Former Trumbull Cop Granted Court Program After Arrest

TRUMBULL, CT — Former Trumbull Police Officer Michael Gonzalez, 40, was granted a pretrial program following two domestic violence arrests that involved a female officer.

Gonzalez retired from the department with benefits. Female officer Kaitlyn Arcamone was fired, according to Trumbull Police Commission meeting minutes.

Criminal charges against Arcamone were nolled.

Gonzalez was granted a pretrial diversionary program that will lead to charges against him being dismissed in a year so long as he doesn't violate a protective order that Arcamone has against him, according to the Trumbull Times.

Gonzalez was charged with third-degree assault, second-degree threatening and disorderly conduct for a Stratford incident that occurred in March while Arcamone was charged with disorderly conduct. He was charged with violation of a protective order in July after he allegedly left a birthday card on Arcamone's vehicle while she was working out at a gym, but the charge was dismissed.

Gonzalez received national acclaim in 2010 after he donated part of his liver to a fellow officer's daughter.

Read the full Trumbull Times report here.

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