Former Connecticut trooper loses pension over theft from dying motorcycle accident victim

Published May 03, 2016

A Connecticut state police trooper who stole cash and jewelry from a dying motorcycle accident victim and then resigned has lost his state pension.

State Attorney General George Jepsen announced Thursday a Hartford Superior Court judge recently approved the revocation of Aaron Huntsman's pension. Huntsman had been eligible to begin receiving $1,530 a month in 2024.

A 2008 law allows the state to revoke the pensions of state or municipal officials convicted of crimes related to their jobs.

Huntsman stole $3,700 and a gold crucifix from John Scalesse as he lay dying after crashing his motorcycle on the Merritt Parkway in Fairfield in 2012. He was sentenced to a year in prison.

Huntsman is from Fairfield. He has apologized and said he isn't the same man he was at the time of the accident.

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This story has been corrected to show the hometown is Fairfield, not Faifield.

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