Connecticut house of horrors stepmom whines about GPS monitor while accused of 20-year child abuse case

The pistillate who is accused of holding her stepson captive for 20 years successful her Waterbury, Connecticut, location is appealing a judge's ruling that she indispensable deterioration a GPS ankle show portion retired connected bail. 

Attorney Ioannis Kaloidis, who represents Kimberly Sullivan, wrote successful an April 7 filing that Sullivan's law close to owed process has been violated owed to the information that the ankle show was imposed arsenic a further bail request aft her archetypal bail hearing. 

The filing says that connected March 12, Waterbury Superior Court Judge Corinne Klatt ordered that bail for Sullivan beryllium acceptable astatine $300,000 with nary different conditions but "intensive pre-trial supervision."

Kim Sullivan, who is charged with neglect, stands with her attorney, Ioannis Kaloidis, during her arraignment connected Wednesday, March 12, 2025 astatine Waterbury Superior Court successful Waterbury, Connecticut. (Jim Shannon/Hearst Connecticut Media via AP, Pool)

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"Noting the Defendant’s deficiency of a transgression past astatine the property of 56, her lifelong residency successful Waterbury, 12 years of acquisition and income, the bail commissioner requested a enslaved successful the magnitude of $300,000," the filing says. "The Defendant, done counsel, highlighted her enactment history, residency and lack of a transgression record, and argued for committedness to look with non-monetary conditions." 

According to the filing, erstwhile Sullivan appeared successful tribunal successful beforehand of Klatt the adjacent time to station bail, the bail conditions remained the aforesaid contempt the authorities asking for the GPS monitor. 

After that, the authorities filed a question to alteration Sullivan's bail conditions. 

In a March 28 proceeding connected the question argued successful beforehand of a antithetic judge, Waterbury Superior Court Judge Joseph Schwartz, the authorities said Sullivan was a formation hazard "because she faced important incarceration," and that "its lawsuit had go stronger, arsenic further witnesses came forward," according to the filing.

Kimberly Sullivan was taken into custody by the Waterbury Police Department connected March 12. (Waterbury Police Department)

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Eventually, Schwartz ruled that, based upon caller accusation that Sullivan was receiving intelligence wellness attraction and that she was surviving with 1 of her stepdaughters, determination was capable grounds to bid her to deterioration the GPS monitor. 

However, Sullivan's lawyers said that is untrue. 

"The proceedings court’s proceeding connected the State’s question to modify the Defendant’s conditions of merchandise did not comport with owed process requirements oregon the procedures directed by the Connecticut Supreme Court," the filing says. "The State did not introduce, nor did the proceedings tribunal find, by existent evidence, that the Defendant’s then-existing conditions of merchandise were not capable to guarantee her beingness successful tribunal oregon support the information of the Complainant oregon the public."

This representation provided by the Waterbury Police Department shows the location wherever a Connecticut antheral told authorities his stepmother had held him captive for 2 decades, since helium was a boy. (Waterbury Police Department via AP)

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Ultimately, the petition asked the Connecticut Appellate Court to vacate the March 28 determination that Sullivan indispensable deterioration the GPS monitor. 

Pattis and Paz, LLC is the instrumentality steadfast handling the appeal. 

"We person been retained to grip a question for enslaved reappraisal by Ms. Sullivan to the Connecticut Appaellate Court to code the changes made to her conditions of merchandise pursuing her arraignment," lawyer Brittany Paz said successful a statement. "In our view, determination is simply a beardown statement that the modification was made owed to nationalist attraction and tendency for punishment, alternatively than immoderate existent interest regarding her willingness to look successful court."

Kimberly Sullivan was arrested aft allegedly abusing her stepson successful their Waterbury, Connecticut, home. (Jim Shannon/Hearst Connecticut Media via AP)

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"We further judge that the state’s blatant effort astatine a 2nd wound astatine the pome successful beforehand of a antithetic justice violates the principles antecedently acceptable distant erstwhile our bureau litigated State v. Pan. We look guardant to the restoration of the archetypal conditions of Ms. Sullivan’s release, based connected facts and the law, portion the charges pending against her are impartially litigated."

According to an apprehension warrant for Sullivan, her stepson, identified arsenic "Male Victim 1," was held successful a windowless 8-foot by 9-foot retention closet with nary aerial conditioning oregon vigor and without entree to a bath for 20 years. He said helium was kept wrong the closet 22–24 hours per day.

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He said helium was allowed 2 sandwiches and 2 tiny h2o bottles each day, 1 of which helium would usage for bathing. The antheral told constabulary helium disposed of his discarded utilizing h2o bottles and newspaper. The antheral weighed little than 70 pounds erstwhile archetypal responders recovered him aft the fire.

The allegations came to airy aft a occurrence astatine Sullivan's home. That warrant said that Sullivan's stepson told constabulary helium acceptable the occurrence connected intent due to the fact that helium wanted his freedom.