A Seymour police officer who was the president of the department’s union has been charged with misappropriating more than $32,000 in union dues for the past two years.
Justin Quilty, 35, of Milford, faces one count of larceny in the first degree. He was arrested by Connecticut State Police’s Central District Major Crime Squad after surrendering on April 13, according to an arrest warrant. He is due to be arraigned in Derby Geographical Area 5 Court on April 27. After his arrest, he was released after paying a $1,000 bond.
The union President David Parratt issued a statement shortly after Quilty’s arrest that it was “deeply disappointed” by his actions.
“The Seymour Police Union is aware of the recent arrest of former Union President, Justin Quilty for Larceny 1” Degree. As the victims in this case, the members of the Union are deeply disappointed in his actions that led to this.
The union’s Executive Board met with state police detectives from Troop H, the Ansonia/Milford Judicial District State’s Attorney’s Office and judicial inspectors on Oct. 29, 2025, to discuss the board’s concern over funds that were misappropriated, the warrant states. “The Union E-Board received notification from the Fraternal Order of Police that the Seymour Police Union’s dues had not been paid for months and that they were at risk of losing legal defense coverage,” the warrant states.
The warrant goes on to say that only then “President Quilty” had sole access to two active financial accounts in which the Seymour Police Union’s funds were kept.
State police reported that upon learning of the nonpayment of the union dues the Executive Board and union treasurer triggered an internal audit of the union funds. Then union members met with Ion Bank on Oct. 14, 2025, and were informed the union bank account contained $114,000. The board stated that must be incorrect since the account should have had about $170,000 in funds.
Additionally, the union board learned that the Ion Bank account had been issued an ATM/debit card that had been used to make several withdrawals. The board informed police it had not authorized anyone to have such a card for that account. Ion Bank officials then showed board members ATM surveillance video from a cash withdrawal that identified Quilty. Upon learning of the audit, that same day Quilty resigned as president.
Police also claim Quilty used the union’s Venmo account to transfer union funds to his personal banking account. While Quilty said he had never personally accessed the Venmo account since it was never turned over to him when he became president, he closed the account the same day as the October 2025 audit, board members attest.
However, the union was able to reinstate the account and gain access to the balance and transactions. That is when they found out that the balance was zero but that there had been 29 transactions totaling $15,447 spanning from June 13, 2025-Oct. 6, 2025. All of those transactions were direct transfers to a personal M&T Bank account. At the time, the union did not know who owned the account but that it was not the union.
A search warrant of the union’s Venmo account issued on Jan. 16, 2026, found that between March 1, 2024, and Oct. 22, 2025, there were 33 transactions totaling $15,447 that were made to a M&T Bank account. Also, police discovered three transactions totaling $1,768.50 were rejected and one in the amount of $500 that was canceled.
Additionally, police served search warrants on Ion Bank and Webster Bank where similar withdrawals were made allegedly by Quilty. They found there was a total loss of $28,547 to the union involving those accounts. Police also discovered Quilty allegedly made a cash withdrawal of $1,750 from Ion Bank and wrote out seven checks worth $1,953.80 from June 14, 2025-July 15, 2025, to the Seymour Police Union with “pay to the order of Justin Quilty” written on them.
All of those withdrawals and transfers made by Quilty added up to a total loss of $32,250 to the union.
