Crime & Safety

Probate Judge From Naugutuck Cuts Deal On DUI Charges

61-year-old Peter Mariano serves four days of a one-year sentence handed down in Waterbury Superior Court.

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More than a year ago, Naugatuck police arrested 61-year-old probate judge Peter Mariano for drunk driving, among other charges. This week, he cut a plea deal that resulted in him only serving a few days on a one-year sentence.
More than a year ago, Naugatuck police arrested 61-year-old probate judge Peter Mariano for drunk driving, among other charges. This week, he cut a plea deal that resulted in him only serving a few days on a one-year sentence. (Al Branch/Patch)

WATERBURY — A probate judge serving Naugatuck, Beacon Falls, Prospect and Middlebury was sentence to a year in jail Monday for three drunk-driving charges among other charges.

But 61-year-old Republican Probate Judge Peter Mariano served just four days for the charges after he pleaded guilty to two counts of operating under the influence as a first-time offender and second degree reckless endangerment in Waterbury Superior Court, according the to the Citizen's News publication.

According to the Citizen's News, Naugatuck police last year charged Mariano with three counts of operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of alcohol and driving with a suspended license.

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