Worker Arrested After Running From Cops Who Weren't Looking For Him (TheDay.com - CT)

Law-Enforcers Get Two For Their Trouble
Worker Arrested After Running From Cops Who Weren't Looking For Him
By Julie Wernau, Published on 2/29/2008

Groton — A New London probation officer was injured Thursday morning at a construction site where officers arrived to arrest one construction worker and ended up arresting two.

According to New London Police Capt. William Dittman, New London police and adult probation officers went to a construction site at Old Charter Oak Drive to arrest a man who was wanted for violating his probation.

When officers arrived, Dittman said, the workers were all wearing ski masks because of the cold, which made it difficult to determine which man they were supposed to arrest. Probation officers and police officers approached two men to question them, Dittman said, and one turned and walked away. When probation officers asked the man to stop, he took off running, Dittman said.

Officers wrestled the man to the ground, Dittman said, and one probation officer, who he did not identify, injured his knee during the struggle. When the mask was removed, officers found that the man was not the probation violator they were looking for. The worker, identified as Edwin Aviles, 35, of Ellington, was arrested for assault on a police officer. Following a call to Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Aviles was held on an immigration retainer because there was no record that he had ever entered the United States, Dittman said.

A short time later, police were able to find the alleged probation violator, Gregory Frasure, 59, of no certain address, at the construction site, where he was arrested for violation of probation. The Judicial Branch said that the injured probation officer has been released from the hospital but it is unclear whether or not he will be able to return immediately to work.
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