BRIDGEPORT — Five days after a city cop’s out-of-town arrest on a domestic violence charge, officials can’t or won’t say what his current status within the department is.
Marco Brito, 45, who was sworn in as a Bridgeport cop in 2011, was charged with second-degree breach of peace about 6:35 p.m. Sunday after a dispute with his ex-wife at his home in Seymour.
A message was left at Brito’s publicly listed telephone number Wednesday — the same day Hearst Connecticut Media reached out to city officials asking whether any disciplinary action had been taken against Brito as a result of the arrest.
“We will get back to you with the information will gather shortly or tomorrow,” Terron Jones, a police spokesman, said then. “We do not have any information at this time.”
As of Friday afternoon, no more information was forthcoming, despite a request for an update.
Meanwhile, Seymour police released some new information about Brito’s arrest — but not his booking photo, which they said was not taken after he allegedly became uncooperative while being processed.
Seymour Police Deputy Chief Roberto Rinaldi declined to release the police report on the incident, but answered a reporter’s questions about it.
“He had a domestic with his ex-wife where it turned physical, at which time officers had probable cause to make the arrest,” Rinaldi said.
There were no children involved or injuries to Brito’s ex-wife, he said.
“It just had to do with some personal matters they have,” Rinaldi said.
While police were booking Brito after arresting him, he allegedly...
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