The DayKaren FlorinThe New London-Waterford Speedbowl, which wealthy businessman Bruce J. Bemer bought at auction in 2014, is on track for a delayed opening this season and its future ownership is in question amid a sex trafficking scandal unprecedented in Connecticut.Convicted of sex trafficking crimes Wednesday, Bemer, 65, of Glastonbury...
Bemer found guilty in sex trafficking case
The DayKaren FlorinA jury in Danbury Superior Court on Wednesday found businessman Bruce J. Bemer guilty of sex trafficking charges that could land him a prison term of up to 60 years and appears to strengthen the civil lawsuits brought by about a dozen men who claim he victimized them.Bemer,...
State rests its sex trafficking case against Waterford Speedbowl owner
The DayKaren FlorinBusinessman Bruce J. Bemer and Robert King exchanged photos and text messages about the young men King was providing to Bemer for sexual encounters, according to testimony Thursday at Bemer's sex trafficking trial in Danbury Superior Court."Boyfriends? Are you bringing them to the races?" Bemer asked in one...