Video Shows State Trooper Stealing from Fatal Crash Victim: Cops

<img src="http://media.nbcconnecticut.com/images/653*367/aaron+huntsman+trooper.jpg" align="right" width="300">More is coming to light about the case of a veteran state trooper accused of stealing jewelry and cash from a crash victim who later died.

Detectives said they have video evidence from a dashboard camera that Aaron Huntsman stole from John Scalesse, of Orange, who was killed in a crash on the Merritt Parkway in Fairfield on Sept. 22.

The video comes from Huntsman's own cruiser, according to police. Detectives began an investigation after Scalesse's family members came forward, looking for a more than $5,000 gold chain, $3,700 in cash, and clothing.
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Newly released documents allege that Huntsman was the first officer to respond to the scene and snatched the broken gold chain from a pool of blood around Scalesse. Huntsman repeatedly told the victim’s father he didn’t see the jewelry or cash, according to the court documents.
The affidavit states that the cruiser’s camera shows an emergency responder who was treating Scalesse hand cash to Huntsman, who said he would take the money into evidence.

"I'll take it. I'll take it as evidence," Huntsman said, according to the court papers.

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