STAMFORD — Three former city police officers accused of bilking the police department’s extra-duty program of more than $154,000 were granted a pretrial probation program on Wednesday that could mean the charges against them are dropped.
Following a disposition hearing Wednesday afternoon, Judge Gary White granted former Stamford officers David Sileo, Paul Pavia and Mark Ligi entry into the state’s accelerated rehabilitation program.
“It’s a shame that these three officers conducted themselves in such a dishonorable and deceptive manner,” White said after granting the former officers the probationary program. “Each one of them apparently had a long and good career as police officers, and it’s disappointing that they embarrassed and humiliated themselves in the way that they did.”
Supervisory State’s Attorney Maureen Ornousky did not object to the three former officers being granted accelerated rehabilitation. Since their arrests, the three have cooperated with prosecutors and provided information against a fourth officer, Christopher Broems, who is currently awaiting trial, according to Ornousky.
In addition to cooperating with prosecutors, each officer has also made a $10,000 contribution to a charity of their choice, Ornousky said.
Accelerated rehabilitation is a pretrial program available to people…
