Pawlowski Fired from State Job

The Republican American is reporting that the Journal Inquirer (subscription now required online) is reporting that Hank Pawlowski, the East Hartford Board of Education member who resigned after being arrested for hit and run, assaulting police, drug possession and driving while intoxicated, has been fired from his job at the State Freedom of Information Commission.

From the report:

The head of Connecticut’s Freedom of Information Commission says an agency lawyer is being fired after being charged with a hit-and-run collision and violent confrontation with police. FOI Commission Executive Director Colleen Murphy says she informed Hank Pawlowski’s attorney that his employment ends May 21.-East Hartford police say Pawlowski fled from a collision in January, then struggled with officers until he was subdued with a Taser, police dog and chemical spray. He had been on paid administrative leave since the arrest. Murphy says she worried keeping him on staff would damage the FOI Commission’s credibility. Pawlowski’s case is pending in Manchester Superior Court, where he has pleaded not guilty to several charges. His attorney says he has a serious but treatable mental health condition.

Here is some previous coverage from this blog:

Hank Pawlowski Criminal/Motor Vehicle Docket Is Up – Summary of Charges

8 Bag Pawlowski to resign from BoE

CORRECTION – Councilman Bill Horan Will Not Defend BoE Pawlowski After Drunken Rampage

Mug Shot – Is he saying High?

Say WHAT!? BOE member busted with 8 bags o’ pot.