Crime & Safety
Man, 35, Charged For Sexually Explicit Online Talk With Child: Police
But the girl Matthew Bissonnette, 35, of Cromwell, was trying to meet up with was actually an East Haven detective, police said.
EAST HAVEN, CT — Police have charged a 35-year-old Cromwell man with risk of injury to a child and enticing a minor after he initiated what police say were sexually explicit online conversations with whom he thought was a young girl. It was an East Haven police detective.
According to East Haven police Capt. Joseph M. Murgo, in June, Detective Fred Sego began an investigation into a person, later identified as Matthew Bissonnette.
Murgo said sexually explicit conversations were initiated by Bissonnette on a popular messaging app. He said Bissonnette "continually made attempts to meet up with the underage girl (Detective Sego) at various locations, including her home, hotels, and finally his residence."
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At his home is where, Murgo said, an arrest warrant affidavit was submitted. Bissonnette was taken into custody without incident last Friday, and charged with Risk of Injury to a Child and Enticing a Minor by Computer.
Bissonnette was held on a $250,000 bond and is scheduled to appear in court Sept. 6 in New Haven.
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