A former Hartford police officer is accused of illegally running the personal license plates of 28 colleagues through police databases to obtain their personal information, including that of a new female officer last May, new records show.
Zachary Freeto, 40, was found unfit for duty and left the department two weeks ago before he was arrested by his former colleagues Tuesday at Hartford police headquarters on one felony computer crime charge.
The arrest follows a monthslong internal investigation into Freeto’s actions after an “off-duty incident” in Enfield led Freeto’s former colleagues to believe he may have repeatedly and illegally accessed computer information, the department said in a statement Tuesday night.