(Hartford, CT) - Sharmese L. Walcott, State’s Attorney for the Judicial District of Hartford, today announced that on November 20, 2025, the Honorable Michael J. Gustafson sentenced Alex Vasquez, also known as Luis Irizarry, age 40, of New Britain, to serve nine months in prison for threats made against a state parole officer.
On November 12, 2025, Judge Gustafson found Vasquez guilty of Threatening in the Second Degree, in violation of Connecticut General Statutes § 53a-62(a)(2)(B).
According to evidence introduced at trial, in November 2024, Vasquez engaged in a campaign of open harassment utilizing digital communications, electronic surveillance, and physical surveillance against a parole officer. In January 2025, while the defendant was remanded to custody for unrelated violations, officers found the defendant in possession of photographs of the parole officer’s residence and work vehicle. Parole officers also located a handwritten note containing information demonstrating the defendant’s fixation with the victim and intent to do physical harm. Vasquez confirmed his intentions by verbalizing his plans to burn down the parole officer’s residence.
The case was prosecuted by Deputy Assistant State’s Attorney Olivia Jones, with the assistance of Paralegal Specialist Pedro Rivera. State’s Attorney Walcott thanks Deputy Assistant State’s Attorney Jones for her hard work on this case and is thankful that the outcome reaffirms an intent to protect the safety and security of civil servants who work on behalf of public safety.