Police Charge Ex-Cop With Criminal Mischief

Newtown police have arrested a former Bethel and Naugatuck police officer on one count each of first degree criminal mischief and third degree criminal mischief for allegedly tampering with and damaging an electronic monitoring device that he was wearing as a condition of his release on other pending criminal charges.

Chief State’s Attorney Christopher L. Morano said October 5 that Michael Daubert, 41, of 107 Church Hill Road, Sandy Hook, was arrested October 4 by Newtown police on a warrant.

Daubert also formerly worked as a support services investigator for the state’s judicial branch.

On August 17, Daubert was ordered to wear an electronic monitoring device as a condition of his release from custody on criminal charges, according to a statement from Morano. Daubert had been ordered by a judge to remain at his home except for medical appointments, court appearances, and meetings with his attorney.

The arrest warrant alleges that Daubert tampered with and damaged the electronic monitoring device on September 10, causing the device to malfunction and to interrupt its monitoring signal.

First degree criminal mischief is a felony. Third degree criminal mischief is a misdemeanor.

Daubert’s damaged electronic monitoring device has been replaced, according to Morano. After his October 4 arrest, Daubert was released on a written promise to appear October 14 in Danbury Superior Court for arraignment on the criminal mischief charges.

On August 17, Daubert was arrested on a charge of forgery in the second degree in an alleged scheme involving Waterbury area condominiums.

In April, Daubert was charged with eight counts of forgery in the second degree, and one count each of conspiracy to commit forgery in the second degree and burglary in the third degree.

Those charges arose from an alleged scheme by Daubert to illegally conceal ownership of Waterbury area condominium units that he owned jointly with his estranged wife prior to their impending divorce and from improprieties in the management of the condominium association where the units are located, according to the chief state’s attorney. That case is pending.

The cases are being prosecuted by the Statewide Prosecution Bureau in the chief state’s attorney’s Rocky Hill office.