Ex-Ansonia alderman gets 37 months in marijuana case (document)

By Michelle Tuccitto Sullo
Naugatuck Valley Bureau Chief
HARTFORD — A former Seymour police officer and Ansonia alderman, Joseph Cassetti, was sentenced Tuesday to 37 months in prison and fined $50,000 for his role in a large scale Valley marijuana growing operation.
U.S. District Court Judge Vanessa L. Bryant imposed the sentence on Cassetti, 61, of Root Avenue, Ansonia.
“The conduct of Mr. Cassetti, a former police officer and alderman, a man who has been active in government, is unacceptable,” said Assistant U.S. Attorney David Sullivan, who noted that Cassetti cooperated with investigators.

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