2 Dumping Convictions Dropped For Ex-Fairfield DPW Executive: Report

FAIRFIELD, CT — Two of eight convictions against Fairfield's former public works superintendent Scott Bartlett have been dropped in the Fairfield fill pile case, after a Superior Court judge ruled that there was not enough evidence for the two charges, the Connecticut Post reported.

The two convictions cleared by Judge Tracy Lee Dayton had to do with illegal solid waste disposal on specific days; Dayton reportedly said during a hearing Wednesday that she did not see evidence to support those convictions.

Bartlett still faces the potential of more than a decade in prison when sentenced on July 24 in connection with the six related charges for which he was convicted.

Seven people, most of whom are former Fairfield officials, were arrested in connection with the fill pile case, in which prosecutors said that toxic fill material was illegally dumped by the defendants throughout town.

Brian Carey, one of the defendants, was found not guilty in May of some of the charges, but still faces another trial this summer with the others.

Former public works director Joe Michelangelo pleaded guilty, and is testifying against the other six.

Read the Connecticut Post story.