MANCHESTER, Conn. — *Editor's note: The image of the suspect for an unrelated arrest earlier in 2020.
A man has been arrested after police say he mailed his ankle monitoring bracelet back.
Police say they were told by the Office of Probation on November 30, that 43-year-old Michael Gramegna had taken off his court-ordered ankle monitoring device and mailed it back to their office.
Gramegna was out on bond pending a trial on several charges. He was told part of the terms of his conditions of release to wear an ankle monitoring device. Once the Police learned he violated the terms of conditions of his release, the Court issued 11 arrest warrants for him.
Police say Gramegna was arrested without incident Thursday in Manchester and charged with 11 counts of failing to appear as well as one count of violation of a protective order. He is being held pending his presentment in Court and his bond has been set at $5.3 million.
On Friday Gramegna appeared in court and was arraigned on two new outstanding charges including the removal of a GPS device. He represented himself in the matter, and at one point said he does not recognize the court. He added the charge regarding a domestic violence incident was not legitimate.
The judge set another hearing following a psychiatric evaluation for 12/31/20.
Back in February, Gramegna was facing charges relating to Police officers finding a large cache of unregistered weapons inside his home.
