lopez Burton. He has now made arrests in consecutive logs. 319 New Britain Avenue, meanwhile, continues its run as the most frequently cited address in this series — which makes sense, given that it is the police station, but the paperwork still counts.
Three individuals. Five arrests. Eleven charges on one. An $803,000 bond on another. And a 4 a.m. disorderly-conduct arrest to close the 24-hour window. Tuesday was not quiet.
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Update, April 24: Officer Jonathan Sotelo, whose first series appearance was the nine-charge Jamie Joseph arrest reported above, logged his second arrest on April 23 — Gregory Robert Fernstrom, warrant-served at 319 New Britain Avenue on disorderly conduct, harassment 2nd, and threatening 2nd physical threat.