Saturday, June 17, 2006

US Atty Apologizes for Disclosing Cocaine Use By Mayor

Who's Apologizing Now?

In "mobbed up" CT, you'd better apologize for stuff like this, even (or especially) if you're the FBI. And when was the last time you heard the phrase "drug lord"?

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"It was unfortunate; we addressed it immediately by having the document sealed and I issued an apology," he said. But that apology did not go directly to Fabrizi. Instead, it went to his attorney, J. Robert Gulash. Gulash could not be reached for comment Friday...

The now-sealed document is an FBI report on a series of interviews with Juan Marrero, an accused drug lord who, with his brother Victor, is cooperating in an ongoing investigation into cocaine, oxycodone, marijuana and steroid trafficking throughout Fairfield County and the Naugatuck Valley. So far, 29 people — including Juan and his brother Victor Marrero; Anthony Erodici, a state correction officer; Jeffrey Streck, a retired Bridgeport police detective, and Shawn Fardy, a Democratic Town Committee member — have been arrested. According to the report, about five months after his arrest on Feb. 19, 2005, Juan Marrero told the FBI he supplied Fardy with 15.5 grams of cocaine in 2004 after the town committee member said "Fabrizi was coming over" and "needed a hit." Marrero told the FBI that Fardy was a regular customer. He also said that Fardy claimed to have a video recording of the mayor using cocaine.