FARMINGTON — In July, James Demetrios Sakellarios posted $15,000 bond on each of two probation warrants. On Tuesday evening, police served him with two more. Bond this time was $35,000 each, and he was held.
The new warrants charge the 69-year-old Farmington man with failing to appear in court while on probation. His were two of the three arrests on the log for the 24 hours ending at 7 a.m. Wednesday. The third was a Farmington man arrested under the same incident number as a Terryville man the day before. Neither day's log says what happened.
Officer Daniel M. Rodriguez arrested Sean Edward King, 57, of Farmington, on a warrant at 8:57 a.m. Tuesday at 319 New Britain Avenue, the police department's address. King is charged with reckless driving, a traffic control signal violation and second-degree breach of the peace, a class B misdemeanor. Bond was $5,000, nonsurety, on the breach of the peace count, with none listed on the other two. A nonsurety bond is a written promise to appear with a dollar amount attached; no cash changes hands. He posted bond. Court date is Tuesday, Nov. 24.
On Monday, Rodriguez arrested Joseph William Alaimo, 36, of Terryville, on a warrant at the same address. He is charged with second-degree assault and the same two driving charges, and posted a $10,000 nonsurety bond. His court date is Monday, Nov. 23.
Officer John M. Finn served Sakellarios at 5:19 p.m. and again at 6:07 p.m. The first warrant charges first-degree failure to appear, a class D felony: willfully missing a court hearing on a violation of felony probation. The second charges the second-degree version, a class A misdemeanor, for misdemeanor or motor vehicle probation. Bond on each was $35,000, surety. A surety bond requires a bail bondsman or other guarantor. The July warrants, under the same two incident numbers, charged him with violation of probation. Court date is Thursday, Nov. 12.
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