Milford Police Officer Arrested: Report

MILFORD, CT — Milford Police officer, Joseph Dempsey, 36, of Jewett Street in Ansonia, was arrested recently after being involved in an altercation with an ex-girlfriend last weekend, police said.

At 1:10 a.m. on Saturday, Oct. 19, Dempsey was involved in an altercation with his ex-girlfriend on Daniel Street in downtown Milford, police said.

"Both Parties were in the arrestee's vehicle and he asked the victim several times to exit the vehicle. When the victim refused to leave she was pushed out of the vehicle, the victim tried to re-enter the vehicle and at some point during this time the victim sustained an injury to her hand. Investigation led to the issuance of this arrest warrant which was signed and served on October 22, 2019," Milford Police said in a news release.

He was charged with breach of peace. He appeared in court on Oct. 23 and was given a new court date of Nov. 20.

Dempsey is currently the police department's crime prevention officer and he assists Michael DeVito as the department's spokesman.

Dempsey told police that he arrived at a local eatery planning to meet a woman he talked to on an app but his ex-girlfriend showed up instead, according to the arrest warrant the New Haven Register obtained. Dempsey told the woman he was leaving the eatery but she followed him to his truck and got inside, the Register reports citing the arrest warrant.

According to the arrest warrant, Dempsey and the woman were kissing in his truck and were "intimate" but when he asked her to leave repeatedly she refused.

“Dempsey stated that she was resisting his push to stay in the truck and she slipped off the seat, falling out of the truck," the New Haven Register reports citing the arrest warrant.

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