A murder charge against a Shelton man was continued to next month at Superior Court in Milford Tuesday.
Thomas Infante was charged with murder last September after police said he shot his wife of 27 years to death in the family’s Hickory Lane home.
Infante was scheduled to appear Tuesday in Milford court, but the case was continued to Feb. 9 because his lawyer wasn’t available.
Infante remains held on $1.5 million bond at Northern Correctional Institution in Somers. He has pleaded not guilty in the case.
The Valley Indy has been keeping track of a handful of other local court cases. Here’s the latest on a few of them:
Also due Tuesday in Milford was Jesse Rallis, a Seymour Ambulance Association volunteer accused of possessing child pornography, enticing a minor by computer, and risk of injury to a minor.
Rallis’ case was continued to March 8 after his lawyer spoke with a prosecutor behind closed doors. He has pleaded not guilty to the charges, and posted $50,000 bond in the case after his arrest.
Another Valley case on the docket in Milford, against 23-year-old Robert Torelli of Branford, was continued to Feb. 25 Tuesday per an agreement between prosecutors and Torelli’s lawyer.
Torelli and several others are accused of plotting to rob a Shelton man from whose house they hoped to steal drugs last September. Two of his co-defendants — Joseph Cahill and Shawn Craig — are due at Milford court Jan. 29 and Feb. 11, respectively. Specific details against two other defendants are not publicly available because they are 17 years old.
In another case, a former Shelton high school teacher is due at Superior Court in Derby Feb. 17.
George Perduta was charged with disorderly conduct Sept. 8 after police said an investigation revealed he took a 17-year-old female student out to dinner, then kissed her on the forehead.
Perduta resigned as a teacher about a month after the dinner. He was scheduled to appear at Superior Court in Derby Jan. 19, but the case was continued to Feb. 17.
A prosecutor said in court that Perduta may apply for accelerated rehabilitation, a special form of probation that results in criminal charges against first-time offenders being dismissed.
