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...
Suit: Signs were there – Attorney claims former Waterbury priest preyed on children
Republican-AmericanMichael PufferWATERBURY — An attorney suing the Archdiocese of Hartford claims former priest Louis Paturzo allowed children from troubled homes to sleep in the rectory of Hartford's Sacred Heart Parish.This should have been a red flag for Archdiocese of Hartford officials before his client was abused in the mid-1980s, said attorney Joel...