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A Superior Court jury convicted a former Fairfield official of dumping contaminated soil from a pond into town property.

The prosecutor asked the judge to set a bond of $250,000, a low figure for a murder case,...

The prosecutor asked the judge to set a bond of $250,000, a low figure for a murder case,...

The man wanted in connection with the Friday night homicide in Bridgeport surrendered to...

Second prison sentence handed down in police chief scandal PAT EATON-ROBB, Associated Press FacebookTwitterEmail FILE - In this Oct. 5, 2020 file photo, Bridgeports acting personnel director David Dunn leaves Federal Court in Bridgeport, Conn., after pleading guilty. The former personnel director for the city of Bridgeport was sentenced, Tuesday, April 13, 2021, to four months in federal prison for helping rig the hiring process for the citys police chief in 2018. (Brad Horrigan/Hartford Coura...

Published April 12. 2021 11:10PM  By DAVE COLLINS, Associated Press The former police chief of Connecticuts largest city was sentenced Monday to one year and one day in prison for rigging the hiring process that led to his appointment in 2018. A federal judge in Bridgeport handed down the punishment to Armando “A.J.” Perez, who rose through the ranks of Bridgeport police to lead the department as its first Hispanic chief over a nearly four-decade career there. He and the citys former actin...

Ex-police chief gets 1 year in prison for hiring scandal DAVE COLLINS, Associated Press FacebookTwitterEmail 3 1of3FILE - In this April 29, 2019 file photo, Bridgeport Police Chief Armando "A.J." Perez speaks during an interview at the Police Training Academy in Bridgeport, Conn. The former police chief of Connecticuts largest city has been sentenced to one year in prison for rigging the hiring process that led to his appointment in 2018. (Ned Gerard/Hearst Connecticut Media via AP...

Ex-police chief gets 1 year in prison for hiring scandal Poll Will you visit a business if they open in spite of health restrictions that say they can’t? Yes The former police chief of Connecticut’s largest city was sentenced Monday to one year and one day in prison for rigging the hiring process that led to his appointment in 2018. A federal judge in Bridgeport handed down the punishment to Armando “A.J.” Perez, who rose through the ranks of Bridgeport police to lead the department o...

Federal sentencing hearing pushed back for Bridgeports ex-personnel director who lied to FBI FacebookTwitterEmail Former City of Bridgeport Personnel Director David Dunn arrives at the Federal Courthouse in Bridgeport, Conn. Oct. 5, 2020. Dunn pleading guilty Monday to conspiring to rig the examination process that led to his appointment as police chief and then lying to the FBI about it.Ned Gerard / Hearst Connecticut Media BRIDGEPORT — Former City Personnel Director David Dunn has been gran...