Shelton Corruption Probe
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Jodie Mozdzer Gil | Apr 4, 2011 6:27 pm
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Former Building Official Elliot Wilson will be locked up Wednesday for his conviction in the federal corruption probe in Shelton.
But as of Monday afternoon, his employment status at City Hall was still up in the air.
Wilson, 67, has not resigned or been fired — and he’s waiting to hear whether the city will let him retire.
“Nothing’s definite yet,” said Wilson, who hasn’t been paid by the city since being placed on administrative leave in January 2010.
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‘48 Hours From Prison, Shelton Job Still Up In Air’
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Jodie Mozdzer Gil | Mar 3, 2011 1:12 pm
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Mayor Mark Lauretti said he plans to meet with city labor attorneys Friday to discuss the future of Elliot Wilson’s employment with city hall.
Wilson, 67, has been on unpaid leave from his job as head building official since he pleaded guilty to lying to a federal grand jury last January.
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‘No Answer On Wilson’s Employment In Shelton’
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Jodie Mozdzer Gil | Feb 23, 2011 9:10 pm
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Elliot Wilson isn’t sophisticated — and he was scared.
So that’s why he lied to a federal grand jury about corruption in Shelton, according to his attorney, Michael Hillis.
But it doesn’t explain why Wilson, the city’s former head building inspector, accepted gifts, cash and favors for a decade before the grand jury inquisition.
For that reason, U.S. District Judge Charles S. Haight Jr. said he had to sentence Wilson to jail for the single charge against him — lying to a federal grand jury.
Wilson, 67, was sentenced Wednesday to five months in a federal prison followed by five months served on house arrest and two years of supervised release.
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‘Shelton Official Is Going To Jail’
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Jodie Mozdzer | Feb 9, 2011 11:50 pm
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One is in jail. The other is 83-years old with a tarnished reputation.
Hopefully, someone learned a lesson.
That was the message from U.S. District Judge Charles S. Haight Jr. Wednesday as he sentenced Peter Botti, Sr. to a year of probation and a $3,000 fine at U.S. District Court in New Haven.
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‘Botti: Upright Citizen Turned Felon’
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Jodie Mozdzer Gil | Jan 3, 2011 3:35 pm
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In 2010, federal agents and prosecutors tightened the net on their corruption investigation in Shelton — and snared the city’s head building official and two powerful developers.
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‘Stories of The Year: Corruption Probe Heats Up’
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Thomas MacMillan | Oct 21, 2010 12:09 pm
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Developer Robert Scinto Thursday pleaded guilty to making a false statement to federal agents.
He appeared before Judge William Garfinkel at U.S. District Court in Bridgeport.
Scinto faces up to five years in prison and a fine of $250,000 for the charge.
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‘UPDATE: Scinto Pleads Guilty In Federal Corruption Probe’
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Jodie Mozdzer Gil | Oct 14, 2010 11:21 am
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A federal judge has agreed to dismiss remaining unresolved charges against Shelton developer James Botti.
Senior U.S. District Judge Charles Haight Wednesday granted a motion from government attorneys asking to dismiss the bribery and corruption charges against Botti that a jury deadlocked on during his trial this past spring.
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‘Charges Dismissed Against Botti’
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Ann Marie Somma | Nov 4, 2009 4:50 am
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Where do you hide $870,000 in cash from the IRS?
Shelton developer James Botti hid $870,000 in the exterior soffits of his father’s home in 2006 after IRS agents began closing in on him, according to testimony Tuesday in Botti’s federal money structuring trial in U.S. District Court in New Haven.
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‘DAY TWO: BOTTI CRIMINAL TRIAL’
