Connecticut Native Christopher Annino wins Community Service Award

This year the BICA (Backyard Investigations and Criminal Apprehensions) have created an inaugural award show Main Page | BICA (bicaservices.wixsite.com) /BACM (Behavior analysis and crisis management) Main Page (bicaservices.wixsite.com) honoring various advocates and heroes. These individuals are being honored for exemplifying their efforts towards helping their community.

The Director William Regan originally announced the nominees of July 17, 2024 however due to distance and time they were mailed out this year.

The following are the categories and nominees for this year

Life Saving Award: Ajsela Ackerman and Christin Binney.

Explementary Service Award: Deputy Sherrif W. Prater, Attorney Marquis Bradshaw, Investigator Lisa Yellowbird, Investigator Brianna Kingsley, and Advocate Dr. C Matthews.

Community Spotlight Awards: Advocate Faye Seidler, Advocate Adam Martin, Surgeon Nicholas Adams, Influencer Josh Liljenquist, and Advocate Christopher Annino.

"Three of our very own personnel were awarded for their efforts outside of BACM/BICA

operations: Director of Chaplaincy Christopher Annino-Acting Executive Director of

BACM since the passing of the late Kay Bauer; Brianna Kingsley, Financial Investigator,

and Obaida Abuzayed; a new Lead Investigator, for their remarkable work" said Directing Private Investigator Sarah Miller for BICA.

Connecticut native Christopher Annino will be honored with this award for his work in community advocacy and service. Christopher Annino is an international award-winning actor/ filmmaker, co-founder of the New England Music Hall of Fame www.nemhof.com , co-founder of the Women’s Wrestling Hall of Fame www.womenswrestlinghalloffame.com , pro wrestler, and former professional fire fighter/ EMT. When he is not working on films, organizing events or pro wrestling he volunteers his time as a volunteer fire fighter, helping veterans, feeding the homeless, and as a Chaplain.

His parents always taught him to give back in 1999 he received Volunteer of the year for Special Olympics ARC of New London County of Connecticut. In 2014 he set a World Record Longest Vehicle Pull New London man tries setting world record - YouTube to help raise money for the Terri Brouder Breast Cancer Foundation Home - TBBCF Terri Brodeur Breast Cancer Foundation "When my friend Claudia Marks was diagnosed with Cancer I felt like I needed to do something so I figured I should pull Gab Glaza founder of Old School Iron Gym's SUV for a mile" said Annino.

That year he organized a float for Cancer Awareness for the Mystic Irish Parade and won 2014 Most Inspirational Parade Float Colors for a Cause: Mystic Irish Parade www.mysticirshparade.org

He is also involved with LGBT advocacy rights especially when he directed this music video for his dear friend Trans Advocate / bestselling author/ super model Caroline Cossey Caroline Cossey - Let Me Live by Queen - YouTube for Trans Day of Remembrance.

Also, through cinema he helped produce a LGBT documentary Holding Space for Each Other | Garde Arts Center directed by Constance Kristofik founder of OUT CT OutCT | New London Pride

Christopher Annino was born and raised in Connecticut however he originally lived for a brief time in Westerly, Rhode Island.

As a young child he was a multi-sport athlete and competed in the Amateur Athletic Union Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) (aausports.org) in fencing, track and field, weightlifting, and judo.

He competed in the Tri-State Horsemen's Association - TSHA CT RI MA | Tri-State Horsemen's Association WebStore (square.site) where he was a barrel racing champion and was trained by national horse competitor Tricia Babcock Babcock Horse Training, LLC Tricia K Babcock (babcockhorsetrainingllc.com)

