Two Pawtucket Police Department Detectives Abuse the Reid Technique, Break the Laws, Violate Dept. Policies and Torture Victor Colebut During a Secret Interrogation
Exposing what happened to a RI E-911 caller who was denied medical assistance, for girlfriend who overdosed, and set up by the Pawtucket Police Communications Dispatcher is important. It is a serious public health and safety issue when a dispatcher refuses to send medical assistance. The police dispatcher, Michael Fidalgo, did act with a reckless disregard for life when he intentionally canceled the paramedics and an advanced life support unit to teach a frantic 911 caller a lesson.
A bigger problem, is the police exploiting 911 calls to enter a home and make a felony arrest without a warrant under police created false ‘exigent circumstances’ which is an abuse of the Fourth Amendment exceptions. The Supreme Court reversed and remanded the lower court order in a decision by Justice Samuel Alito. “The exigent circumstances rule applies when the police do not create the exigency by engaging or threatening to engage in conduct that violates the Fourth Amendment,” Alito wrote for the majority. Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg dissented, contending that “the Court today arms the police with a way routinely to dishonor the Fourth Amendment’s warrant requirement in drug cases. ” Kentucky v King (2011)
For five (5) years an innocent 911 caller, Victor Colebut, was illegally detained while awaiting a ‘speedy trial’ – 5 years for a crime that never happened. Because the Pawtucket Police needed evidence to pin a crime on the 911 caller, Victor, they subjected him to a modern day third degree.
We see the physical encounters on the news and in the media but no one shows you the official ‘behind the scenes’ misconduct; the falsified records, the blatant disregard for department policies, state statues and rules.
More importantly how some police department’s allow and even endorse the disregard for human and civil rights of people. Violating any persons human rights or civil rights is an intolerable injustice. Victor was Wrongfully Convicted.
RI ATTORNEY GENERAL ASSISTANTS USED A COERCED STATEMENT TO WIN A CASE AND CONVICT A MAN WHO THEY KNOW IS INNOCENT
In the interrogation clips in the above video Detective David Silva (the bald guy) says more than once that they just wanted to control how things went down and how the story went out. Really? David Silva and Hans Cute interrogated Victor worked hard to put words in his mouth and pin a fabricated crime on an innocent man. Deception and pinning crimes on innocent people for notoriety is less than careless police work, it is a crime and no person is above the laws.
Dective Hans Cute (little guy in the baseball cap), “Well we can work on that.” Promising a man that was unlawfully seized in his home in February nearly naked and bare-footed clothing? This was modern day third degree and a blatant abuse of the Reid Technique.
Both of the Pawtucket Police Detectives had at least twenty years experience, yet they broke the laws and violated Victor Colebut’s human and civil rights to obtain a statement. David Silva and Hans Cute violated Pawtucket Police Department Policies, committed acts that violated Rhode Island Statues and Laws. The two unethical detectives violated the RI Constitution and the United States Constitution.
Monday, 12:27 a.m. RI E-911 was called for a rescue and medical assistance for a 'non-responsive female'
Dispatcher refused to dispatch the paramedics and rescue. The call was re-routed to the police. ALS/Paramedics were cancelled en-route at 12:33 a.m.; BLS/EMTs were told to STAGE for police (ref. Fire rescue run sheets) and did not get cleared until 12:59 a.m.
Monday, 12:35 a.m. the first two police officers arrive at 65 Fountain St. at 12:42 a.m. two additional police officers arrived. The Pawtucket police department responded to a Rhode Island 911 medical emergency call for a non-responsive female and did enter a home and focus on making a felony arrest.
A woman lay unconscious and in dire need of medical assistance while the BLS and EMTs were waiting to be cleared.
Rookie in training, Nicholas Sisto, did make a felony arrest in a home without probable cause or a warrant. He seized and handcuffed a 911 caller and forced him out of his home while barefoot and nearly naked in Februray because he allegedly punched his fridge, slapped a wall and stood in a bladed stance.
Victor Colebut was transported to the Pawtucket Police Station for "investigatory purposes" according to official records.
Monday, 12:44 a.m. a Field Training Officer did chest compressions and none of the police officers inside of the apartment immediately cleared the BLS and EMTs who were staging and waiting.
None of the officers acted with a sense of urgency and called for Advanced Life Support and the Paramedics - there was in fact a non responsive female just as Victor Colebut reported on the RI E-911 call that he made.
Monday, 1:06 a.m. a RI E-911 caller was forced out of his home before patient was transported to Miriam Hospital.
February 17, 2020 at 1:20 a.m. Victor Colebut was locked in a cell at the Pawtucket Police station and isolated for 10 hours before a secret interrogation took place.
Monday, Victor was not allowed access to a phone until after the secret interrogation that took place in violation of R.I. Gen. Laws § 12-7-20 "Any person arrested under the provisions of this chapter shall be afforded, as soon after being detained as practicable, not to exceed one hour from the time of detention ... "
The Court in State v. Carcieri held: " ...Although we acknowledge that § 12-7-20 on its face contains no requirement of notification, we conclude that notice is mandatory.
... However, the failure to notify a suspect of his right to use a telephone is not fatal to the state's case unless a defendant is prejudiced thereby."
At 1:20 a.m. Victor Colebut, a man who was seized in his home without a warrant or probable cause, was locked in a cell at the Pawtucket Police Dept. and at 3:20 a.m. he was not charged or released according to R.I. Gen. Law. § 12-7-1 "... provided, in no case shall the total period of the detention exceed two (2) hours ...
