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State Trooper Going to Prison for STEALING from DYING Crash Victim
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State Trooper Going to Prison for STEALING from DYING Crash Victim

in News, Opinion, Politics / by Sean Brown / on July 21, 2014 at 5:12 pm /

A Connecticut state trooper has pled guilty to charges he faced for stealing cash and jewelry from the dying victim of a motorcycle crash, and now he will serve 16 months in prison.
Aaron “AJ” Huntsman was accused of stealing a gold crucifix and a roll of cash totaling $3,700 from John Scalesse on September 22, 2012. Scalesse had crashed his motorcycle and lay dying on the side of the road when Huntsman arrived on the scene.



As the first to arrive at the scene, Huntsman apparently thought he would help himself to the dying man’s belongings, which was captured on the dash cam of his cruiser. He’s maintained his innocence, but he pled guilty under the Alford Doctrine in court.
If convicted of the charges of third-degree larceny and tampering with evidence, the 19-year veteran of the force would have face 10 years in prison. However, under the Alford Doctrine he was able to avoid the lengthy jail sentence since he didn’t actually admit guilt, only that if he faced a trial he would have been convicted.



49-year-old victim, John Scalesse

Superior Court Judge Robert Devlin, however, doesn’t believe that Huntsman is innocent.
“This was very close to being reached for trial,” Devlin told Huntsman during the hearing. “Before the summer was out you would have been on trial.”
Now Huntsman only faces 16 months in jail along with five years of probation after, which Devlin said he would sentence him to at his next court date on October 3 after hearing his plea. Huntsman’s attorney will be able to argue for a lesser sentence at that time, should he provide compelling enough evidence to the judge.

The state police began investigating the theft after Scalesse’s family raised concerns about the missing items. Investigators also learned that no money or jewelry had been logged into evidence.
After reviewing the footage and finding the money under the seat of Huntsman’s cruiser, charges were brought against him.
Scalesse, 49, ended up dying on the way to a nearby hospital. His mother, Marguerite Scalesse, is glad that the matter is finally being laid to rest and that Huntsman didn’t force the family to endure a trial.
“John didn’t deserve his memory to be tarnished like this and we are finally glad it’s almost over.”
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