Bail Magistrate Stephanie Johnson ignored evidence that Michael Gleason Jr. was dangerous and allowed him to walk free months before he murdered his estranged wife. That was the finding of a court-appointed commission looking into Gleason’s murder of 25-year-old Marisol Fuentes at a Berlin restaurant in July.

The Internal Review Committee appointed by Chief Justice Gordon MacDonald was tasked with reviewing the conduct of court officials involved in Gleason’s criminal cases. It released its final report Monday criticizing Johnson for ignoring the evidence of Gleason’s potential for violence when she rejected the Berlin Police Department’s request that he be detained and instead released the 50-year-old repeat offender on cash bond.

“Implicit in the magistrate’s decision was a determi

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