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DOCKET NO : H14HCR140675616S SUPERIOR COURT
STATE OF CONNECTICUT JUDICIAL DISTRICT
v. AT HARTFORD , CONNECTICUT
EDWARD TAUPIER SEPTEMBER 2 , 2014
BEFORE THE HONORABLE JOAN K. ALEXANDER , JUDGE
A P PEA RAN C E S
Representing the State:
ATTORNEY MIIRELLA GIAMBALVO ATTORNEY VICKI MELCHIORRE STATE'S ATTORNEY 'S OFFICE 101 LAFAYETTE STREET HARTFORD , CONNECTICUT
Representing the Defendant :
ATTORNEY JEFFERSON JELLY 924 FARMINGTON AVENUE WEST HARTFORD , CONNECTICUT
Recorded and Transcribed By:
Roberta G. Carlon Court Monitor Hartford Superior Court 101 Lafayette Street Hartford, Connecticut 06106
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THE COURT: Line 15, Edward Taupier .
ATTY . GIAMBALVO: Your Honor, in this matter the
state is asking for a bond increase for the following
reasons . There was an order issued out of family
court back April of 2013 where the defendant had to
turn over all his guns to an individual named in this
particular order . I ' m not going to name the name on
the record . The defendant initially did that ,
however , three days prior he did retrieve numerous
guns .
THE COURT: Three days prior to what?
ATTY. GIULIANO: Three days prior to today , so
three days ago, he did retrieve a number of guns.
Ten thousand rounds of ammo were also found by the
police. So this obviously alarms the state given the
allegations here where the defendant did threaten the
judge.
THE COURT: How did he get arrested on the 29 th
if he had guns three days prior?
ATTY . MELCHIORRE: It was a little bit l onger
than that . I think she misspoke . I think it was
about a week ago.
ATTY . GIAMBALVO: A week ago . Okay . I'm sorry.
I didn't know the exact
ATTY. JELLY: The 27 th , Judge.
ATTY. GIAMBALVO: -- time period . But
nonetheless , Your Honor, this obviously alarms the
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state, puts the judge and her family at risk. I
would ask that the Court impose other conditions,
that the defendant possess no weapons, stay away from
the judge, a thousand feet from the judge, as well as
her residence, her family, including her children.
THE COURT: All right. And are there any
charges based on the seizure of the weapons that have
been indicated? Is there going to be any future
warrant to the state's knowledge?
ATTY . GIAMBALVO: Not that we know of right now.
So Your Honor, based on that I would ask for a
hundred and fifty thousand cash only.
ATTY. MELCHIORRE : And Your Honor , may I just
add, with regard to the four other guns, as I advised
the Court at the bench, those guns are going to be
picked up by the state police tonight. They are in
the possession of the man who was supposedly holding
all of the defendant 's guns pursuant to the agreement
that he made in the family court. I spoke with him
today on the phone and he has agreed to turn them
over to the state police.
THE COURT: All right. So Mr . Jelly, how would
you like to respond to the allegation of the change
of circumstance?
ATTY. JELLY: Well, I don't think there has been
a change of circumstances. The thing is they had the
guns at the time that the bond was set. And the bond
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was a substantial bond . It was a thirty-five
thousand dollar cash only bond for a Class D
misdemeanor -- I mean , a Class D felony and a B
misdemeanor . He ha s no record . He has a similar
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he has another misdemeanor case pending in Middletown
Part A that ' s been pending for a while because of
complications on it . All this arises out of a hotly
contested divorce / custody situation .
My reading of the warrant essentially sounds
like someone who ' s ranting through someone , not to
the judge or not communicating any threat to the
judge . It was just to whoever would listen t o him at
the moment. And again , I'm not arguing the
substantive criminal aspects of it except , you know ,
we have no problem with any of the special conditions
that are suggested . Those are all fine . But he ' s
posted a very substantial bond .
He ' s always appeared in every court appearance .
He still has , Your Honor , works . He has a house .
He ' s still in the midst of this contested divorce
that they have joint custody and split visitation.
And he's always showed up in court . He always will
show up in court. The reason he said he went last
week to ge t the weapons was very simple, that he ' s
essentially more than broke over the expenses of a
contested divorce during which he lost hi s job
because o f the first arrest . And he was taking them
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down to Bridgeport to the dealer he bought them from
to resell them back to him go get some money , the
continuous divorce litigation. He didn ' t have the
intention to use them again s t the judge or anyone
else for that matter.
