Whitey Ford
12-26-2019, 03:20 PM
Monroe firefighter accused of torching his recovered SUV
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Police said Matthew Bittner, 38, of 11 Pilgrim Lane, and his buddy, Joseph Bogdanyi, 32, of 115 Squantuck Road in Seymour, torched the SUV because Bittner couldn’t live with the idea the vehicle may have been driven by minorities in Bridgeport.
The SUV was later recovered by the Bridgeport Police Department on Oct. 22 and released to Bittner. Police said when Bittner was picking up the SUV, he repeatedly told officers that he really didn’t want it any more because of where it had been.
Police said when they later went through Bittner’s phone, they found numerous text messages between him, Bogdanyi and his girlfriend making disparaging, racial comments about Bridgeport residents.
In one of the texts, Bittner suggested that someone should put a wall around Bridgeport “to keep the animals from getting out.”
https://www.ctpost.com/local/article/Monroe-firefighter-accused-of-torching-his-14928349.php
https://i.imgur.com/z9D0iMh.jpg
Police said Matthew Bittner, 38, of 11 Pilgrim Lane, and his buddy, Joseph Bogdanyi, 32, of 115 Squantuck Road in Seymour, torched the SUV because Bittner couldn’t live with the idea the vehicle may have been driven by minorities in Bridgeport.
The SUV was later recovered by the Bridgeport Police Department on Oct. 22 and released to Bittner. Police said when Bittner was picking up the SUV, he repeatedly told officers that he really didn’t want it any more because of where it had been.
Police said when they later went through Bittner’s phone, they found numerous text messages between him, Bogdanyi and his girlfriend making disparaging, racial comments about Bridgeport residents.
In one of the texts, Bittner suggested that someone should put a wall around Bridgeport “to keep the animals from getting out.”
https://www.ctpost.com/local/article/Monroe-firefighter-accused-of-torching-his-14928349.php