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| Judicial marshals fired in jail suicide probe |
| By New Haven Register |
| Published: 05/23/2005 |
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Four judicial marshals were fired last Wednesday by a state official following an investigation into the April 3 suicide of a prisoner at the New Haven, Conn., police headquarters lockup. Authorities have said Daniel Riley, 46, who was being held on larceny charges, hung himself in his cell. After the suicide, state Judicial Branch officials, who oversee the marshals, placed lead judicial marshal Kelly Moye on administrative leave with pay. Moye was one of the four marshals who lost his job last Wednesday. His annual salary was $41,908 and he was hired in August 2000. The other three to be terminated are More Gunn, whose salary was $31,321 and was hired in April 2004; William Scozzafava, whose salary was $39,404 and was hired in July 1999; and Nicholas O'Dell, whose salary was $33,247 and was hired in June 2001. None of the four men could be reached for comment on last Wednesday. Officials for their union, the International Brotherhood of Police Officers, Local 731, did not return calls seeking comment. The termination letters were written by Joseph D'Alesio, executive director of operations, Superior Court, for the state Judicial Branch. In each letter, D'Alesio said he specifically based his ruling on the investigation, including "departmental video, your own reports, statements and responses at investigatory and predisciplinary meetings." D'Alesio wrote that the marshals had violated the mission of Judicial Marshal Services, which calls on marshals to provide "a safe and secure environment in an impartial, courteous and professional manner." D'Alesio said each of the four marshals also violated about 10 Judicial Marshal policies and rules. For example, the four men were cited for a rule stating judicial marshals "shall not sleep or be inattentive while on duty." All four of them were also cited for violating the rule that judicial marshals "shall be attentive to all radio broadcasts and shall respond to acknowledged radio calls or activated panic buttons, signals or signs of distress." In addition, the four were found to have violated a rule requiring marshals to "cooperate full and truthfully in any inquiry or investigation conducted by the Judicial Branch." |
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