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Police: Restaurant Employee Grabbed, Hugged, Groped Butt of Coworker

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An employee of a Darien restaurant grabbed and hugged a female coworker in the basement of a Darien restaurant without her consent and grabbed her butt, Darien police said. The victim was able to get him off of her by telling him there were surveillance cameras in the basement, police said. Darien police described the incident and investigation with this account (including accusations not proven in court; unless otherwise noted, information about the incident comes from the female employee’s accusation):

The man later admitted to grabbing her in the butt when police detectives interviewed him the next day. Police then applied for an arrest warrant charging him with fourth-degree sexual assault and second-degree unlawful restraint. State Budget Cuts Degrading Public Safety

Because of state budget restrictions in the Connecticut Judicial Branch, the police arrest warrant application sat around for about six weeks in state Superior Court in Stamford before it was signed on June 8.

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Open Letter About State Budget Cuts from Family Re-entry, an Area Counseling Program

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This opinion article, an “open letter” from Family ReEntry, a program that provides counseling to prevent repeat incarceration for those convicted of crimes and those suffering from mental health problems or substance abuse, asks for your support in convincing the Legislature — soon — not to cut their funding and funding for similar programs. The letter was published Monday: 

The governor and Legislature are taking steps that drastically reduce Connecticut’s public safety and jeopardize our most vulnerable citizens. Disproportionately high cuts implemented last week by the Connecticut Department of Correction (DOC), in anticipation of the state budget being voted on this week by the legislature, have devastated the community justice providers across the state. Family ReEntry is a high-impact nonprofit agency with integrated services for reentering citizens, those suffering from mental health and substance abuse, perpetrators of family/domestic violence, and at-risk youth and families. These programs help halt the tragic inter-generational cycle of violence and abuse and are proven to reduce recidivism, victimization, wasted lives, state and local costs, and a number of collaterally negative consequences, as well as create a positive climate for business growth Connecticut. Family ReEntry was notified last week of the closing of 67 percent of its DOC community programs, including two large mental health and substance abuse treatment programs, which are already over-utilized and are projected to treat 1,600 by June 30, when the contracts are being terminated.