Former Connecticut lawmaker, a gambling addict, gets 27 months for stealing coronavirus aid
A former Connecticut state representative has been sentenced to 27 months in prison for stealing more than $1.2 million from the city of West Haven...
A former Connecticut state representative has been sentenced to 27 months in prison for stealing more than $1.2 million from the city of West Haven By DAVE COLLINS Associated Press HARTFORD, Conn. -- A former Connecticut state representative was sentenced to 27 months in prison on Wednesday for stealing more than $1.2 million from the city of West Haven — most of it in federal coronavirus -related aid — and using a good chunk of it to fuel his gambling addiction. 'I stole that money. That is on me,' Michael DiMassa said as he apologized during his sentencing before Judge Omar Williams.