Kyle Lyddy, the campaign manager for gubernatorial candidate Oz Griebel, has been arrested after he was accused of embezzling half a million dollars from a Norwalk company and charged. Campaign staff said Lyddy has resigned from the campaign.
Norwalk Police said they received a complaint on Aug. 1 from a local company alleging one of their employees had misappropriated around $500,000 from the company over a two-year period.
After an investigation that took around a month, police obtained a warrant charging 31-year-old Lyddy, of Danbury, with first-degree larceny. Bond was set at $100,000.
A spokesperson for Griebel’s campaign said Lyddy resigned Monday.
The Associated Press reports that Lyddy was released after posting bond and did not immediately respond to phone and text messages seeking comment.
He is due in Superior Court on Sept. 19.
Griebel is a petitioning candidate for governor and he’s running against Democrat Ned Lamont and Republican Bob Stefanowski.
