NORWICH, Conn. -- A Norwich police officer is vowing that he will be "cleared of all charges" against him after being accused of punching two women in the face.

Officer Jamie Longolucco spoke with Eyewitness News on Friday after pleading not guilty to assaulting the pair of women.

ONLY ON 3: Officer Blames Department For Charges

Longolucco is accused of punching the women while off duty in New London last month. The women told police that Longolucco punched them after one of them rejected his advances.

"I'm gonna fight this case like a bulldog," Longolucco told Eyewitness News. "Like a bulldog with rabies."

Longolucco blamed the police department for the charges brought against him.

"The New London Police Department's investigation is shoddy, and not only shoddy, but could have been done better by a rookie out of the police department," he said.

Longolucco also expressed unkind words for fellow Norwich Officer Damien Martin. Martin was with him at the time of the alleged attack and contradicted Longolucco's statement that he was attacked by one of the women.

"I'm gonna fight this case like a bulldog, like a bulldog with rabies." -- Jamie Longolucco Norwich Police Officer

"Officer Martin has been psychiatrically evaluated by me for numerous psychiatric problems. He's on numerous medications for psychiatric problems, and has been committed to a detox facility for alcoholism," Longolucco said.

When Channel 3 Eyewitness News reporter Len Besthoff asked Longolucco why he was at the apartment with Martin, he said, "The truth will come out. The truth will come out, and I will be vindicated, and my name will be cleared."

Neither Norwich nor New London's police departments said they could respond to Longolucco's comments.

The Norwich officer is due back in court next month.

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