Southbury Connection Emerges In Pension Fraud Arrest

A Florida woman is accused of stealing nearly $100,000 in disability checks tied to a former Connecticut state employee who once worked at the Southbury Training School. Investigators say 41 year old Christina Richards kept withdrawing the payments for three years after her roommate died in 2021. State officials say new fraud-prevention rules flagged the case, leading to Richards’ arrest and extradition. She’s being held on $90,000 bail while prosecutors work to recover the taxpayer money.