Brian Carey, 45, the town’s former interim public works director and town conservation director, turned down a plea bargain of eight years, suspended after he served four years in prison and followed by probation. The judge then continued the case to April 10 when jury selection is scheduled to begin for the trial of both Carey and Scott Bartlett, former public works superintendent. Carey and Bartlett are both charged in this case with numerous counts of illegally disposing solid waste and violating the regulations on the disposal of solid waste. They are accused of allowing contaminated soil dredged from Owen Fish Pond to be used to build a berm around the town’s public works site and then trying to cover up that fact. Over 40 truckloads of debris and dirt were removed from the Stratfield Road pond during a three-week period in 2018.
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