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Aaron Brantley has received a mixture of good news and bad news lately.
The ex-city firefighter has had a last-ditch appeal turned down of his felony conviction for attempted bribery. He had filed a petition to the State Supreme Court to seek to have his conviction reconsidered. The court denied the petition. That means Brantley’s appeals have run out. He’s headed to prison.
He did receive a parting gift from New Haven taxpayers Thursday. The city’s Policeman and Fireman’s Pension Fund voted to grant Brantley a service-connected disability pension. He’ll receive $36,405 a year. Brantley had resigned before the Fire Commission could fire him, leaving open the possibility of having a pension approved.
Medical consultants form Yale Occupational Health examined Brantley and advised the fund that Brantley had indeed suffered an injury that prevented him from doing his job.
Brantley, who is 36 years old, suffered an injury to the rotator cuff in his right shoulder in 2011, according to city Corporation Counsel John Rose. Brantley subsequently returned to the job and worked for years up until the time he left the department following his conviction.
These previous stories detail the controversies surrounding his conviction and his quest for a pension.