Vernon Man, Ex-Manchester Firefighter Gets 25 Years For Sex Assaults

VERNON, CT — A former Manchester firefighter and Vernon resident received a 25-year prison sentence Friday in Rockville Superior Court, just more than two months after he entered guilty pleas to four counts of first-degree sexual assault.

The case dates back nearly two decades and involves a series of violent break-ins and sexual assaults in Vernon and Manchester.

Angelo Alleano was 49 when he entered the guilty pleas in June.

The sentencing followed terms of a plea bargain, according to case records. Alleano was given a "total effective sentence" of 25 years to serve — four of them mandatory by law — followed by 10 years of special parole, according to the clerk's office.

Alleano will be on the Connecticut Sex Offender Registry for life, according to the sentencing.

Alleano was arrested in 2020 connection with an Aug. 6, 2001 sexual assault of an 84-year-old woman in Manchester, a Dec. 9, 2004 sexual assault of a 57-year-old woman in Manchester, a March 23, 2007 sexual assault of a 37-year-old Manchester woman and a Jan. 16, 2008 sexual assault of a 61-year-old woman in Vernon.

He was fired as a Manchester firefighter almost simultaneously with his arrest.

Tolland State’s Attorney Matthew C. Gedansky said that in 2010, the Manchester Police Department and the Vernon Police Department obtained a "John Doe" warrant with a specific DNA profile that had been recovered from each of the crimes. Investigators were able to develop Alleano as a suspect in the crimes using "publicly available genealogy information," he said.

Court records show DNA evidence at the scene came from a specific family tree with the possibility of 18 male offspring from this family, including cousins, grandchildren and nephews. The State Police Forensic lab and detectives from Manchester and Vernon Police Departments narrowed the list through process of elimination. Gedansky said.

A search warrant was obtained for Alleano's DNA which was analyzed and linked to crime scene evidence.he said. Alleano later admitted to all four sexual assaults as well as additional crimes that were never reported by the victims, according to case records.

"I would like to commend the Manchester Police Department, Vernon Police Department and the State Forensic Lab for their dedication to the 20-year investigation, arrest, and conviction of Angelo Alleano," Gedansky said. "This will send a message to our community that crimes, no matter how old, will be investigated, solved, and prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. More importantly, however, I would like to thank the victims and the victims' families for their patience and continuing faith that these heinous crimes would be solved. I hope that the sentence today can bring some closure and justice to those families."

Gedansky said Supervisory Assistant State's Attorney Jaclyn Preville, who prosecuted the cases, deserves "high praise for bringing these cases to this appropriate conclusion."