A Fairfield man who was previously that town’s public works superintendent has been sentenced to serve 18 months in prison for offenses involving “the pollution of public property” located in that municipality, according to federal authorities.
Scott Bartlett, 61, of Fairfield, was sentenced to a total of four years in prison, to be suspended after he serves 18 months, but also to three years of probation and to pay restitution for “costs the town of Fairfield incurred for the remediation of contaminated sites associated with the charges,” according to federal authorities.
Authorities did not name the amount of restitution Bartlett owes,
Authorities said Bartlett was convicted by a jury of eight felony offenses on May 5, including: three counts of transporting solid waste to an unpermitted facility, three counts of receiving solid waste at an unpermitted facility, disposing of solid waste without a permit, and operating a solid waste facility without a permit. The sentence was imposed by Judge Tracy Lee Dayton.
Authorities, citing evidence presented at trial, said that Bartlett, who Fairfield’s former public works superintendent, was “involved in the dumping of contaminated or hazardous materials at the property from May 2018 until June 2018.”
Authorities said in a statement that the court “granted the defendant’s motion for judgment of acquittal on two counts of the Information” and Bartlett was sentenced on the remaining counts.
The trial followed an investigation by the Fairfield Police Department and the Office of the Chief State’s Attorney, which “uncovered a years-long illegal dumping operation on town-owned property on Richard White Way,” authorities said in the statement.
Authorities said the matter was prosecuted by Senior Assistant State’s Attorneys Tamberlyn Chapman and Melissa L. Streeto of the office of the Chief State’s Attorney and former Supervisory Assistant State’s Attorney C. Robert Satti Jr. of the Fairfield State’s Attorney’s Office, with assistance from Inspector David Posadas, also of the office of the Chief State’s Attorney, and the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection.
Bartlett and five other defendants are awaiting trial on additional environmental and corruption charges in Bridgeport Superior Court, authorities said.
