NORWICH, Conn. -- Police arrested one of their own overnight amid accusations that he punched two women in the face last month.

Authorities arrested Officer Jamie Longolucco late Monday night, and the department is investigating another officer.

Channel 3 Eyewitness News reporter Len Besthoff reported someone from an apartment complex in New London called police there with a noise complaint early one Saturday morning last month.

After some investigation, the police department determined a pair of off-duty Norwich police officers had been there visiting two women. Investigators identified one of the officers as Longolucco, who was accused of punching the women in the face.

The women told investigators Longolucco made advances toward one of them, and when asked to leave, he refused.

Longolucco told investigators the women were lying, yet at one point, he changed part of his own story, Besthoff reported.

The other off-duty officer was identified as Damien Martin, who police said refuted most of what Longolucco had said.

Martin told investigators that after leaving the apartment, Longolucco drove the pair to Rhode Island, and then called his wife, telling her he needed $50,000 wired to him so he could fly down to Florida and hide out for a while, Besthoff reported.

Longolucco's wife, who spoke with Eyewitness News late Tuesday afternoon via telephone, said her husband did not ask to have money wired so he could flee to Florida.

She disputed much of the material cited in the arrest warrant, saying she would hate to see his reputation ruined considering all the good things he's done during his nine years on the force.

Following the officer's arrest, Norwich Police Chief Louis Fusaro said, "We are disturbed by this type of incident."

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