A Seymour woman has been fined by the state’s ethics oversight agency for accepting money from a bail bondsman during her time working for the Superior Court in New Haven.
Jill D’Antona agreed to pay a $600 fine and to avoid accepting state contracts or employment for two years, under a consent order she signed with the Office of State Ethics.
The Office of State Ethics issued a press release Thursday on the settlement.
Click here to view the consent order.
According to the consent order, D’Antona worked as a court marshal in New Haven from 2000 to 2007, providing courthouse security and transportation of prisoners.
As a marshal, D’Antona was state employee, and therefore was expected to follow the state code of ethics.
D’Antona accepted no less than $1,500 in cash from a bail bondsman working for Jacobs Bail Bond, in exchange for information about prisoners, the settlement states.
By signing the consent order, D’Antona agreed that she violated the state code of ethics sections that deal with state employees using their office to accept personal gain.
D’Antona pleaded guilty in federal court in 2008 to one count of soliciting and accepting a gratuity, according to the press release issued by Carol Carson, the executive director of the Office of State Ethics.
She was ordered to serve one year probation, four months of which were spent in home confinement, and perform 100 hours of community service.
“State employees are paid by the state to perform their duties in a fair and equitable manner,” Carson wrote in the press release. “Their state positions are not avenues for additional income, and state employees may not take actions that favor those who offer such compensation.”
Click here to read a previous story about how a judge took mercy on D’Antona, who’s a single mom.
