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WEST HAVEN, Conn. — A 911 dispatcher and volunteer Connecticut firefighter who was recently charged with slave trafficking and sexual assault committed suicide on Tuesday night while out on bail in Vermont.
Vermont State Police arrested Frank Meyer, 39, a volunteer West Haven firefighter, in Ludlow, Vt., on Wednesday, Feb. 27, after a sting operation in which the victim wore a wire.
Brett Bartolotta, a 42-year-old former firefighter with the department, was also arrested and charged in connection with the case. Police said the firefighters had bribed the boy with money and gifts, including a dirt bike and a hunting bow, since 2001 to get him to perform hundreds of sexual favors over the 12-year span.
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