Wrongly convicted man sues city of New Haven, police investigators

Ledyard

Matthew R. Branch, 30, of 48 Inchcliff Drive was charged Friday with possession of marijuana, possession of a controlled substance, interfering with an officer and destruction of evidence.

Norwich

Tashia Smith, 137 Chestnut St., Apt. A, was charged Saturday with disorderly conduct and second-degree threatening.

Kenneth Houtman, 45, of 93 Depot Road, Uncasville, was charged Saturday with driving with a suspended license, driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs and possession of less than a half ounce of marijuana.

Edward Hill, 73, of Shrewsbury, Mass., was charged Sunday with driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs and illegal use of a highway left lane.

Joel Latman, 74, of 12F Railway Ave., Moosup, was charged Sunday with violation of a restraining order.

Jennifer Dempsey, 23, of 7 Mohegan Park Road was charged Sunday with disorderly conduct and interfering with police.

State Police — Montville

Zackery H. Perry, 25, of 151 Bloomingdale Road, Waterford, was charged Monday in Montville with traveling unreasonably fast, driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs and failure to drive in proper lane.

Michael P. Dubois, 39, of Plainfield was charged Monday in Montville with possession of drug paraphernalia, possession of narcotics, possession of a controlled substance and interfering with police.

Police logs reflect arrests, not convictions. For the outcomes of criminal and motor vehicle arrests, visit bit.ly/CTConvictions.

New Haven (AP) — A Connecticut man who spent 17 years in prison for a killing he says he did not commit has sued the city of New Haven and four former law enforcement investigators.

Vernon Horn was convicted of murder in the January 1999 death of 22-year-old Caprice Hardy.

Horn was exonerated in April after a re-investigation found that 137 pages of telephone records were never logged into evidence and showed Horn could not have been at the scene of the killing.

The New Haven Register reports the federal suit says police coerced and threatened witnesses, fabricated and destroyed evidence, and failed to investigate evidence that would have exonerated Horn.