Less than a month after his son pleaded guilty to burning down Angelo Reyes’ Fair Haven laundromat, Osvaldo Segui Sr. also confessed to the crime.
It happened in federal court in Hartford on Thursday, according to a release from the Connecticut U.S. Attorney’s Office.
Segui, a 49-year-old known as “Baldo” and “Bardo,” admitted that he worked with his son to torch the laundromat at 83 Lombard St. in June 2009. He said he expected to be paid for the job.
Feds have accused Reyes, a prominent Fair Haven developer, of hiring the father-son duo to do the deed, so that he could collect insurance.
Segui the younger pleaded guilty to his role Feb. 28. Both Seguis are charged with conspiracy to destroy property used in interstate commerce by fire. They each face between seven and 40 years in prison and will be sentenced in May and June.
Reyes, meanwhile, has continued to fight the charges against him for his alleged role in the arson. His case is ongoing.
Shots Fired At Tee Off Cafe
As shots went off at Toad’s Place Wednesday night, bullets were also flying across town at the Tee Off Cafe, police said.
Here’s what happened, according to police spokesman Officer Joe Avery:
Shots were fired at Toad’s nightclub at 10:42 p.m. Wednesday, wounding two people. Read about that here.
Three minutes later, cops responded to a report of gunshots at the Tee Off Cafe at 124 East Pearl St. in Fair Haven. Five shots were heard. Police noted where five shots struck the bar’s front door and window and found three bullet fragments. A black Jeep Cherokee was seen leaving the scene.
In other police news, according to Avery:
At 2:53 p.m. Wednesday, a woman reported she had been robbed at gunpoint at 60 Donna Dr. in Quinnipiac Meadows. She told police she knew the mugger as “Kevin.” He had called her and asked her to meet him, then put a gun to her stomach and demanded money. He punched her in the face, took $138, then ran into an apartment.
On Wednesday evening, a Yale officer was flagged down by a someone who said he or she had just been robbed at Olive Street and Grand Avenue, near Wooster Square. The victim pointed out a 16-year-old who was found to be in possession of a .38-caliber handgun. Meanwhile, a New Haven officer was investigating a robbery at St. John and Greene streets, a couple blocks away. The victim of that crime identified the same teenager as the perpetrator.
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