"I would look up to certain athletes but more for odds they overcame and leadership abiliies people like NBA Hall of Famer John Stockton, one arm MLB pitcher Jim Abbott, NBA Hall of Fame Inductee Michael Jordan, NBA Hall of Fame Inductee Larry Bird, Major League Baseball Hall of Fame Inductee Cal Ripken Jr of course were people I truly admired. However it was more local heroes such as teacher / Olympian John Kelley, former Fire Chief Daniel Keogh, Uncle Joesph Wysocki, Aunt Karen Wysocki, Great Uncle Joseph Annino who won the Bronze Star in World War 2 , Former Groton Town Police Chief Peter Donahue, my father and mother both Florence Nightingale award winners, my cousin who was a teacher Leanne "Wysocki" Williams, my cousin NCAA Hall of Fame Athlete Brenda Jeane Post Killebrew Brenda (Post) Killebrew (2010) - Hall of Fame - Western New England University (wnegoldenbears.com) , Dr. Sheldon Gardner, Reverend Rilla Holmes, and my youth group leader Groton Town Police officer Doug Hoffman those are the people who mattered to me the most in my life" said Christopher Annino.

At Culter Middle School in Mystic, Connecticut is where he had teachers open his eyes the most at the possibilities. "If it wasn't most of the teachers at Cutler Middle School I would be totally lost. I gravitated towards history because it helped me gain knowledge of sociology, strategy and human behavior. We learn from mistakes for failed attempts ....the three history teachers who really enlightened me were Mr. Bing Bartick, Mr. Burt Rood, and Ms. Diane Portelance. The other people who helped me were my reading teacher Chaz Zezulka especially with the book he read us called the Button Boat which was about the great depression. And thank God for chorus teacher Mrs. Ruth Eichelberg. The one teacher who had the most impact on me wasn't even my teacher it was Ms. Linda Cady...I admit when I was young, I would constantly get in trouble for silly nonsense however these teachers I mentioned knew how to get my mind focused. Ms. Cady would usually see me sitting outside because I was usually in "trouble"...however I remember one day where she stood up to the very teacher who would keep me outside the hall . Ms. Cady took the time to talk to me and knew I had a brain and was not a troublemaker....she did not give up on me nor did those other teachers. That was a difficult time for me because I did not have many friends and zero support" said Annino.

He Attended Senior High School in Groton, Connecticut. There he lettered in football, track and field, drama, and chamber choir. While there he was elected to the National Honor Society https://www.nationalhonorsociety.org/ and International Thespian Society https://schooltheatre.org/international-thespian-society/ He wrote for the school newspaper and was also runner up for poet laureate.

Christopher Annino attended Mitchell College there he competed in the NCAA in Lacross Mitchell College (mitchellathletics.com) as both goalie and defender. At the time he was a member of the beginning of the first Mitchell College Rugby Club .

In his sophomore year at Mitchell College Christopher Annino attended and later graduated the Connecticut School of Broadcasting https://gocsb.com/ .

Aside from being a scholar athlete he was a member of the Mitchell College Drama Society and was student director for Brighton Beach Memoirs. As an actor he had supporting roles in Grease and Footloose.

He was editor for the student newspaper which at that time was called The Beacon and participated in the Mitchell College Concert Choir. While there he was inducted to Phi Theta Kappa International College Honor Society https://www.ptk.org/ , National Leadership Society https://www.nsls.org/ , and Chi Alpha Sigma Collegiate Athletic Honor Society https://www.chialphasigma.org/

"I had a lot of people at Mitchell College that truly helped me become a better person. Such professors were Ruth Higgens, Marc Goldsmith, Quelia McHugh, Andrew McHugh, Ken Kuzmitch and the then Dean of Students Gil Maffeo. I was fortunate to learn from all of these amazing teachers" said Annino.

After he graduated cum laude from Mitchell College in 2009 he became a professional fire fighter/ EMT. He Attended the Connecticut Fire Academy Connecticut Commission on Fire Prevention and Control where he got certified in Fire Fighter 1 and Hazardous Materials Operations.

While out of college Annino decided to compete in professional powerlifting, and football where he played for the New England Football League.

