Police Officer Steven Figueroa who has been arrested a half dozen times the past two years including recent domestic violence charges was fired on Wednesday by Police Chief AJ Perez.
Perez statement:
“After consideration of all information available through an investigation, it is clear that Steven Figueroa is wholly unfit to serve as a police officer. This officer violated his oath of office and the public trust. As of this afternoon, Steven Figueroa has been terminated as a member of the Bridgeport Police Department.”
The officer’s conduct became a campaign issue with both Mayor Joe Ganim and his September 10 Democratic primary opponent State Senator Marilyn Moore calling for swift action against Figueroa.
From CT Post reporter Tara O’Neill
On July 20, Figueroa was again arrested and charged by Shelton police for the same incident that led to his June 29 arrest. He was charged with first-degree sexual assault, another felony charge.
An arrest affidavit for the sexual assault charge indicated that he threatened to kill the victim if he lost his job as a result of her reporting the assault.
On July 22, he was suspended without pay by Bridgeport police. On July 29, he turned himself in to Bridgeport police on an active warrant for violating the conditions of his release from the April 2018 incident.
Full story here.
It’s officially an election cycle and Mayor Ganim has pulled out all the stops to win. Joe must be getting nervous.
Once Joe approved it and the union signed off on it, AJ felt safe assured in canning him.
Little to late should never take this amount of arrest to terminate a cop wtf.
If it wasn’t an election cycle,he would have been collecting his salary while “ the investigation continued” for years.
No Mayor!………. No Chief Armando Perez !
After the June 29 charges against Figueroa, state Sen. Marilyn Moore, who is running against incumbent Joe Ganim in a September primary election for mayor, urged city and police officials to have the officer suspended without pay. Again! ( No Mayor! No Chief Armando Perez!
Figueroa’s first arrest came in November 2017
His second arrest was April 8, 2018, when he was arrested by Bridgeport police and charged with second-degree stalking, second-degree breach of peace and second-degree harassmen. Again! ( No Mayor! No Chief Armando Perez!
On June 22, 2018, Milford police charged Figueroa with second-degree breach of peace and violation of a protective order Again! ( No Mayor! No Chief Armando Perez!)
Figueroa was arrested by Shelton police on June 29, 2019, and charged with third-degree assault, unlawful restraint, threatening and risk of injury to a child. Again! ( No Mayor! No Chief Armando Perez!
On July 20, Figueroa was again arrested and charged by Shelton police for the same incident that led to his June 29 arrest. He was charged with first-degree sexual assault, another felony charge. Again! ( No Mayor! No Chief Armando Perez!
On July 22, he was suspended without pay by Bridgeport police. On July 29, he turned himself in to Bridgeport police on an active warrant for violating the conditions of his release from the April 2018 incident. Again! ( No Mayor! No Chief Armando Perez!
In less than two years, Figueroa was arrested and charged by various police departments six times — three of those arrests took place this year between June 29 and July 29.
( Again No Governor Joe! )
Just remember this, while running for Governor Mayor Ganim ran this city by cell phone for 8 months.
We can thank Governor Joe on September 10th, for giving us $107 Tax Break.
After jacking us up 29%!!!
When this story appeared on OIB JML questioned what could be done and I said that police officer Steven Figueroa SHOULD BE FIRED and that there was more than enough facts to fired Figueroa. Mayor Ganim and Police Chief AJ Perez put their finger in the air to see which direction the wind was blowing with the voters before they made the decision.
It made New York news CBS 88 radio. Great advertising for Bridgeport!!! They talked about the mismanagement in the beleaguered city etc etc etc..
Onward and forward!!!!!
If it wasn’t an election year Steven Figueroa would be out on his boat fishing while the pay checks rolled in.