Richard Colangelo

Chief State’s Attorney Richard Colangelo Jr. Announces retirement following an ethics investigation.

Hartford State’s Attorney Gail Hardy will lead the Criminal Justice Diversity Initiative to “foster diversity and inclusion in the Division of Criminal Justice,” according to Chief State’s Attorney Richard Colangelo. “I’m excited that State’s Attorney Hardy has agreed to take on this important new role in leading the Division of Criminal Justice’s efforts to strengthen diversity and inclusion in...

Richard J. Colangelo, Jr., a veteran prosecutor and state’s attorney for Stamford/Norwalk, has been chosen to serve as the state’s new chief state’s attorney. Colangelo has been with the Division of Criminal Justice since 1993 and was appointed as state’s attorney in 2015. He has recently been involved in several high-profile cases, including the case of Fotis Dulos, who was...