At the end of the detention period the person so detained shall be released unless arrested and charged with a crime."
Monday, 10:50 a.m. Victor was pranced through the Pawtucket Police station while barefoot and wearing only shorts in February by Detectives Hans Cute and David Silva.
Before entering the windowless room the handcuffs were removed and Victor asked, "So what am I charged with?"
Clearly indicating that he had been locked in a cell for the past ten hours unlawfully and he had not been charged or released as required by law.
He was told that he was charged with violation of a no contact order before entering the interrogation room. At this point, the police had not informed him of his right to use a phone and they would not allow him access to a telephone until after the lengthy interrogation.
For the next six hours a nearly naked man who was sleep deprived, detoxing from alcohol, cold and processing the sudden loss of his loved one was forced to sit in a cold room and talk to the detectives.
Victor Colebut is a Traumatic Brain Injury survivor who suffers with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), anxiety, depression and seizures.
The Pawtucket Police withheld his prescription medication from him during the secret interrogation.
Monday, 9:00 a.m. the RI Courts were open and in full operation and Victor Colebut should have been presented in District Court. He was not, he was held at the Pawtucket Police department and subjected to an inhumane and mentally torturous, lengthy secret interrogation.
The police detention and interrogation was inhumane and cruel. An involuntary, coerced statement that was obtained in violation of Rule 5(a) and the Fourteenth Amendment’s Due Process Clause was used at trial to Convict – this viscous prosecution deprived Victor Colebut of the right to a Fair Trial
It would be wrong not to speak up, inform and warn others about what happened to Victor Colebut and Kristine Ohler. A 30 year old woman white female who was denied medical assistance because the police communication dispatcher refused to send help for a 911 caller that the dispatcher knew was black. A wrongful conviction was obtained by any means to cover up the police department’s dispatcher’s gross misconduct. As well as, the exploitation of that 911 call by the Pawtucket Police department when they responded.
Victor Colebut was unlawfully forced out of his home without a warrant or probable cause and taken to the police station where he was illegally and inhumanely held for more than thirty hours before being brought to court to be arraigned. Taking someone by force to an isolated location and holding them until they talk to the police would be kidnapping if there was no legal grounds to do so, right. Police who wanted Victor to say what they wanted while holding him in isolation; he was not allowed access to a telephone until after he talked to the police for six hours. Detective Hans Cute and David Silva conspired and set up Victor Colebut. Pawtucket Det. David Silva admits that he was not interested in any real evidence. Silva was desperately searching for anything to “pin a crime” on Victor Colebut. David Silva and Hans Cute wanted to CONTROL THE NARRATIVE – HOW THE STORY GOES OUT. Systemic racism and inequity and modern day third degree tactics have a history that must be addressed and changed.
Too many families have suffered with the wrongfully convicted; it’s more than one who is harmed. Why tell the story? We the people have been silenced for too long. Fear not says the Lord.
The Pawtucket Police Department’s Dispatcher, Michael Fidalgo, Canceled the Paramedics and then told the EMTs to STAGE for police, that is stand back and wait until the police clear the scene. This caused more than a thirty minute delay of medical aid and Victor lived less than two minutes away from the Police and Fire stations in Pawtucket.
People need to see how the police and prosecutors abuse their powers with ease. We must question why no one listens to the falsely accused cries until he/she has spent decades of their lives incarcerated for a crime they did not commit. How many more lives will be destroyed or lost before a real change happens?
Kristine Ohler died because the 911 call was handled so horribly and with a total disregard for her life.
In Rhode Island police are prosecutors, yet they are not licensed attorneys – Law Enforcement Officers should protect and serve the community. Police should never prosecute their own criminal charges it’s an open Invitation to Corruption
In Rhode Island the Attorney General’s Office assistants are prosecutors – End Absolute Immunity, End the Corruption – The Judicial System should ensure that the Human and Civil Rights of all people are respected and not violated even when a prosecutor’s own implicit biases rise to the surface. Every person has a right to Due Process and a Fair Trial.
A confession is a formal statement, freely given, the third-degree in any form is torture
To understand the present enslavement and mass incarceration and wrongful convictions of our sons and daughters we must face a very painful and harsh past. Wrongful Convictions have a rippling affect on families, friends, supporters and communities.
In the recent case, State of Rhode Island vs. Victor Colebut an innocent man was framed by the police in 2020 and the Attorney General’s Office secured a conviction in 2025 with a coerced false statement obtained on February 17, 2020. The inadmissible evidence was used along with two dismissed cases because the state’s attorney’s, Jonathan Burke and Shannon Signore had insufficient evidence to prove a police fabricated crime beyond a reasonable doubt.
In Rhode Island the police are prosecute their own criminal charges, and the blue wall of silence is thick.
The RI Attorney General’s Office prosecuted this case with a shocking viciousness because Victor Colebut exercised his right to a prompt and speedy trial and would not take a plea deal for a crime that he did not commit. Due to the fact that the prosecution had insufficient evidence to prove their case beyond a reasonable doubt Shannon Signore and Jonathan Burke used underhanded tactics. Violations of the laws, constitutions and an accused person’s constitutional rights and protections have been non-stop for more than five years. Injustice for one is injustice for all. No one is above the law, absolute immunity does not protect criminals in government clothing.