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State Police officer Sgt. John McDonald, left, appeared in Middletown Superior Court with his attorney Robert Britt in Middletown, Conn. on Monday, Jan. 27, 2020. McDonald, a Connecticut state trooper charged in DUI crash that injured a mother and her daughter, is expected to enter a plea on Monday. (Jim Shannon/Republican-American via AP, Pool)Jim Shannon / Associated PressShow MoreShow Less
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Connecticut State Trooper Sgt. John McDonald leaves Superior Court in Middletown on Monday morning, January 27, 2020, in Middletown, Conn.H John Voorhees III / Hearst Connecticut MediaShow MoreShow Less
Prosecutor: State trooper reaches plea deal in DUI accident
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State Police officer Sgt. John McDonald, left, appeared in Middletown Superior Court with his attorney Robert Britt in Middletown, Conn. on Monday, Jan. 27, 2020. McDonald, a Connecticut state trooper charged in DUI crash that injured a mother and her daughter, is expected to enter a plea on Monday. (Jim Shannon/Republican-American via AP, Pool)Jim Shannon / Associated Press
MIDDLETOWN State police Sgt. John McDonald will not face jail time in connection with a DUI accident that injured two people in Southbury if he successfully completes a court diversion program, according to a plea agreement announced Thursday.
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Charged in a DUI crash and stripped of his police powers, this CT state trooper still collects salary, overtime
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State Police officer Sgt. John McDonald, left, appeared in Middletown Superior Court with his attorney Robert Britt in Middletown, Conn. on Monday, Jan. 27, 2020. McDonald, a Connecticut state trooper charged in DUI crash that injured a mother and her daughter, is expected to enter a plea on Monday. (Jim Shannon/Republican-American via AP, Pool)Jim Shannon / Associated PressShow MoreShow Less
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Connecticut State Trooper Sgt. John McDonald leaves Superior Court in Middletown on Monday morning, January 27, 2020, in Middletown, Conn.H John Voorhees III / Hearst Connecticut MediaShow MoreShow Less
Prosecutor: State nears deal in police trooper s DUI case
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State police Sgt. John McDonald, right, appears with his attorney, Robert J. T. Britt, Monday in Superior Court in Middletown.Nicholas Rondinone / Hearst Connecticut MediaShow MoreShow Less
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A file photo of the Route 188 intersection, looking west on Airport Road in Southbury, Conn.Peter Yankowski / Hearst Connecticut MediaShow MoreShow Less
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MIDDLETOWN The criminal case against a state trooper charged in a driving under the influence crash that hurt a woman and her daughter in September 2019 is “nearing a resolution,” a prosecutor said.
In a brief hearing Monday before Superior Court Judge Kevin J. Murphy, Supervisory Assistant State’s Attorney Jeffrey Doskos said the case was “nearing a resolution” but he asked for a continuance at the request of an attorney for the victims in the crash.
Prosecutor: State nears deal in police trooper s DUI case
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State police Sgt. John McDonald, right, appears with his attorney, Robert J. T. Britt, Monday in Superior Court in Middletown.Nicholas Rondinone / Hearst Connecticut MediaShow MoreShow Less
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A file photo of the Route 188 intersection, looking west on Airport Road in Southbury, Conn.Peter Yankowski / Hearst Connecticut MediaShow MoreShow Less
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MIDDLETOWN The criminal case against a state trooper charged in a driving under the influence crash that hurt a woman and her daughter in September 2019 is “nearing a resolution,” a prosecutor said.
In a brief hearing Monday before Superior Court Judge Kevin J. Murphy, Supervisory Assistant State’s Attorney Jeffrey Doskos said the case was “nearing a resolution” but he asked for a continuance at the request of an attorney for the victims in the crash.