Former New London police Officer Chad L. Stringer, released from prison last week under strict conditions related to his ongoing domestic violence cases, stood before a Superior Court judge once again Thursday after police said he tested positive for PCP, lied to his probation officer about his whereabouts and was found in possession of small amounts of cocaine and heroin.

“This experiment didn’t work,” Judge Omar A. Williams said as he set Stringer’s bail at $60,000 cash and said Stringer could only post the bail at the courthouse.

He said Stringer, who had spent three weeks in prison after being charged Dec. 22 with voyeurism and other crimes related to his ex-wife, did not appear motivated to get the mental health treatment the judge had ordered just a week earlier.

Stringer, 41, of 12 Tyler Place, Quaker Hill, a former New London Police K-9 officer who was granted a disability retirement in 2009, was charged Wednesday with violations of conditions of release, possession of drug paraphernalia and possession of cocaine and heroin.

According to a police report, Stringer, who was under house arrest and wearing a GPS tracking bracelet, called Probation Officer Terry Granitek at 10:12 a.m. Wednesday and asked for permission to go to the Henny Penny on Route 32 in Montville for milk and other groceries.

Granitek, noting Stringer’s urine had tested positive for PCP, reviewed the GPS map of Stringer’s whereabouts and found that he had gone to the Liberty Bank branch near the Henny Penny, stayed for about 60 seconds and left.

Granitek brought a photograph of Stringer to the clerk at the Henny Penny, who told him Stringer had not been into the store that morning, according to the report.

Granitek went to Stringer’s house with a parole officer and a Waterford Police officer.

Stringer invited the officers in, and as they started to look around, told them they would find drugs in the bedroom, according to the report.

They observed, “in plain view,” several spoons and needles related to drug use, along with small amounts of heroin and cocaine.

Stringer, dressed in sweat pants and top, bowed his head as he stood before the judge in handcuffs.

Prosecutor Rafael Bustamante asked for a high bond, saying, “This is his fifth pending file. It appears the defendant does not care about court orders.”

While the state hinted that Stringer may have been purchasing drugs instead of buying groceries, attorney Jassette Henry from the public defender’s office said that was only an assumption and that prior to his recent spate of arrests, Stringer had been a well-respected and productive person.

She said that while he was on the job as a police officer, Stringer suffered a traumatic brain injury that changed his behavior.

She said he has a supportive family and asked the judge to refer him to a pretrial supervision program run by the bail services office.

“He unfortunately was not able to get himself into mental health treatment right away,” Henry said.

“What did he do, other than try to get drugs?” Judge Williams asked Henry.

She said Stringer had made a phone call to a treatment program.

The judge credited Granitek, the probation officer, for protecting Stringer from himself and protecting society.

He ordered the Department of Correction to be aware that Stringer would need detoxification and mental health services and should be placed in protective custody.

Stringer’s legal problems started in May 2015 with allegations that he was harassing his ex-wife.

In December, Waterford Police charged him with violating a protective order by sending her a series of emails and texts, including sexual photographs of her and him that she was unaware he had taken.

He also is accused of puncturing the rear passenger side tire on her vehicle while she shopped at Target on Dec. 18.

His next court date is Feb. 4.

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