By: Diane Benjamin Original story: https://blnnews.com/2026/01/09/bloomington-fireman-8-i-think/ I didn’t think anyone had worse handwriting than me, but I found a judge who is at least a close rival. All the charges were dismissed against Bloomington fireman Jon Caponi yesterday. It turns out the dashcam video didn’t match what the deputy testified to and wrote in his […]
By: Diane Benjamin It’s getting hard to keep track, but I think the number is 8. Another fireman was recently arrested, this time DUI. I’ve written about him before because he was arrested for domestic violence and then exonerated because his (former) girlfriend was the proven aggressor: https://blnnews.com/2018/02/14/legal-fees-wasted/ . At some point I will have […]
By: Diane Benjamin Remember the story of Bloomington fireman Jon Caponi? https://blnnews.com/2017/11/02/legal-employee-investigations/ He was arrested for domestic violence and then the charges were dropped because an investigation proved he wasn’t the aggressor. The City of Bloomington decided he needed to pay a price anyway, he got a 10 day suspension. For a fireman, that’s 10 […]
By: Diane Benjamin I’ve written before about the City spending resources to prosecute employees when arbitration reaches a different conclusion than the one the City wants. Remember Scott Oglesby? https://blnnews.com/2013/05/06/the-real-story-of-scott-oglesbys-firing/ Now they are doing it again. This time it’s a fireman, Jon Caponi, who was arrested in 2016 for domestic violence. See the newspaper story […]
