DOCKET NO : H14HCR140675616S SUPERIOR COURT

STATE OF CONNECTICUT JUDICIAL DISTRICT

v. AT HARTFORD , CONNECTICUT

EDWARD TAUPIER SEPTEMBER 2 , 2014

BEFORE THE HONORABLE JOAN K. ALEXANDER , JUDGE

A P PEA RAN C E S

Representing the State:

ATTORNEY MIIRELLA GIAMBALVO ATTORNEY VICKI MELCHIORRE STATE'S ATTORNEY 'S OFFICE 101 LAFAYETTE STREET HARTFORD , CONNECTICUT

Representing the Defendant :

ATTORNEY JEFFERSON JELLY 924 FARMINGTON AVENUE WEST HARTFORD , CONNECTICUT

Recorded and Transcribed By:

Roberta G. Carlon Court Monitor Hartford Superior Court 101 Lafayette Street Hartford, Connecticut 06106

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THE COURT: Line 15, Edward Taupier .

ATTY . GIAMBALVO: Your Honor, in this matter the

state is asking for a bond increase for the following

reasons . There was an order issued out of family

court back April of 2013 where the defendant had to

turn over all his guns to an individual named in this

particular order . I ' m not going to name the name on

the record . The defendant initially did that ,

however , three days prior he did retrieve numerous

guns .

THE COURT: Three days prior to what?

ATTY. GIULIANO: Three days prior to today , so

three days ago, he did retrieve a number of guns.

Ten thousand rounds of ammo were also found by the

police. So this obviously alarms the state given the

allegations here where the defendant did threaten the

judge.

THE COURT: How did he get arrested on the 29 th

if he had guns three days prior?

ATTY . MELCHIORRE: It was a little bit l onger

than that . I think she misspoke . I think it was

about a week ago.

ATTY . GIAMBALVO: A week ago . Okay . I'm sorry.

I didn't know the exact

ATTY. JELLY: The 27 th , Judge.

ATTY. GIAMBALVO: -- time period . But

nonetheless , Your Honor, this obviously alarms the

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state, puts the judge and her family at risk. I

would ask that the Court impose other conditions,

that the defendant possess no weapons, stay away from

the judge, a thousand feet from the judge, as well as

her residence, her family, including her children.

THE COURT: All right. And are there any

charges based on the seizure of the weapons that have

been indicated? Is there going to be any future

warrant to the state's knowledge?

ATTY . GIAMBALVO: Not that we know of right now.

So Your Honor, based on that I would ask for a

hundred and fifty thousand cash only.

ATTY. MELCHIORRE : And Your Honor , may I just

add, with regard to the four other guns, as I advised

the Court at the bench, those guns are going to be

picked up by the state police tonight. They are in

the possession of the man who was supposedly holding

all of the defendant 's guns pursuant to the agreement

that he made in the family court. I spoke with him

today on the phone and he has agreed to turn them

over to the state police.

THE COURT: All right. So Mr . Jelly, how would

you like to respond to the allegation of the change

of circumstance?

ATTY. JELLY: Well, I don't think there has been

a change of circumstances. The thing is they had the

guns at the time that the bond was set. And the bond

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was a substantial bond . It was a thirty-five

thousand dollar cash only bond for a Class D

misdemeanor -- I mean , a Class D felony and a B

misdemeanor . He ha s no record . He has a similar

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he has another misdemeanor case pending in Middletown

Part A that ' s been pending for a while because of

complications on it . All this arises out of a hotly

contested divorce / custody situation .

My reading of the warrant essentially sounds

like someone who ' s ranting through someone , not to

the judge or not communicating any threat to the

judge . It was just to whoever would listen t o him at

the moment. And again , I'm not arguing the

substantive criminal aspects of it except , you know ,

we have no problem with any of the special conditions

that are suggested . Those are all fine . But he ' s

posted a very substantial bond .

He ' s always appeared in every court appearance .

He still has , Your Honor , works . He has a house .

He ' s still in the midst of this contested divorce

that they have joint custody and split visitation.

And he's always showed up in court . He always will

show up in court. The reason he said he went last

week to ge t the weapons was very simple, that he ' s

essentially more than broke over the expenses of a

contested divorce during which he lost hi s job

because o f the first arrest . And he was taking them

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down to Bridgeport to the dealer he bought them from

to resell them back to him go get some money , the

continuous divorce litigation. He didn ' t have the

intention to use them again s t the judge or anyone

else for that matter.

