A Danbury man will serve five years in prison for sexually assaulting a child. 32 year old Fernando Gustavo Dota-Dota was sentenced on Monday after pleading guilty to fourth-degree sexual assault and risk of injury to a child. He was originally hit with six charges following a 2023 investigation into abuse that happened between 2018 and 2019. Police say the victim was around 8 years old at the time. Dota-Dota has already served a year and a half in custody. His sentence includes five years’ probation and runs through November 2028.
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.