STAMFORD — Three former city police officers charged with bilking the police department’s extra-duty program of more than $154,000 had their charges dismissed on Wednesday.
Former Stamford officers David Sileo, Paul Pavia and Mark Ligi had charges of first-degree larceny and conspiracy to commit first-degree larceny dropped against them after a judge found that they had successfully completed individual pretrial probation programs.
On Feb. 2, Judge Gary White granted the three former officers accelerated rehabilitation, a pretrial program available to people accused of nonviolent crimes. The state did not object to the program, citing their cooperation in providing information against a fourth colleague, Christopher Broems, who is currently awaiting trial on similar charges.
White said if the three committed no other crimes during the six-month program, the original charges against them would be dropped.
In addition, each officer also made a $10,000 contribution to a charity of their choice.
The court’s decision to drop the charges Wednesday marks the close of a chapter in a controversial case that began more than three years ago when Ligi, now 59; Pavia, now 57; Sileo, now 59 and Broems, now 54, were arrested in June 2019 on charges of first-degree larceny and conspiracy to commit first-degree larceny.
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