Again , that ' s a very s ubstantial bond to begin

with . It was posted . I don ' t think that there ' s

been any significant or unknown fact s that have come

to light over the weekend . And I think that to the

extent that he ' s in violation of the civil court

order with respect to the storage of the weapons and

I ' m s ure that will be the subject of s omething over

in the family court .

THE COURT : With respe c t to it , do you have a

court date already scheduled in Middletown?

ATTY . JELLY : Today .

THE COURT : It was today?

ATTY . JELLY: It was t o day as soon as he

finishes here . At least that ' s for the limited

purpose of whatever hearing is necessary on the ex

parte motion that was file d c ontemporaneously about

t he time everything else wa s happening .

THE COURT : No .

matters .

I ' m talking about his criminal

ATTY. JELLY : Oh , yes , I do . I have the exact

date , 16th , Judge , September .

THE COURT : Mr . Jelly , I would like you to get

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to Middletown Court within two to three days because

I am going to adjust the bail . It will also give the

civil court or the family court the opportunity to

determine whether or not there was a violation of the

order of no firearms . I am going to increase the

bond a s requested by the state. Not to the amount

that is alleged because it does appear that all of

the guns are now accounted for .

be increased by forty thousand .

The bond is going t o

It ' s cash only . So

the total bail is seventy-five thousand.

That bail is now to be posted at court for an

electronic monitoring . I do want a house arrest

except for court appearances , medical emergencies and

verified employment hours . The Court will also issue

a no contact order on behalf of the judge and it is

Judge Bozzuto . And that is a one thousand foot stay-

away . And with respect to it , I would like you to

get down to Middletown court . If you think you ' re

going to be in family court today either on Thursday

or Friday of this week so there is no undue delay in

this matter and hopefully we can take steps in

wrapping up all of his cases.

ATTY. GIAMBALVO : Your Honor , I ' m sorry . Does

the thousand feet away include the family as well?

THE COURT : That includes her , her family ,

including any immediate relatives .

ATTY . GIAMBALVO : Okay .

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THE COURT: Any immediate relatives of Judge

Bozzuto. Part A, Middletown --

ATTY. JELLY: Can you give it a tentative date

in Middletown or are you asking me to go down there

and get it written in?

THE COURT: I would like to have it put over to

either Thursday or Friday of this week.

ATTY. JELLY: Thursday.

TH E COURT: Thursday the 4th?

ATTY. JELLY: Yes.

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THE COURT: All right. You'll be due down in

Middletown court. This matter is going to transfer

there because I don't want any conflict that it's the

same jurisdiction as where the judge is sitting. The bond can be reviewed there, Mr. Jelly. And the Court

can also be guaranteed by the state that the final

guns have been turned in, that they believe are going

to be available, and whether or not there will be any

charges pending out of the court order of family.

Okay. All right. So that's all set. This is

without prejudice.

ATTY. JELLY: He can post the cash at court with

those conditions, electronic monitoring.

THE COURT: Electronic monitor, a thousand feet

away from the judge --

ATTY. JELLY: A thousand feet away.

THE COURT: -- and her family. And with respect

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to it , it ' s without prejudice so it can be re-argued

as soon as September 4th . My problem is I don't know

if there is any additional charges because of the

search warrant and that ' s where I ' m kind of at a

deficit right now in ruling on that .

ATTY . JELLY : All right.

THE COURT : You ' ll be down in Middletown court

with this case for a full bond review on the 4 th if

there was no posting .

monitor on . Okay.

If it does post , he puts the

ATTY. JELLY : I got it .

THE COURT : Thank you , Mr . Jelly.

(End of proceeding)

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DOCKET NO : H14HCR140675616S SUPERIOR COURT

STATE OF CONNECTICUT JUDICIAL DISTRICT

v . AT HARTFORD , CONNECTICUT

EDWARD TAUPIER SEPTEMBER 2 , 2014

C E R T I FIe A T ION

I hereby certify the foregoing pages are a true and

correct transcription of the audio recording of the above-

referenced case , heard in Superior Court , Judicial District of

Hartford , Hartford , Connecticut , before the Honorable Joan K.

Alexander , Judge , on the 2nd day of September , 2014 .

Dated this 30 th day of September , 2014 in Hartford ,

Connecticut.

Roberta G? Carlon Court Recording Monitor

Certification is signed in blue ink . A photocopy of this transcript is not a certified copy .