Crime & Safety
Trumbull Man Sentenced for Fatal DUI Crash
A man who was elected to the Town Council and resigned shortly after will receive prison time.
TRUMBULL, CT—Trumbull resident Robert McGowan was sentenced to a four-year prison term after he pleaded guilty to causing a fatal crash in New Jersey.
The incident happened in October 2011 in Westfield, N.J., according to NBC Connecticut.
McGowan won a seat on the Town Council shortly before he was indicted on the charge in November 2015. He resigned shortly after.
McGowan was indicted on a vehicular homicide charge last year in connection with an accident that killed Peter Tyliczka, 69, of Old Bridge on Oct. 1, 2011.
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