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East Haven Po ice DepartmentPage 1 o f 3D83820 SUPPLEMENTARYREPORTATE OF RPT NCIDENT CD INVESTIGATING OFFICERBADGE NO17:3702/20/20096:49 5311fficer 0295 EFERENCE DIVISION UNIT 10TYPISTATE TYPED IME TYPED 4502952/20/20096:49 PARTMENT NO I LOCATIONSECTING STREET NAME AND TYPETATUSOWN CD'> 044 =WITNESS O=OFFENDER D=DRIVER S=SUSPECT P=POLiCE OFFICER T=TOTME PSTATE &NO.066803968

f /Spaulding, Dennis I M ~I I Bus I (203) 468 - 3820 1~71North High St East Haven CT I I~ 0 \Manship, James I M I W I 12/18/1963 r~1 (203) 444 - 9744 1~7Mitchell Dr East Hartford CT pT 124334672 I~RESTEE NAME COURT DATE I BONQanship, James 3a-167a nterfering with police officer 03/04/2009

I ~3a-182 !Disorderly Conduct 1 l------On 2/19/09 at approximately 1737 hours, this said officer was assisting Ofc. Spaulding #1690 seize numerous registration license platesfrom 667 Main Street {My Country Store}, East Haven. {See Ofc. Spaulding's report 09-2650}. While inside the store, this officer waswatching store owner, Wilfrido Matute {D.O.B. 6/26/67} take down numerous registration plates with a drill gun from a wall inside thestore. A short time later, this officer saw a white male subjecUater identified as James Manship (D.O.B. 12/18/63) enter the store. Thisofficer saw Manship approach a hispanic male employee inside the store and noticed that Manship was having a conversation with themale subject and that the male subject was pointing his finger at police while speaking with Manship. At this time Ofc. Spaulding hadexited the store with a stack of license plates that were seized from the store and had secured the plates inside his police cruiser, whichwas parked in the front parking lot of this store. Ofc. Spaulding reentered the store and had approached Manship, who had beenstanding by the store's register area. This officer could not hear the conversation that Ofc. Spaulding was having with Manship but waslater advised after this incident by Ofc. Spaulding that he had verbally advised Manship to stay his distance from police while police wereinvestigated this incident inside the store and that Manship had been advised by Ofc. Spaulding in the past week to stay a safe distancefrom police while police conducted motor vehicle stops.While this officer was bending down to pick up license plates from the floor, this officer had turned around and noticed Manship walking

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Keport #: 0900002655 - 00008450 Cont.

Report #: 0900002655 - 00008450

East Haven Police Department471 North High St, East Haven CT 06512

(203) 4683820CASE/INCIDENT REPORT

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Page 2 of3oCFS NO. DAYNCIDENT DATEIMEATEOFRPTMEOFRPTYPE OF INCIDENT . NCIDENTCDNVESTIGATING OFFICERADGE NO21191200917:3702120/20096:49ISORDERLY CONDUCT 5311fficer 02952l191200! Carl, DavidIVISION NO.EFERENCE DIVISION~EFERENCE DIVISION NO.ASE X-REFERENCENITIDYPISTATE TYPEDMETYPED 452952120/20096:49TREET NAME AND TYPE ~PARTMENT NO / LOCATIONTERSECTING STREET NAME AND TYPETATUSOWN CDain St East Haven Cleared by Arrest44

