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Salahuddin Considers Early Retirement

by Jodie Mozdzer | Oct 20, 2010 6:48 pm | Comments (0)

Mustafa Salahuddin, the Ansonia police officer who was found not guilty of stealing a garden hose from the department, is considering early retirement.

If he doesn’t retire or resign from the department before Nov. 3, Salahuddin faces the possibility of getting fired.

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Ansonia To Salahuddin: Return To Work, Or Face Discipline

by Jodie Mozdzer | Oct 8, 2010 12:01 pm | Comments (1)

The Ansonia Board of Police Commissioners has scheduled a hearing for next week to determine whether officer Mustafa Salahuddin should be disciplined for not returning to work.

Salahuddin has been on leave since he was accused of stealing a garden hose from the department in 2008.

He was found not guilty of the charge at a trial in March, but has not returned to work, citing post traumatic stress disorder as a result of the accusation and trial.

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Garden Hose Preserved, Just In Case

by Jodie Mozdzer | Jul 26, 2010 8:01 pm | Comments (5)

Don’t touch that garden hose.

Attorney Rob Serafinowicz might want to use it in a civil suit on behalf of his client, Ansonia Police Officer Mustafa Salahuddin.

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Ansonia NAACP Wants Department Of Justice To Investigate Police Department

by Eugene Driscoll | Mar 18, 2010 5:40 pm | Comments (0)

Ansonia —

The president of the Ansonia NAACP called on the U.S. Department of Justice to investigate the handling of the Mustafa Salahuddin investigation.

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Chief Hale Reacts To Not Guilty Verdict

by Eugene Driscoll | Mar 18, 2010 10:57 am | Comments (1)

Ansonia —

When a case goes to a jury — it’s in their hands and it’s their decision.

So said police Chief Kevin Hale Thursday morning, when asked to react to yesterday’s not guilty verdict in the larceny case against Officer Mustafa Salahuddin.

“I wasn’t surprised by it. I’m not an attorney, but if you ask a prosecutor or an attorney, when you get in front of a jury, you just don’t know what’s going to happen,” Hale said.

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UPDATE: SALAHUDDIN NOT GUILTY

by Eugene Driscoll | Mar 17, 2010 9:42 pm | Comments (4)

Derby —

The lawyer for Ansonia police Officer Mustafa Salahuddin said his client plans to sue police Chief Kevin Hale for false arrest and malicious prosecution now that his client has been cleared of wrongdoing in connection to a stolen garden hose.

“This isn’t the end. Not by far,” Rob Serafinowicz said Wednesday outside Superior Court in Derby, where a jury had just declared Salahuddin not guilty of sixth-degree larceny.

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Salahuddin, Hale Testify At Trial

by Eugene Driscoll | Mar 16, 2010 9:50 pm | Comments (2)

Derby —

Two ex-Ansonia police officers testified Tuesday that they thought supervisors at the department had it in for Officer Mustafa Salahuddin.

“I would see his reports get bounced, I would see him get overloaded with calls,” said Tom Swan, an Ansonia police officer from about 2000 to 2005.

“We were both subjected to what I call discrimination,” said John Martin, who now works as a police officer in Seymour.

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‘Target’ Or Petty Thief?

by Eugene Driscoll | Mar 15, 2010 10:37 pm | Comments (1)

Derby —

Does the video show him stealing the hose or just looking at it?

That was the debate Monday in Superior Court in Derby, where police officer Mustafa “Moose” Salahuddin is on trial on sixth-degree larceny charges. Salahuddin is accused of stealing a newly purchased garden hose. He’s been on administrative leave since his 2008 arrest.

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