Indianapolis, IN
Indianapolis firefighter sentenced to probation after attacking former state lawmaker
INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — A member of the Indianapolis Hearth Division has been sentenced to probation for attacking a former state lawmaker close to the Indiana Statehouse final fall.
Prosecutors charged 35-year-old Thomas Gatto with felony recklessness and felony battery leading to reasonable bodily damage for the off-duty incident that injured former Indiana state consultant Patrick Kiely in September 2021.
Gatto was arrested for easy assault within the space of Capitol and Ohio Streets after a sport between the Indianapolis Colts and the Los Angeles Rams, in response to a report filed by Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Division officers.
The police report identifies Kiely because the sufferer.
Gatto appeared in courtroom earlier this month and pleaded responsible to at least one rely of misdemeanor felony recklessness as a part of an settlement that led prosecutors to drop the felony battery cost.
A choose on Thursday gave Gatto a six-month suspended jail sentence and ordered him to serve six months on probation. He was additionally ordered to pay practically $9,000 in courtroom charges.
On the time of Gatto’s preliminary arrest, IFD suspended him for 30 days with out pay, after which he was positioned on an administrative project, in response to an announcement supplied Monday by IFD Battalion Chief Rita Reith.
Gatto stays employed with IFD and will quickly be reassigned to lively obligation.
“As we now have realized, the authorized course of relating to his case was resolved on November 10th with no pending felony cost. IFD will evaluate our insurance policies to see if extra self-discipline is warranted. Pending that evaluate and attainable extra self-discipline, Personal Gatto will return to lively obligation,” the assertion reads.
IFD didn’t describe the coverage evaluate or say what extra self-discipline might be warranted.
Information 8 has reached out to the Marion County Prosecutor’s Workplace for added data on this case.