Michael Yagmin, the New Britain fire lieutenant who was fired last year over his role in a drug scandal, was found dead at his apartment Wednesday.
Police have not determined how Yagmin, 38, died, but.
The secretive drug ring came to light after the death of 36-year-old Firefighter Matt Dizney at his Southington home on Jan. 26, 2022. A medical examiner concluded part of the cause was “acute intoxication” from a mix of horse tranquilizers, fentanyl and other drugs.
In a sharply worded report, an arbitrator has ruled against the New Britain firefighter who claimed he was wrongly fired in connection with the secretive fire department drug ring that led to a major scandal last year.
While excessive drinking is still vastly more common in the fire service than drug addiction, the sort of Adderall, marijuana and fentanyl use that allegedly took place in New Britain’s fire department isn’t entirely uncommon, experts say.
After the suspected overdose death of an off-duty city firefighter in January, New Britain suspended seven firefighters and fired another in connection with an apparent ring that used drugs at various firehouses.