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10/25/2023
Former Fairfield Town Official Pleads Guilty to Larceny and Forgery Charges
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
(Rocky Hill, CT) – Chief State’s Attorney Patrick J. Griffin today announced that the Honorable Tracy Lee Dayton sentenced Fairfield’s former Chief Financial Officer Robert Mayer, age 81, of Fairfield, to a suspended sentence of 18 months in prison and three years of probation for offenses involving economic crimes associated with town records of contaminated material used at public property located in the town of Fairfield.
Mayer pleaded guilty today in Superior Court in Bridgeport to Larceny in the Fourth Degree in violation of Connecticut General Statutes § § 53a-119 and 53a-125 and Attempted Forgery in the Third Degree in violation of Connecticut General Statutes § § 53a-49 and 53a-140.
According to an arrest warrant affidavit, Mayer, the town of Fairfield’s former Chief Financial Officer, was charged with stealing files from the town, some of which police said were related to an investigation into the dumping of contaminated or hazardous materials on Town of Fairfield property, including at the Penfield Beach and Pavilion.
Mayer’s arrest was the result of a lengthy investigation by the Fairfield Police Department and the Statewide Prosecution Bureau of the Office of the Chief State’s Attorney.
The case was prosecuted by Senior Assistant State’s Attorneys Tamberlyn Chapman and Melissa L. Streeto of the Office of the Chief State’s Attorney, with the assistance of Inspector David Posadas.