Danbury Man Facing Child Sex Charges

A Danbury man has been arrested after being accused of child molestation. 30 year old Fernandon Gustavo Dota-Dota is facing six felony charges in connection with a police investigation into the molestation of a child that investigators say took place between 2018 and 2019. A warrant was issued for Dota-Dota’s arrest after Danbury police were notified by the state Department of Children and Families last month, that a child reported to her school counselor that he was the man who had touched her inappropriately back then, when she was 8 or 9 years old. Dota-Dota was locked up behind bars at the Bridgeport Correctional Center, with bond set at $350,000. He’s due in court on December 14.

Ed Histed

Ed launched his radio career in 1975 and has spent more than five decades in the broadcasting industry. During that time, he has served in a wide range of roles including Air Personality, News Director, Sales Manager, Operations Manager, and General Manager at numerous radio stations in various markets across the country. Beyond on-air and management responsibilities, Ed has also worked extensively on the technical side of broadcasting. His background includes RF engineering and information technology, with particular experience configuring digital automation systems and remote voice-tracking platforms used by stations across the country. Ed was also among a select group of industry professionals invited by Google to its California headquarters following the company’s acquisition of Scott Studios. He was one of just 12 broadcasters nationwide chosen to participate in discussions and provide input during the design and rollout of Google’s digital broadcast automation platform. Although the majority of Ed’s career—spanning roughly four decades—was rooted in music radio, he transitioned into news and information programming in 2012. He says the move into spoken-word broadcasting was a natural evolution after decades of experience in multiple areas of the industry.