North-Central Connecticut Lawyer Indicted On Tax Evasion Charges

GLASTONBURY, CT — An area lawyer has been charged with evading federal taxes.

John H. Durham, United States attorney for the District of Connecticut, and Kristina O’Connell, special agent in charge of Internal Revenue Service Criminal Investigation in New England, said that a grand jury in New Haven on Firdau returned an indictment charging Deron D. Freman, 45, of Glastonbury, with two counts of filing false tax returns.

Freeman is lawyer who owns and operates The Law Offices of Deron Freeman in Hartford.

According to the indictment, Freeman has practiced primarily in the areas of personal injury and criminal law. In 2011 and 2012, Freeman filed false tax returns that understated his income and, in turn, his tax liability.

If convicted of the charges, Freeman faces a maximum prison term of three years on each count.

Freeman’s arraignment is scheduled for September 10 before U.S. Magistrate Judge William I. Garfinkel in Bridgeport.