towards this officer. This officer saw Manship withdraw an unknown shiny silver object out of his coat pocket and had cuffed the objectwith his hands in order to conceal the item from police. This officer asked Manship what he was doing and verbally advised him to backup from police. Manship stopped a short distance from this officer's position behind a store shelf and had fully extended his armsforward and pointed his hands towards this officer while his hands were stil l cupped over a silver object. At this time this officer feltunsafe with Manship being too close to myself and Ofc. Spaulding and did not know at this time what Manship was concealing with hishands. This officer asked Manship again what he was doing and what he was concealing in his hands. Manship at this time stil l did notanswer this off icer. For off icer safety, this off icer walked towards Manship and asked him if what hewas holding was a video camera.As this off icer was approaching Manship. Manship stated that he was documenting what was taking place inside the store. Not knowingif Manship was holding a camera or a possible weapon this officer asked Manship to show me what was in his hands. Manship did notanswer this officer and had held his arms high over his head so that this officer could not see what he was actually holding and thenbladed his body in a aggressive manner. Manship was taller then this officer and J could not tell what Manship's intentions were at thistime. This off icer grabbed Manship's left arm with my hand and asked him to show me what he was holding. Once grabbing Manship'sarm this off icer felt Manship tighten up his muscles in his arms and he immediately started to yell" I'm a priest and you cannot touchme". Manship kept repeating this statement and was alarming other people inside the store. This off icer advised Manship that he wasmaking a scene inside the store and advised him to let me see what he was holding or police would arrest him. Manship started to fightwith this off icer and was turning his body and arms away from this officer while attempting to pass the object over to a nearby malesubject. Ofc. Spaulding at this time had grabbed the object from Manship's hands as he was attempting to give the item to the malesubject. At this time this off icer advised Manship that he was being placed under arrest and advised him to place his arms behind hisback. Manship did not answer this off icer and started to walk away from this officer while I was stil l holding onto his left arm. Manshipbriefly struggled with this off icer and refused to place his hands behind his back and this off icer had to physically pull down Manship'sright arm behind his back in order to place him into hand cuffs. Once handcuffed, this officer double locked the hand cuffs and checkedthem for fit.

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Report #: 0900002655 - 00008450 Cont.

Report #: 0900002655 - 00008450

East Haven PoHce Department471 Nor th High St, East Haven CT 06512

(203) 4683820CASE/INCIDENT REPORT

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DCFS NO.- DAYNCIDENT DATEIMEATE OF RPTMEOFRP1YPE OF INCIDENT INCIDENT CDNVESTIGATING OFFICERADGE NO2119/2009 17:3702120120096:49ISORDERLY CONDUCT 5311fficer 02952119/20m Carl, DavidIVISION NO.EFERENCE DIVISIONEFERENCE DIVISION NO.;ASE X-REFERENCENITIDYPISTATE TYPEDMETYPED 452952120120096:49ISTREET NAME AND TYPE IAPARTMENT NO 1 LOCATIONNTERSECTING STREET NAME AND TYPETATUSOWN CDain St East Haven Cleared by Arrest44

Once secured, this officer saw that the item Ofc. Spaulding had taken from Manship was a very small silver Casio d~gitalcamera. Thisofficer had seized this camera as evidence and had secured the camera in my pocket at this time. This officer and Ofc. Spaulding hadescorted Manship out of the store and placed him inside of Ofc. Spaulding's police cruiser. This officer had radioed police headquartersand advised them that I had a male arrestee at my current location. A short time later Sgt. Miller arrived on scene and was briefed onthis incident by this officer. Sgt. Miller had spoken with Manship on scene, who identified himself as a priest. Manship during the time ofthe arrest was wearing a large over coat that concealed his priest attire. Manship explained to Sgt. Miller that hewas doing aninvestigation on behalf of St. Rose's church in New Haven because of recent complaints made by hispanic people who attend hischurch. Manship accused the East Haven Police Department of racial profiling hispanic gender people who live and drive through EastHaven. Furthermore, Manship stated that he was working with people from Yale University and other organizations to help illegalcit izens protect their rights while living in the New Haven area. This officer placed the seized camera inside a plastic evidence bag andsecured the camera inside my police vehicle.After being briefed, Sgt. Miller had transported Manship back to police headquarters were at police headquarters Ofe. Tracy hadprocessed, fingerprinted, photographed, and charged Manship for C.G.S. 53a-167a, Interfering with a police officer, and 53a-182,Disorderly Conduct. Manship was later released on a WPTA and has a court appearance on 3/4/09.

At police headquarters this officer filled out and submitted a inventory of property seized without a search warrant form and submitted itwith this police report. The seized Casio camera was tagged as evidence and placed inside the EHPD evidence room.(See Ofc. Spaulding police report CN#09-2(50).

OFFICER SIGNA TUCarl, David {}f. ?I'~Gf'O SUBSCRIBED &SWORN BEFORE ME: NOTARY,THIS S r~ DAYOF,/hqq YR z,fJ