Prosecutor: State nears deal in police trooper's DUI case FacebookTwitterEmail 1of3 State police Sgt. John McDonald, right, appears with his attorney, Robert J. T. Britt, Monday in Superior Court in Middletown.Nicholas Rondinone / Hearst Connecticut MediaShow MoreShow Less 2of3 A file photo of the Route 188 intersection, looking west on Airport Road in Southbury, Conn.Peter Yankowski / Hearst Connecticut MediaShow MoreShow Less 3of3 MIDDLETOWN — The criminal case against a state trooper charged in a driving under the influence crash that hurt a woman and her daughter in September 2019 is “nearing a resolution,” a prosecutor said. In a brief hearing Monday before Superior Court Judge Kevin J. Murphy, Supervisory Assistant State’s Attorney Jeffrey Doskos said the case was “nearing a resolution” but he asked for a continuance at the request of an attorney for the victims in the crash.