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Robert Mayer, 77, turned himself in to Fairfield Police on Friday, Jan. 31 and charged with burglary, larceny and tampering with evidence, said Fairfield Police Capt. Robert Kalamaras.
According to police, on Wednesday, Jan. 15, Mayer was terminated from his employment as the CFO with the Town of Fairfield.
On Thursday, Jan. 16, police allege that Mayer entered Sullivan Independence Hall during the early morning hours and removed several file folders containing documents belonging to the town, some of which related to the investigation of the “Fill Pile," Kalamaras said.
The "fill pile" refers to a controversy that began in 2017 after lead and PCBs were found at a dumpsite where Julian Enterprises had an agreement with the town to process soil and non-hazardous materials from town sites and then be sold as clean fill dirt.
After the contaminated soil was discovered, the town and Julian Enterprises sued each other. In addition, the Fairfield Police are conducting an investigation into illegal dumping at the site, and two additional town officials have been accused of conspiring to dump contaminated waste at the site.
Mayer was processed and released on a $10,000.00 court set bond. He is scheduled to appear in court on Feb. 3.
Kalamaras said that due to the sensitive nature of the case, it will be prosecuted at the Chief State’s Attorney’s Office in Rocky Hill, Connecticut.
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