Woman Testifies on Assaults

Zillo’s attorney, Jerry Attanasio, pressed the girl on details of her encounters with Zillo, asking about the routes she took to school, the type of furniture in his home, the food she ate when she says he took her to McDonald’s to pose for pictures and the color of his bathroom. [Read Entire Article]

Family Friend Tried For Rape

His attorney, Jerry Attanasio, asked the girl’s mother whether she had tried to arrange for Zillo to marry a relative in China so she could move to the United States to gain citizenship. The mother denied that allegation and also denied that she intended to pay Zillo $10,000 for that marriage. Attanasio asked the mother whether Zillo’s refusal to marry her relative was the reason why they barred him from the restaurant. [Read Entire Article]

Victim Describes Savage Beating At Hands of 5 Men

James Fabiaschi testified Tuesday he was beaten so severely during a random attack in Winsted Jan. 9 that he feared he might die. The trial of Christopher Layton, one of five men charged with the attack, began Tuesday in Litchfield Superior Court with several hours of dramatic testimony from Fabiaschi, 50, of Winsted. [Read Entire Article]

Charges Dropped For Pollitt

Jerry Attanasio, one of Pollitt’s attorneys, said this week that they have told probation officials that their client’s ankle unit has a history of problems. Attanasio said that when Pollitt was building the stone wall, the tracking device indicated that he was walking quickly or running through the woods to another street at 4 miles per hour. Attanasio doubts Pollitt can move that fast because of health problems. Pollitt’s lawyers and his sister also say his ankle unit has been replaced more than five times in 11 months because it repeatedly tracks him in the wrong location. [Read Entire Article]

CT Serial Rapist’s Tracking Device Not Working

Jerry Attanasio, one of Pollitt’s attorneys, said this week that they have told probation officials that their client’s ankle unit has a history of problems. Attanasio said that when Pollitt was building the stone wall, the tracking device indicated that he was walking quickly or running through the woods to another street at 4 miles per hour. Attanasio doubts Pollitt can move that fast because of health problems. Pollitt’s lawyers and his sister also say his ankle unit has been replaced more than five times in 11 months because it repeatedly tracks him in the wrong location. [Read Entire Article]

The Release of a Serial Rapist is Met With a Wave of Fear and Anger

Her lawyer, Jerry E. Attanasio, said in a telephone interview that Ms. Rosengren had received threats and hate mail in recent days. “They knew that this would be a tremendous undertaking,” Mr. Attanasio said, “but they were not prepared for this kind of backlash.” [Read Entire Article]

Attorney Defends Danbury Dentist


“Our side of the story is this was an irate patient,” said Waterbury attorney Jerry Attanasio, who is representing ##########, 47, of Woodbury. “From the moment he sat down, he was hostile and swearing.” [Read Entire Article]

More Charges Levied In Teen Sex Case

Gemino sat silently in the back of his lawyer's car while the attorney, Jerry Attanasio, spoke on his behalf. Channel 3 Eyewitness News reporter Kara Sundlun asked Attanasio whether Gemino admitted to the charges. "No, absolutely not," Attanasio said. [Read Entire Article]

Watertown Man Faces Sex Charge

The first time Carl Gemino had sex with a 15-year-old boy, police said, he gave the boy about $50. Later, police say, Gemino continued to give the boy money, buy him clothes and purchase minutes for his cell phone so he could keep having sex with him. [Read Entire Article]