Ex-Milford Cop Jason Anderson Asks State Supreme Court to Acquit Him

(Video of the accident is included below)

Former Milford police officer Jason Anderson doesn’t want a new trial for his role in the deaths of Orange residents, Ashlie Krakowski, and David Servin, both 19.

He wants a straight acquittal and he’s asking the State Supreme Court to review his case, the New Haven Register reports.

The State Appellate Court in June granted Anderson a new trial, but that’s not enough for the former cop, who now wants an acquittal entered into the record, the Register reports. The process for review could take a full year, the paper reports. 

In 2012, a jury sentenced Anderson to five years in prison for his role in the deaths of Krakowski, and Servin. Three years later, Anderson remains free on $50,000 bond.

The appellate court ruled that Anderson didn’t receive a fair trial concerning instructions given to the jury by the judge at the time, which was first reported by the New Haven Register Monday afternoon.

At the time of the June 13, 2009 accident, Anderson, who was not responding to an emergency call, was travelling Route 1 in Orange on his way back to Milford in excess of 90 miles per hour.

His police cruiser struck the teen’s car at 94 miles per hour.

Anderson was fired within months of the accident, and Milford’s insurance carrier paid Krakowski’s estate $3.5 million, the Servin’s paid the Krakowski’s an additional $500,000 and Servin’s family received $2.5 million from Milford.

Anderson’s attorneys argued before the State Appellate Court in 2014 that the fact Servin’s blood alcohol content was 0.14, or seven times the legal limit for someone under the age of 21, and the fact Servin didn’t stop for a blinking red lights are reasons to overturn Anderson’s conviction.

Read the full New Haven Register story here.