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In Memory
Listen to: "For A Little While"
by Tony Piacenta ("For a Little While"
Lyrics) and "Crying
Brothers" by Mike Green.
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Brian was raised in South Windsor and graduated from South Windsor
High School in 1990. After graduating from high school Brian enlisted
in the United States Marine Corps Reserve, rising to the rank of Lance
Corporal. In 1994, Brian enrolled at Manchester Community College in
the criminal justice program in the hopes it would help him pursue his
dream of becoming a police officer. In 1995 Brian interned with the
Connecticut State Police Troop C in Tolland. In January of 1996 Brian
was hired by the Hartford County Sheriff’s Department to be a special
deputy. Brian served as a summer police officer in Barnstable,
Massachusetts in 1996. The East Hartford Police Department hired Brian
in 1997 assigning him badge number 251. Brian graduated with the 265th
session from the Connecticut Police Academy on January 27th, 1998.
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On January 23rd, 1999, Brian was dispatched to a “noise complaint” and
unknowingly interrupted a violent robbery and home invasion in
progress. Brian confronted the suspect in the apartment hallway. The
suspect shot Brian in the head with a single 22 caliber round ending
Brian’s promising life at the age of 26. On January 26th, Hartford
Police Officer Andrew Weaver made a routine traffic stop which
revealed information leading to the arrest of Brian’s murderer and his
accomplices. Brian’s murderer was arrested on January 27th and
currently serves a life sentence in a Connecticut state prison. We are
eternally grateful to the East Hartford Police Department, the
Connecticut State Police, the Hartford Police Department, and all
other agencies, too numerous to list, which assisted during the
investigation
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On January 28th, 1999, Brian was laid to rest in Wapping Cemetery
in South Windsor. It is estimated that 10,000 people, comprised of
family members, friends, police officers, firefighters, ambulance
personnel, military personnel, and civilians, attended the funeral.
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Brian is survived by his mother, Carol Benoit, his brother, John
Aselton, and his twin sister, Carolyn Aselton. Brian comes from a
family of public servants. Brian's father Peter, who passed away in
2003, served in the United States Army during the Korean War. Brian’s
brother John, served two years as a Torrington police officer, and now
serves with the Newington Police Department. John served twelve years
in the United States Air Force and Air Force Reserve, including
service in the Persian
Gulf
War. Brian’s sister Carolyn has served with the Connecticut Air
National Guard since 1992. John’s wife, Heather, served as a West
Hartford police officer from 1997 until retiring in 2004 to raise a
family.
Brian’s cousin, Barnstable Massachusetts Police Officer
Michael K. Aselton, was killed in the line of duty on March 29th,
1983, in a motor vehicle accident during a pursuit. Kevin Tynan, who
is married to Michael’s sister Kathy, is a sergeant with the
Barnstable Police Department. Brian has distant cousins who are Royal
Canadian Mounted Police. Brian will be missed not only by his family
but by everyone he touched.
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Barnstable Patrolman
Michael K. Aselton
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Home .
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The Officer Brian A. Aselton
Memorial Scholarship Fund, Inc.
scholarship@brianaselton.org
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