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Republican Fazio gets endorsement of police unions in Greenwich, Stamford in Senate race
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Ryan Fazio, a Republican candidate for the 36th District State Senate special election, poses at Greenwich Commons in Greenwich, Conn. Wednesday, July 28, 2021. Fazio was backed this week by Greenwich and Stamford’s police unions.Tyler Sizemore / Hearst Connecticut Media
The police unions in both Greenwich and Stamford are throwing their support behind Republican Ryan Fazio in the special election for the 36th Senate District.
The Silver Shield Association of Greenwich sent out its endorsement Tuesday for Fazio in the three-way race to finish the term of Alex Kasser, who resigned in late June. The union cited his opposition to the police accountability act signed into law last summer in Connecticut after nationwide protests over the murder of George Floyd by Minneapolis police officers. Kasser voted for the bill, which was heavily criticized by police unions across the
Published July 24. 2021 12:13AM
GREENWICH (AP) A former officer for the Greenwich Police Department has been sentenced to six months in prison on charges that he acquired guns and transferred them to a known felon.
Joseph Ryan, who retired as a sergeant in July 2019, apologized as he was sentenced Thursday in federal court in New Haven.
“I m very sorry for my behavior. I ve disgraced myself and my family,” Ryan, 58, said in comments reported by Hearst Connecticut Media.
In April 2019, Ryan acquired guns from the Ansonia police department that he later gave to his heroin dealer, who also was a convicted felon, according to court papers. He was not acting in his capacity as a police officer when he obtained the guns, officials said.
Former Greenwich police sergeant sentenced to six months in federal prison in gun-related case
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GREENWICH Joseph Ryan, a former Greenwich police sergeant, told the court “I’ve disgraced myself and my family” as he was sentenced to six months in federal prison on a gun-related offense.
Judge Jeffrey Meyer imposed the sentence in U.S. District Court in New Haven on Thursday, saying the former police officer had carried out an “abuse” of his position.
In April, Ryan pleaded guilty to one count of unlawful possession of firearms by a prohibited person. Prosecutors said he had acquired guns and then transferred them to a known felon, who was his heroin dealer.
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