Man Pleads No Contest in Crash That Killed Cheshire Teen

A Berlin man pleaded no contest to a manslaughter charge in connection to a 2014 motor vehicle accident that killed his girlfriend, Isabella Gozzo, 19, of Cheshire, according to the Meriden Record-Journal.

The Record-Journal reports Anthony Longo, 23, of 23 Iris Way, will be sentenced in May and the plea deal consists of 10 years in prison, suspended after four years served, followed by three years of probation.

Longo was arrested by Connecticut State Police last August and charged with operating under the influence of alcohol or drugs, second-degree manslaughter under the influence, second-degree assault with a motor vehicle and failure to drive in established lane.

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Longo was accused of driving with a blood alcohol level of .154 and with “cannibinoids in his system the night of Dec. 13, 2014,” according to a police report.

Police said Longo lost control of his vehicle at about 2:17 a.m. heading southbound on Route 9 near the Exit 21 off-ramp and it spun around, striking a reflective post, a light pole and a rock ledge before becoming airborne.

Upon landing, the vehicle rolled over “an undetermined number of times ejecting the passenger (Gozzo),” according to police.

Gozzo was a 2014 graduate of Cheshire High School. Hundreds of friends and classmates attended a vigil at the high school in the days following the crash.

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