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Ex Senator Arrested in License Payoff Probe
Former Connecticut Senator Jacob Fischman is among five arrests in a grand jury probe into payoffs for license reinstatements in New Haven County. The group includes Ralph Gell Peter Catanella Harry Saidel and Chester Orsi. no credible evidence against Motor Vehicles Department staff was found. Judge Alva Loiselle led the inquiry from March to May and reported suspects paid for reinstatements while noting departmental involvement was limited to serving as a backdrop.
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New Haven
Sidney A
Loiselle Johnson
John J. Tynan
Tynan
Loiselle
George R. Tiernan
Jacob A. ‘Fischman
Ralph Gell
East Haven
Peter J. Catan
Della
Middletown
Harry Saidel
Chester Orsini
Meriden
Fischman
General Assembly
Senate
Superior Court
Alva P. Loiselle
State Motor Vehicles Department