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Christopher Sullivan
By DAVID OWENSThe Hartford Courant
3:57 PM EDT, July 17, 2009
VERNON - An off-duty Hartford police officer was arrested early Friday by Vernon police on domestic violence charges.
Christopher Sullivan, 34, of Old Town Road, was arraigned Friday in Superior Court in Rockville on charges of first-degree burglary, third-degree assault, second-degree threatening, breach of peace and unlawful restraint.
Vernon police said they were called at 2:33 a.m. to an apartment on South Street on a report of a domestic violence assault. The woman they met told them that she and Sullivan had had an argument that escalated into an assault. She told officers that Sullivan held her down and threatened her.
The woman told police that she asked Sullivan to leave several times. He finally did, and she locked the door behind him, she told police. Sullivan then broke the door open and assaulted her again, police said.
Police found Sullivan at his apartment and took him into custody. He was held on $250,000 bail.
Hartford Assistant Police Chief Neil Dryfe said Friday afternoon that Sullivan, according to department policy, has been suspended from his duties without pay. Sullivan has been a Hartford police officer seven years.
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