Robert Mayer, who was once the CFO of Fairfield Town, has admitted his guilt in the Fill Pile Case.

On Wednesday, Robert Mayer, who formerly served as Fairfield’s Chief Financial Officer, pleaded guilty in court to two misdemeanor charges linked to the town’s illegal dumping and corruption scandal involving the fill pile. Mayer, who is now 81 years old, faced numerous charges due to separate arrests related to the case. He was accused of taking town files from his office in the Fairfield Town Hall complex, only one day after he was terminated. It is alleged that several of these files were directly connected to the fill pile case, leading to allegations that Mayer was attempting to conceal his suspected crimes. During Tuesday’s hearing in Bridgeport Superior Court, Senior Assistant State’s Attorney Tamberlyn Chapman explained these accusations.

Mayer opted to plead guilty under the Alford Doctrine to charges of fourth-degree larceny and third-degree forgery, despite his disagreement with the prosecution’s allegations. In response, Judge Tracey Lee Dayton granted him a suspended prison sentence of 18 months and ordered him to complete three years of probation.

Six individuals, including Mayer, have been arrested and linked to the fill pile case. Illegally dumped contaminated soil and fill materials have caused Fairfield to incur millions of dollars in remediation costs at various sites, including Penfield Beach Pavilion. Along with Mayer, other defendants in the case include Brian Carey, the former Fairfield conservation director and interim head of public works, Emmet Hibson, the former Fairfield human resources director, Robert J. Grabarek, the environmental contractor hired by the town, and Jason Julian, the co-owner of Julian Enterprises. Despite the disagreement with the prosecution’s case, Mayer filed a wrongful termination lawsuit against the town, which Town Attorney James Baldwin finds preposterous, especially after Mayer’s guilty plea. Baldwin warns that any further pursuit of this lawsuit could potentially lead to the exposure of sealed matters related to this case, and Mayer would be questioned on all of it. While former public works superintendent Scott Bartlett has already been convicted in the fill pile case, former DPW director Joe Michelangelo has pleaded guilty and has agreed to testify against the other defendants.