Sent pics to an undercover det. of “an elaborate sado-masochism room with multiple beds with whips and chains and handcuffs on the wall”
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Undercover agreed to drop a “sixth-grade” girl off at the trailer Tuesday in the parking lot near Baymont Inn and Suites, the hotel that Hessler owns,
The suspect said he hoped to “train” a preteen child that is in a foster home or with the Connecticut Department of Children and Families.
One photo showed a heavy metal cage with a padlock.
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Mattresses, undergarments, toys found near dumpster of Vernon ‘sex dungeon’.
He was a volunteer EMT for the Ellington Ambulance Corps & the owner of Baymont Inn & Suites in Manchester.
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His Ellington ambulance vehicle was still parked there.
Admitted to “training slaves for more than 20 years.”
Lived with his wife and 16-year-old step child.
@EastHartfordPD and and CT State Police @CT_STATE_POLICE, especially, Detective Samantha McCord, who posed as a pimp and human trafficker online and engaged pedophile Simon Hessler in a series of conversations that led to his arrest.
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"He had messaged a young women that was homeless looking for a place to stay."
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But when that failed, she spoke with the Connecticut State Police in March, after the First Selectman Lori Spielman reported an incident to police.
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