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Police: cop kidnapped girlfriend near gym
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Police: cop kidnapped girlfriend near gym
Fairfield officer also faces assault charge
By ANDREW BROPHY abrophy@ctpost.com
FAIRFIELD
A Fairfield police officer accused of kidnapping his girlfriend from the Fitness Edge parking lot on Commerce Drive was arrested early Saturday at his Norwalk home.
Officer Kirk Holzapfel, 26, hired by the Police Department in February 2001, was charged with second-degree kidnapping with a firearm and third-degree assault. He was held in lieu of $100,000 bond.
Police said Holzapfel's duty weapon, a .40-caliber semi-automatic handgun, was used in the kidnapping.
If Holzapfel is unable to post bond, he will be arraigned Monday in Bridgeport Superior Court.
Sources said Holzapfel at one point during the kidnapping appeared suicidal and that he was under guard at a hospital Saturday evening.
Police said Holzapfel's girlfriend, 22, of Fairfield, did not require medical attention.
The kidnapping began at the Fitness Edge's parking lot about 8:30 p.m. Friday and continued into Norwalk, where the pair spent a considerable amount of time at his house, police said. Holzapfel and his girlfriend then came back to the Fitness Edge's parking lot, where they parted company some 2 hours later.
Holzapfel went back to his home in Norwalk, while his girlfriend, whose car was parked at the Fitness Edge, went to the Police Department to report the kidnapping and assault at 11 p.m. Friday, police said.
The third-degree assault charge against Holzapfel stemmed from slapping and grabbing, police said.
It is the least of three assault charges that can be levied by police.
Holzapfel was arrested at his Chestnut Hill Road house in Norwalk about 3:30 a.m. Saturday. He lived with his parents there but had just closed on the purchase of a condominium in Bridgeport, police said.
"We were accompanied by Norwalk police. We telephoned him and asked him if he'd come outside, and he immediately complied 100 percent. There was no time spent there at all," said Detective Lt. Christopher Lyddy.
A man who answered the door at Holzapfel's house Saturday afternoon said he had no comment. Two neighbors said they were not aware of any commotion early Saturday outside the house.
Sentencing guidelines for second-degree kidnapping with a firearm call for three years of the sentence imposed not to be suspended or reduced.
First Selectman Kenneth Flatto said Holzapfel's arrest was "an aberration" in what is regarded as an "excellent" police department.
"The department is really an excellent department and it's recognized that way by many federal agencies that recruit our officers," Flatto said. "We have an incredible department, and this is a sad, personal story."
Police Commission Chairman George Lacovara said he did not know details of the case but was "disappointed, upset and concerned for the cop and his girlfriend."
Police Commission member Jacquelyn Durrell, a former first selectman, said she also did not know details of the incident but said, "We do have a wonderful police department, and it's very sad when this happens."
Police Chief Joseph Sambrook was not available for comment.
http://www.connpost.com/Stories/0,1413,96%7E3750%7E876025,00.html
"If cowardly and dishonorable men sometimes shoot unarmed men with army pistols or guns, the evil must be prevented by the penitentiary and gallows, and not by a general deprivation of a constitutional privilege." - Arkansas Supreme Court, 1878
Fairfield officer also faces assault charge
By ANDREW BROPHY abrophy@ctpost.com
FAIRFIELD
A Fairfield police officer accused of kidnapping his girlfriend from the Fitness Edge parking lot on Commerce Drive was arrested early Saturday at his Norwalk home.
Officer Kirk Holzapfel, 26, hired by the Police Department in February 2001, was charged with second-degree kidnapping with a firearm and third-degree assault. He was held in lieu of $100,000 bond.
Police said Holzapfel's duty weapon, a .40-caliber semi-automatic handgun, was used in the kidnapping.
If Holzapfel is unable to post bond, he will be arraigned Monday in Bridgeport Superior Court.
Sources said Holzapfel at one point during the kidnapping appeared suicidal and that he was under guard at a hospital Saturday evening.
Police said Holzapfel's girlfriend, 22, of Fairfield, did not require medical attention.
The kidnapping began at the Fitness Edge's parking lot about 8:30 p.m. Friday and continued into Norwalk, where the pair spent a considerable amount of time at his house, police said. Holzapfel and his girlfriend then came back to the Fitness Edge's parking lot, where they parted company some 2 hours later.
Holzapfel went back to his home in Norwalk, while his girlfriend, whose car was parked at the Fitness Edge, went to the Police Department to report the kidnapping and assault at 11 p.m. Friday, police said.
The third-degree assault charge against Holzapfel stemmed from slapping and grabbing, police said.
It is the least of three assault charges that can be levied by police.
Holzapfel was arrested at his Chestnut Hill Road house in Norwalk about 3:30 a.m. Saturday. He lived with his parents there but had just closed on the purchase of a condominium in Bridgeport, police said.
"We were accompanied by Norwalk police. We telephoned him and asked him if he'd come outside, and he immediately complied 100 percent. There was no time spent there at all," said Detective Lt. Christopher Lyddy.
A man who answered the door at Holzapfel's house Saturday afternoon said he had no comment. Two neighbors said they were not aware of any commotion early Saturday outside the house.
Sentencing guidelines for second-degree kidnapping with a firearm call for three years of the sentence imposed not to be suspended or reduced.
First Selectman Kenneth Flatto said Holzapfel's arrest was "an aberration" in what is regarded as an "excellent" police department.
"The department is really an excellent department and it's recognized that way by many federal agencies that recruit our officers," Flatto said. "We have an incredible department, and this is a sad, personal story."
Police Commission Chairman George Lacovara said he did not know details of the case but was "disappointed, upset and concerned for the cop and his girlfriend."
Police Commission member Jacquelyn Durrell, a former first selectman, said she also did not know details of the incident but said, "We do have a wonderful police department, and it's very sad when this happens."
Police Chief Joseph Sambrook was not available for comment.
http://www.connpost.com/Stories/0,1413,96%7E3750%7E876025,00.html
"If cowardly and dishonorable men sometimes shoot unarmed men with army pistols or guns, the evil must be prevented by the penitentiary and gallows, and not by a general deprivation of a constitutional privilege." - Arkansas Supreme Court, 1878