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Tuesday, July 22, 2008

07/22/08 Police Chief David Ridberg said that disciplinary action and possible criminal charges may be filed if a Greenwich Police Officer is involved


Leaking a boys juvenile record over whiffle ball is so Nixonian

Headline:

Police Investigate Wifflegate

Police say that juvenile court employees or the Riverside resident that reported the crime could have leaked the report.

If the Riverside resident was the source of the leak, then they would have been required to request the report through the court


Quote:

"I have zero tolerance for that," First Selectman Peter Tesei said "That's outrageous. Again, someone made a very stupid and foolish decision, whoever it is. I hope we find out who it is because that really bothers me."

Story:

Leaked report causes outrage

The parent of teen Wiffle ball player expressed outrage yesterday that a police report involving his son was leaked in connection with the ball field controversy in Riverside.

uvenile cases, the father said, are shielded from the public by law. His son is under 16.

In an attempt to galvanize the opposition to the unauthorized ball field built by a group of teens on a town-owned lot on Riverside Lane, the parent said the report was circulated among neighborhood residents by mail, in envelopes without a return address.

"I'm really disappointed to think that adults would stoop to this level," said the father, who Greenwich Time agreed not to name because it would reveal the identity of the juvenile. "To take it to this level, I'm angry."

Police and town officials said they are continuing to investigate the source of the leak after some other parents complained about the situation last week...

...Police Capt. Michael Pacewicz said nothing has been ruled out in the investigation, which the department hopes to finish by the end of the week.

The parent said he and his family were advised by the police to seek legal advice regarding the civil ramifications of the report's release. The two-page report, he said, was received by many homeowners in the Riverside neighborhood where the teens built their makeshift field, along with a note stating, "Wiffle ball kids are great kids."....

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