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Friday, August 3, 2018

HARTFORD POLICE OFFICER ARRESTED AFTER DOMESTIC INCIDENT

53a-182 DISORDERLY CONDUCT CMisdemeanor 1 8/1/2018



Hartford Police Officer James Guzie was arrested Wednesday by East Windsor Police and charged with Disorderly Conduct after a Domestic disagreement in East Windsor..

Guzie was processed and released from Police Custody on a $1500.00 Non Surety Bond according to Judicial records.

Officer Guzie's next court date is Scheduled for August 22, 2018. Guzie is being represented by Hartford  Attorney Patrick   Tomasiewicz.

Guzie has been suspended as a Hartford Police Officer pending the disposition of this case.

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT FOR HARTFORD SCHOOLS TERMINATED AMID FRAUD ALLEGATIONS

Former Hartford Schools Executive  Director of Financial Management Joanna Laiscell ,left, and Hartford Superintendent of Schools Leslie Torres-Rodriguez, right.


The Hartford Schools  Executive Director of Financial Management, Joanna Laiscell  was suspended for "unspecified" reasons on  March 21, 2018. Now, according to a termination letter obtained through an FOI request by "We the People", Laiscell has been terminated amid allegations of financial and insurance fraud.

The allegations of fraud are detailed in the letter below from Hartford Superintendent of Schools Leslie Torres-Rodriguez sent to Laiscell on July 12th informing Laiscell of her termination.

The letter also claims that Laiscell altered an e-mail regarding an audit of the Board's Health care plan that detailed that "an estimated 320 dependents may be removed from the plan as a result of the audit". According to the Superintendent's letter, Laiscell removed that sentence before forwarding the e-mail on to the Superintendent.

It is unclear why Laiscell would have removed that sentence from the e-mail. It is also unclear if those "320 dependents" were on the insurance plan as a result of poor record keeping and lack of over sight or as a result of fraud. Either way, it is a substantial amount of money to potentially cover 320 people for Health Insurance they were not entitled to.

Laiscell did not return calls for comment.

 It is also unclear at this time if this matter is being investigated by the Hartford Police for any criminal prosecution  It also unclear what efforts the Hartford Schools intend to make to recover the dollar amount of the alleged fraud.

 fraud.Termination Letter - Joanna Laiscell HPS 7-12-2018 by Kevin Brookman on Scribd

Tuesday, July 31, 2018

BRIDGEPORT MAYOR JOE GANIM, AND CANDIDATE FOR GOVERNOR, ON "WE THE PEOPLE"

Bridgeport Mayor Joe Ganim was our guest on "We the People" Monday for an hour long discussion about his primary run for Governor of Connecticut. Nothing was off limits and Mayor Ganim talked candidly about being a convicted felon, his experiences as Mayor of Bridgeport, his ideas for Connecticut as well as his thoughts on Tolls, the Income tax and the opioid crisis. It was an interesting hour.