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John Fabrizi thinks he deserves a big pat on the back for having belatedly confessed that he's been a substance abuser......Fabrizi confessed to having used cocaine and abused alcohol since taking office April 2003..... he insists, his substance-abuse problem "never, ever affected my job performance." Of course, Fabrizi isn't exactly the best judge of how true that last statement really is. Fabrizi's decision to come clean wasn't prompted by any remorse or pangs of conscience: He had little choice but to admit the truth after a prosecutor inadvertently released the transcript of a wiretap in which an alleged cocaine dealer...

BRIDGEPORT, Conn. -- Mayor John M. Fabrizi admitted Tuesday he had abused cocaine while in office and said he wanted to apologize "to all the people of the city" but had no plans to resign. The admission followed the inadvertent release of an FBI document in which an alleged drug dealer claimed an associate had a videotape of the mayor using cocaine. In a tearful speech to about 200 city employees and residents in City Council chambers Tuesday, Fabrizi said he had not used drugs in 18 months and had sought help for a drug addiction that he had hoped...

NEW BRITAIN -- Bridgeport Mayor John Fabrizi today refused to directly address allegations that he used cocaine, instead saying he made poor choices in his personal life that he has since put behind him. Those allegations are included in a summary of an interview that FBI agents had last summer with accused drug dealer Juan Marrero. Marrero told agents that another Bridgeport politician had told him about a video that shows Fabrizi using cocaine, according to the Connecticut Post, which reviewed the documents. Fabrizi, who was in New Britain to finalize an agreement on a redevelopment project for Bridgeport, said...

Cell Phones Link Fabrizi To Suspect Mayor's Phone Records Show 13 Calls To Accused Cocaine Dealer In 04 BRIDGEPORT -- Though Mayor John M. Fabrizi said last month that he didn't know Shawn Fardy "personally," his cell phone records show he called the accused cocaine dealer at least 13 times between October and December 2004. It's also the same time that Fardy is caught on a FBI wiretap placing a cocaine order "in code" to his accused drug connection, Juan Marrero, saying it's urgent that he get back to him because Fardy has a lot of anxious customers. Marrero, who...

STAMFORD, Conn. - Adversaries called on the mayor of Connecticut's largest city to resign Monday, while supporters urged him to specifically address allegations he used cocaine. Bridgeport Mayor John Fabrizi, a Democrat, was named in an FBI report that surfaced last week in which an alleged drug dealer claimed an associate had a videotape of the mayor using cocaine. Fabrizi said he had made "poor choices in the past" but declined to be more specific. U.S. Attorney Kevin O'Connor has said Fabrizi was not a target of the drug investigation. FBI reports, which summarize statements made by witnesses but are...