FAIRFIELD - The town’s superintendent of public works is accused by police of accepting bribes to allow a local construction company to dump truckloads of demolition material containing high levels of PCBs and lead onto property adjacent to the public works garage.
Fairfield has been locked in a legal battle with Julian Enterprises since May 2017, when the town sued to force the company to pay the town $3 million in damages.
But recently police raided the office of Julian Enterprises on Meadow Street in Fairfield, hauling away boxes of records. Police also obtained records from the Fairfield County Bank in Ridgefield.
“These are simply allegations that haven’t been proven in court, and my client is confident they will be exonerated at trial,” said Julian’s lawyer, Thomas Cotter.
Scott Bartlett, the town’s superintendent of public works, who has not been charged, did not return calls for comment.
“These affiants have probable cause to believe that evidence of a conspiracy between Scott Bartlett and Julian Development personnel to commit environmental crimes as well as larcenies is located in the business offices of Julian Development AKA Julian Enterprises,” states the search warrant application for the company’s office that was obtained by Hearst Connecticut Media.
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“Statements of town employees suggest that Bartlett was influenced by Julian Management through benefits provided him and/or his son, who is an employee of Julian Development and support the belief that Julian Development...
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