Shelton police officers including Chief Joel Hurliman, center, leave Derby Superior Court after the sentencing of Bruce Knapik in the death of Shelton Sgt. Orville Smith. Mara Lavitt/Register
By Patricia Villers
Register Staff
DERBY — Bridgeport resident Bruce Knapik Sr. was sentenced Thursday to 10 years in prison, suspended after three years served, for second-degree manslaughter with a motor vehicle in the death of Shelton police Sgt. Orville Smith.
Judge Burton Kaplan presided in Superior Court in Derby.
Knapik, 65, was driving a pickup truck July 3, 2010, on Leavenworth Road (Route 110) when he hit Smith as Smith was directing traffic. Smith, 64, died of his injuries several days later.
Knapik in October pleaded no contest to second-degree manslaughter with a motor vehicle.
Knapik’s attorney, Edward Gavin, assistant state’s attorney Marjorie Sozanski and Kaplan met in September to discuss the case and the state made a plea offer.
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