Pension Revoked for Former State Trooper Charged with Stealing from Dead Person

A Superior Court judge has granted a state motion seeking revocation of a former Connecticut State Police trooper’s pension following his conviction on a felony larceny charge related to his state position, Attorney General George Jepsen announced on Thursday.

Aaron Huntsman, a Fairfield resident, was employed as a state trooper from November 1994 to May 2013. In 2012, Huntsman was charged with stealing cash and jewelry of a victim of a fatal motorcycle accident to which he responded while on duty as a state trooper.

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In July 2014, Huntsman pleaded guilty under the Alford Doctrine to a charge of third-degree larceny and was sentenced to five years of incarceration, execution suspended after one year, and three years of probation. He would have been eligible to begin receiving a monthly pension benefit of approximately $1,530 on July 1, 2024, according to a press release.

Jepsen filed an action seeking the revocation of Huntsman’s pension in Hartford Superior Court in October 2014 following sentencing in the criminal case.

“Theft related to an individual’s state or municipal position is a serious violation of the public trust and this particular case represented an unconscionable violation of that trust on the part of a law enforcement officer,” Jepsen said in a statement. “In 2008, the General Assembly granted my office authority to seek a pension revocation or reduction from a state or municipal official convicted of a felony in connection with their public position. With this court order, Connecticut taxpayers will no longer be on the hook for Mr. Huntsman’s pension.”