Perez, Dunn to testify in assistant police chief trial
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The appointment of Acting Police Chief Rebeca Garcia is being challenged in court.Ned Gerard / Hearst Connecticut Media
BRIDGEPORT Former Police Chief Armando “AJ” Perez and former personnel director David Dunn are heading for federal prison for cheating on the police chief’s exam but first they may have to make a stop in state court.
Both men are to be the star witnesses in a civil trial beginning Thursday challenging the selection of Rebeca Garcia as the Police Department’s assistant chief. Garcia was made acting police chief following Perez’s arrest.
Bridgeport s Perez and Dunn likely going to minimum security prisons
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Former Police Chief Armando Perez in front of the Federal Courthouse in Bridgeport, Conn.Ned Gerard / Associated PressShow MoreShow Less
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Bridgeport s former personnel director David Dunn leaves Federal Court in Bridgeport, Conn.Brad Horrigan / Associated PressShow MoreShow Less
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BRIDGEPORT Former city police chief Armando “AJ” Perez and personnel director David Dunn will likely end up in a minimum security prison.
Perez was sentenced Monday to a year and a day behind bars and Dunn to four months on Tuesday for their roles in cheating on the police chief selection process to make Perez police chief.
Feds seek prison for former Bridgeport personnel director
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David Dunn leaves the federal courthouse after he and former Bridgeport police chief Armando Perez were arrested on Thursday Sept. 10, 2020.Christian Abraham / Hearst Connecticut Media
BRIDGEPORT David Dunn, the city’s former personnel director, should also face “a meaningful term of imprisonment” for helping former Police Chief Armando Perez cheat on the chief selection process and then lying to the FBI about it, federal prosecutors said Wednesday.
As they did Tuesday with Perez, federal prosecutors filed a memorandum in U.S. District Court seeking prison time for Dunn.
Perez, 65, and the 73-year-old Dunn are facing up to two years in prison when Perez is sentenced by U.S. District Judge Kari Dooley on April 12 and Dunn on April 13. Both men are also expected to be ordered to make nearly $300,000 in total restitution to the city for their actions.
Feds ask judge to give Perez meaningful prison term
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Former Police Chief Armando Perez faces sentencing in cheating scandal.Ned Gerard / Associated Press
BRIDGEPORT Former Bridgeport Police Chief Armando Perez deserves a “meaningful term of imprisonment” for engaging in a nine-month conspiracy to secretly rig the police chief selection process and then lie about it, federal prosecutors told a judge Tuesday.
“Perez’s conduct has significantly undermined trust in the BPD and the city’s government. Perez and his co-defendant took from the citizens of Bridgeport their expectation that the city would be run in their best interests, and not be manipulated for the benefit of influential and well-connected individuals,” the prosecutors stated in a memorandum filed in U.S. District Court.
Ex-Fairfield town officials plead not guilty to illegal dumping charges
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Former Fairfield Fairfield Public Works SuperintendentScott Bartlett, of Fairfield, pleaded not guilty Tuesday to dumping charges.Fairfield Police Department / Contributed photoShow MoreShow Less
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Former Fairfield Public Works Director Joseph Michaelangelo entered not guilty pleas in dumping case.Genevieve Reilly / Genevieve ReillyShow MoreShow Less
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Former Fairfield Conservation Director Brian Carey also entered not guilty pleas Tuesday.Genevieve Reilly / Hearst Connecticut MediaShow MoreShow Less
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Emmet Hibson, former Fairfield Human Resources Director, (on right) pleaded not guilty Tuesday in dumping case.Lindsay Niegelberg / Lindsay NiegelbergShow MoreShow Less