He was always a fan of pro wrestling and decided to pursue his dream to be a professional wrestler and was trained by NWA Hall of Fame Inductee Susan Tex Green, ECW legend Pitbull 1 Gary Wolf and later trained at WWE Hall of Fame Inductee Jimmy Valiant pro wrestling camp Home (bing.com) He wrestles as Rescue 911 Chris Valiant and The Intimidator Pitbull # 3.

In 2018 he became a Certified Chaplain of Chaplains on Call and Emergency Response Academy through former Chaplain Sarah Miller. The academy has now been changed to Operation Jayde forming which is now Behavioral Analysis and Crisis Management.

In 2024 he became a certified minister at Universal Life Church www.ulc.org as an ordained Minister.

Earlier this year he debuted as part of the new Pitbull's at the ECW arena as Pitbull number 3 alongside ECW original Pitbull 1 Gary Wolf. The Pitbull's were a pro wrestling tag team founded in the late 1980's by Gary Wolf and Anthoney Durante.

In 2024 he was asked to be a trainer at WWE Hall of Fame Inductee Jimmy Valiant Wrestling Camp, and he was given a proclamation for his involvement with music preservation by Senator Heather Somers - Connecticut Senate Republicans (ctsenaterepublicans.com)

He was recently featured in the Westerly Sun Newspaper for his Current accomplishments In the Easy Chair with Christopher Annino | In the Easy Chair | thewesterlysun.com

He was just signed a distribution deal with ECUSA TV network ECUSA TV™

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5) use the left hand menu to navigate around the App to either watch the “Live” stream or go to “Video on Demand” library to watch content click on your preferred streaming selection

Several of his films including

1. International Award-Winning Silent Times (2018) - IMDb Starring Olga Kurkulina of Kick Ass 2

2. NEMHOF News (TV Series 2020– ) - IMDb official New England Music Hall of Fame News affiliate.

3. Coming soon mockumentary Lolipop Gang (2024) - IMDb starring original GLOW Girl Jeanne Basone,

Cameo appearances Carlos Alazraqui, former WWE champion Bob Backlund, Noah Hathaway from the Never-Ending Story, Claudia Wells of Back to the Future , Gil Gerard of Buck Rogers, Erika Eleniak formerly of Baywatch.

This film has the finale footage of actress/ model Tawny Kitaen , Pro Wrestling Legend/ actor from Escape from New York Ox Baker, actor Gary Graham, and Felix Silla from the original Adams Family series and Buck Rogers before they passed away.

He is currently wrestling for Tough and Talented Wrestling, Showcase Pro Wrestling, Beantown Wrestling Alliance, Wrestling N Wrecovery with Dennis Lytle, Jason Knight's Assault Championship Wrestling, and Boogies Wrestling Camp live in Shawsville Virginia. He will be wrestling in United Kingdom, Canada, Tennessee, North Carolina, California, Texas, Florida, New York, New Jersey and throughout various states.

He is currently attending Western Governors University- for a Masters in Educational Leadership

"I owe a lot of my current success to Black Bear Karate Dojo http://www.blackbearkarate.com... Stonington, Ct traditional Okinawan Shōrin-ryū Karate, my fellow pro wrestlers, my amazing family, my faith, my fiancé Marsha Maraschino, and my friends," said Christopher Annino.

Christopher Annino will be working on a documentary "Build Her" a documentary that was inspired by IFBB legend and friend Joanna Thomas as well as NPC legend Dawn Whitham who was also a friend of Christopher Annino. British Female Body Builder and trainer Debrah Shelton from Active Bodies Coaching Active Bodies Coaching | Facebook along with her team Champion Sarah Page and Helena Gomm will be involved with this film.

"I learned a lot from former Chaplain Sarah Miller and my fellow former Chaplain Kay Bauer who passed away recently last year. Sarah Miller and I are working on several potential mental health and community building that might include music and pro wrestling" added Chaplain Christopher Annino.