Crime & Safety

Convicted Milford Murderer Found Guilty of Another Crime

Matthew Pugh was back in the courtroom for a shooting/robbery case that occurred in New Haven.

Update: Register reporter Randall Beach reports that the jury found Pugh guilty of assault and robbery.

Original story: Convicted murderer Matthew Pugh testified that he was working at the time of a robbery/shooting that occurred in New Haven during 2008.

Pugh was sentenced to 60 years in prison last year for the 2006 killing of his former girlfriend Alexandra Ducsay.

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Pugh testified that he worked a night shift job in Stratford on the night of the robbery/shooting that occurred in New Haven, according to the New Haven Register. The victim was a Yale graduate student.

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Workers at Connecticut Distributors searched for time card records from 2008 to see if Pugh was telling the truth, but couldn't come across any. A manager said he had no recollection who worked the night of the robbery.

Read the full Register story here.

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