Replies(4) Declan P. Kot (Fairfield Police Department) FAIRFIELD, CT — A former Easton firefighter is charged with manslaughter in connection with a Fairfield hit-and-run that killed a woman on the Fourth of July, according to court records. Kot was initially charged with misconduct with a motor vehicle, but as of Thursday, court records reflected the charge had been removed and replaced with a second-degree manslaughter charge. Kot is also charged with evidence tampering and evading responsibility. Subscribe Araujo was a resident of Matamoras, Pennsylvania, and was celebrating the holiday with family in Fairfield the day of the crash. She was walking her dog when Kot struck her with the side mirror of his white Dodge Ram pickup and fled the 2000 block of Redding Road, authorities said in July of last year. Police stopped Kot three days later while he was driving the suspect vehicle and arrested him the following evening.