Again , that ' s a very s ubstantial bond to begin
with . It was posted . I don ' t think that there ' s
been any significant or unknown fact s that have come
to light over the weekend . And I think that to the
extent that he ' s in violation of the civil court
order with respect to the storage of the weapons and
I ' m s ure that will be the subject of s omething over
in the family court .
THE COURT : With respe c t to it , do you have a
court date already scheduled in Middletown?
ATTY . JELLY : Today .
THE COURT : It was today?
ATTY . JELLY: It was t o day as soon as he
finishes here . At least that ' s for the limited
purpose of whatever hearing is necessary on the ex
parte motion that was file d c ontemporaneously about
t he time everything else wa s happening .
THE COURT : No .
matters .
I ' m talking about his criminal
ATTY. JELLY : Oh , yes , I do . I have the exact
date , 16th , Judge , September .
THE COURT : Mr . Jelly , I would like you to get
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to Middletown Court within two to three days because
I am going to adjust the bail . It will also give the
civil court or the family court the opportunity to
determine whether or not there was a violation of the
order of no firearms . I am going to increase the
bond a s requested by the state. Not to the amount
that is alleged because it does appear that all of
the guns are now accounted for .
be increased by forty thousand .
The bond is going t o
It ' s cash only . So
the total bail is seventy-five thousand.
That bail is now to be posted at court for an
electronic monitoring . I do want a house arrest
except for court appearances , medical emergencies and
verified employment hours . The Court will also issue
a no contact order on behalf of the judge and it is
Judge Bozzuto . And that is a one thousand foot stay-
away . And with respect to it , I would like you to
get down to Middletown court . If you think you ' re
going to be in family court today either on Thursday
or Friday of this week so there is no undue delay in
this matter and hopefully we can take steps in
wrapping up all of his cases.
ATTY. GIAMBALVO : Your Honor , I ' m sorry . Does
the thousand feet away include the family as well?
THE COURT : That includes her , her family ,
including any immediate relatives .
ATTY . GIAMBALVO : Okay .
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THE COURT: Any immediate relatives of Judge
Bozzuto. Part A, Middletown --
ATTY. JELLY: Can you give it a tentative date
in Middletown or are you asking me to go down there
and get it written in?
THE COURT: I would like to have it put over to
either Thursday or Friday of this week.
ATTY. JELLY: Thursday.
TH E COURT: Thursday the 4th?
ATTY. JELLY: Yes.
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THE COURT: All right. You'll be due down in
Middletown court. This matter is going to transfer
there because I don't want any conflict that it's the
same jurisdiction as where the judge is sitting. The bond can be reviewed there, Mr. Jelly. And the Court
can also be guaranteed by the state that the final
guns have been turned in, that they believe are going
to be available, and whether or not there will be any
charges pending out of the court order of family.
Okay. All right. So that's all set. This is
without prejudice.
ATTY. JELLY: He can post the cash at court with
those conditions, electronic monitoring.
THE COURT: Electronic monitor, a thousand feet
away from the judge --
ATTY. JELLY: A thousand feet away.
THE COURT: -- and her family. And with respect
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to it , it ' s without prejudice so it can be re-argued
as soon as September 4th . My problem is I don't know
if there is any additional charges because of the
search warrant and that ' s where I ' m kind of at a
deficit right now in ruling on that .
ATTY . JELLY : All right.
THE COURT : You ' ll be down in Middletown court
with this case for a full bond review on the 4 th if
there was no posting .
monitor on . Okay.
If it does post , he puts the
ATTY. JELLY : I got it .
THE COURT : Thank you , Mr . Jelly.
(End of proceeding)
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DOCKET NO : H14HCR140675616S SUPERIOR COURT
STATE OF CONNECTICUT JUDICIAL DISTRICT
v . AT HARTFORD , CONNECTICUT
EDWARD TAUPIER SEPTEMBER 2 , 2014
C E R T I FIe A T ION
I hereby certify the foregoing pages are a true and
correct transcription of the audio recording of the above-
referenced case , heard in Superior Court , Judicial District of
Hartford , Hartford , Connecticut , before the Honorable Joan K.
Alexander , Judge , on the 2nd day of September , 2014 .
Dated this 30 th day of September , 2014 in Hartford ,
Connecticut.
Roberta G? Carlon Court Recording Monitor
Certification is signed in blue ink . A photocopy of this transcript is not a certified copy .