Conneaut Police Chief Michael Colby placed on administrative leave amid ongoing investigation

Conneaut Police Chief Michael Colby placed on administrative leave amid ongoing investigation

Conneaut Police Chief Michael Colby has been placed on administrative leave due to an ongoing investigation. Lt. Michael Bertolasio has been named acting chief.

Sheriff’s Deputy Placed on Administrative Leave - The Hardwick Gazette

HYDE PARK – Lamoille County Sheriff Roger Marcoux wrote in a press release on social media, April 18, “On April 16, 2025 I learned that Deputy Sheriff Christopher Turner engaged in inappropriate conversations with murder suspect Seth Brunell while transporting him to trial. In light of these conversations, Mr. Brunell’s defense team raised objections and sought a mistrial, and those objections resulted in a plea agreement between the prosecution…