CT prosecutor: Pretrial Services Unilaterally and Improperly Decided To No Longer Monitor 2 Conditions of Release
After Stamford court officials said they wouldn’t enforce a condition of release for two defendants accused of possessing child sexual abuse imagery, a Superior Court judge needed to reaffirm the need for internet surveillance. Moses Trujillo, 19, of Wilton, and Thomas Finn, 55, of Norwalk, were both released from custody after their arrests on child pornography charges earlier this year on the condition that Stamford Superior Court’s probation officers be allowed to monitor their internet use, among other conditions. But earlier this week, Stamford Superior Court’s Bail Services, a department charged with overseeing pretrial supervision services, informed a judge that they would no longer enforce that condition of release without a direct order from the court — even though the state and both defendants’ attorneys agreed to the condition at the time it was imposed. As a result, two last-minute hearings were scheduled for Wednesday to discuss whether bail services would continue t...