Connecticut Yankees are known for being gracious.  Apparently, that doesn’t apply to their cops.  Not long ago, the Clinton School District went a little bonkers about a science nerd who brought a “deadly” instamatic camera to school.  United States District Judge Kravitz mused whether the rubber band in his hand was equally deadly under the school district’s argument.  The school relented.

End of story?  Not in Connecticut.  According to the Hartford Courant, it’s now payback time:

The father of the 14-year-old honors student arrested and suspended last month for allegedly using a dismantled camera to shock another student in school is now facing criminal charges of his own after police say they found an illegal weapon in the family home.

Police charged Bret Haughwout, 43, on Tuesday with possession of an assault weapon, risk of injury to a minor and possession of illegal fireworks. The charges stemmed from a police search of Haughwout’s Egypt Lane home last month.

Some silly questions come to mind.  Why would the police have a reason to search the Haughwout house?  No mention of a warrant, though presumably they had one.  But possession of a killer camera doesn’t generally give rise to believe that the house will contain a secret cache of other deadly weapons.  Rubber band perhaps?

Perhaps there’s a different reason for the search?

A few days after that deal was struck, Christian’s mother, Carolyn Vangemert, filed a suit in federal court accusing Clinton police Officer Kyle Strunjo, who is stationed at the Morgan School, of false arrest. Vangemert is seeking unspecified punitive and compensatory damages.

Do I detect the smell of payback in the air?  I believe I do. 

This should be quite the interesting case, and the family lawyer, Norman Pattis, will no doubt have plenty to add when he does his best Gerry Spence impression.  I can’t wait to see what happens with this one.