Southington restaurant holds fundraiser for Trooper First Class Aaron Pelletiers family NBC Connecticut [Video]

A Southington restaurant held a fundraiser Friday evening for the family of Trooper First Class Aaron Pelletier.

It was a packed house at Smoke and Muddle in Southington for a Friday dinner rush. The customers weren’t just there to eat and drink, but to honor a fallen state trooper.

“It’s just a beautiful, beautiful community and this is just evidence of that,” Laura Judge of Southington said.

A community that came out to support the family of Trooper First Class Aaron Pelletier  after he was hit and killed during a traffic stop on I-84 in town last week.

“For somebody that protects and serves us every day, it’s awful and we just wanted to help as much as possible,” Robin Cimino, owner of Smoke and Muddle, said.

She says that help is coming from 15 percent of all sales from customers who dined in along with a raffle which drew …