The Danbury Trashers are a defunct United Hockey League (UHL) ice hockey team that was located in Danbury, Connecticut. They were first established in 2004 as an expansion team named for their owner's business ventures. TRASHERS Trashers -April 1, 2004 - First press conference. -​October 15, 2004 - Opening Night at Danbury Ice Arena. Richard Blumenthal drops the opening puck. -​June 12, 2006 - Danbury Trashers officially disband and announce they will not be returning for the 2006-07 season. AJ Galante -April 1, 2004 - First press conference. The team is founded & played in the UHL (United Hockey League) AJ Galante (age 17) becomes GM of the team (Senior in High School @ New Fairfield High). Jimmy Galante -April 1, 2004 - The team is founded & played in the UHL (United Hockey League) AJ Galante (age 17) becomes GM of the team (Senior in High School @ New Fairfield High) -​December 1, 2004 - Jimmy charged with assault -June 8, 2006​ -​ A grand jury indicts Galante and 28 others - Galante held without bail. -June 9, 2006 - Galante arrested and house is raided -June 14, 2006​ -​ Galante's lawyers file court papers asking Burns to reconsider her order to hold him without bail. -June 30, 2006 - Burns allows Galante to be released upon posting $2 million bail, but he is on house arrest. -Oct. 12, 2007​ - ​ Galante is charged in state court with violating campaign finance laws. -June 3, 2008​ - ​Galante pleads guilty to racketeering conspiracy, conspiracy to defraud the IRS and conspiracy to commit wire fraud. -Sept. 3, 2008​ -​ Burns sentences Galante to more than seven years behind bars, the maximum term she could impose under the plea agreement. -Oct. 15, 2008​ - ​Galante reports to the low-security prison at the Allenwood Federal Correctional Institution in White Deer, Pa., to begin serving his sentence. -​2014 - Jimmy Galante was released from Allenwood Federal Prison after serving six years. Automated Waste Disposal -​July 19, 2005 - ​The FBI performs a raid at Automated Waste Disposal Richard Galietti (former salesman of Danbury trash) ​- -​May 11, 2008 - Richard Galietti pleads guilty to criminal charges -July 24, 2008​ - ​sentenced after pleading guilty. Kevin O’Connor (District Attorney of CT) -July 19, 2005 - ​The FBI performs a raid at Automated Waste Disposal -June 8, 2006 -​ A grand jury indicts Galante and 28 others. -June 2, 2007- US Attorney Kevin O'Connor holds a press conference in which he briefs the press on DeLuca's arrest. Richard Brosal (UHL Commissioner) - -March 14, 2006 - ​Richard Brosal is questioned by a grand jury about the UHL and its dealings with Galante. Matthew “The Horse” Ianniello - -May 2006 - Matthew Ianniello ​is identified as a target of the probe -June 26, 2006 - Ianniello pleads not guilty in the case at his arraignment in federal court, as do several others, including Santopietro. Mayor Joseph Santopietro - -​September 25, 1991 -​ ​Mayor Santopietro is arrested. - April 3, 1992 - Santopietro is convicted of taking $125,000 in payoffs from developers in the 1980s and using federal money for personal expenses. -June 12, 1992 - Santopietro sentenced to 9 years in prison. -January 20, 1993 - Santopietro released on $1 million bond pending appeal hearing. -​June 8, 2006 - A grand jury indicts Galante and 28 others including Joe Santopietro. -June 9, 2006 - Santopietro was arrested at his home -June 4, 2007 - Santopietro sentenced to 5 years probation after being one of 29 indicted. Louis DeLuca (State Senate Minority Leader) - -June 1, 2007 - State Senate Minority Leader Louis DeLuca, of Woodbury, is arrested on a charge of conspiracy to commit second-degree threatening. -June 4, 2007 - DeLuca pleads guilty in the case and receives a six-month suspended jail sentence and is ordered to pay a $2,000 fine and $1,500 charitable contribution. -​October 15, 2007 - DeLuca testified in front of the committee investigating him -November 13, 2007 - ​DeLuca announces he will resign as a state senator at month's end. -​Nov. 30, 2007 - ​DeLuca’s resignation from the Senate goes into effect.

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