Record-Journal
10-09-2007, 01:10 AM
WALLINGFORD -- A man who was convicted on charges of raping a 26-year-old woman on Grieb Road in 1981 will be released from prison this week with strict probation conditions, according to state officials.
After serving more than 24 years in prison, David Pollitt, 54, will be released from the Osborn Correctional Institution, in Somers, to live with his sister somewhere in the state. Pollitt was serving a 28-year sentence for sexual assaults in Wallingford, Old Lyme, Waterford, Killingworth and Rocky Hill.
In October 1983, a jury found Pollitt guilty of first-degree kidnapping and sexual assault.
The jury found that on Oct. 17, 1981, Pollitt had stopped a female bicyclist on Grieb Road, forced her off her bike and then pulled her to a field shed, where he raped her.
Local detectives obtained an arrest warrant for Pollitt after an apparently lengthy investigation. Wallingford police arrested Pollitt at his Clinton home in August of 1982.
During Pollitt’s trial, his defense attorney stated that Pollitt had been at his home in Clinton chopping wood at the time of the incident.
Prosecutors relied on a fingerprint found on the bicycle that matched one of Pollitt’s and testimony from residents who said they saw a truck that matched Pollitt’s.
The New Haven Superior Court judge in the Wallingford case sentenced Pollitt to 35 years in prison. The sentence was to run concurrently with a 28-year prison term imposed in New London Superior Court.
For the offenses in Old Lyme and Waterford, Pollitt picked victims at random, said State’s Attorney Michael Regan.
“This was a serial rapist. … This is your worst nightmare,” he said.
Pollitt agreed to an extensive set of probation conditions, which include requirements that he wear a monitoring bracelet, notify police of his home address every three months, and stay away from schools and other areas populated by children.
He also must notify his probation officer of any new romantic or sexual relationships, receive sex offender evaluation and be listed on the state’s sex offender registry.
Another probation condition will be that Pollitt receive sex offender evaluation and treatment.
“I can see it taking him a long time to get readjusted,” said Chief Probation Officer William Anselmo.
At the time of his arrest, Pollitt was married and had two children.
After serving more than 24 years in prison, David Pollitt, 54, will be released from the Osborn Correctional Institution, in Somers, to live with his sister somewhere in the state. Pollitt was serving a 28-year sentence for sexual assaults in Wallingford, Old Lyme, Waterford, Killingworth and Rocky Hill.
In October 1983, a jury found Pollitt guilty of first-degree kidnapping and sexual assault.
The jury found that on Oct. 17, 1981, Pollitt had stopped a female bicyclist on Grieb Road, forced her off her bike and then pulled her to a field shed, where he raped her.
Local detectives obtained an arrest warrant for Pollitt after an apparently lengthy investigation. Wallingford police arrested Pollitt at his Clinton home in August of 1982.
During Pollitt’s trial, his defense attorney stated that Pollitt had been at his home in Clinton chopping wood at the time of the incident.
Prosecutors relied on a fingerprint found on the bicycle that matched one of Pollitt’s and testimony from residents who said they saw a truck that matched Pollitt’s.
The New Haven Superior Court judge in the Wallingford case sentenced Pollitt to 35 years in prison. The sentence was to run concurrently with a 28-year prison term imposed in New London Superior Court.
For the offenses in Old Lyme and Waterford, Pollitt picked victims at random, said State’s Attorney Michael Regan.
“This was a serial rapist. … This is your worst nightmare,” he said.
Pollitt agreed to an extensive set of probation conditions, which include requirements that he wear a monitoring bracelet, notify police of his home address every three months, and stay away from schools and other areas populated by children.
He also must notify his probation officer of any new romantic or sexual relationships, receive sex offender evaluation and be listed on the state’s sex offender registry.
Another probation condition will be that Pollitt receive sex offender evaluation and treatment.
“I can see it taking him a long time to get readjusted,” said Chief Probation Officer William Anselmo.
At the time of his arrest, Pollitt was married and had two children.