A former city firefighter convicted of attempted bribery has been approved for a disability pension of $36,405 a year from the city.
The pension for Aaron Brantley, 36, was recently approved by vote of the trustees of the New Haven Police & Fire Retirement Fund Board.
Because the powers of his official position as a city firefighter were not used in the crime for which he was convicted, the state’s pension revocation statute does not apply to Brantley, according to a spokeswoman for the state Office of the Attorney General.
City Payroll & Pension Administrator Jerome Sagnella said the approval was “premised upon the medical report submitted by fund medical consultant Yale Occupational and worker compensation case review.” Brantley, a nine-year veteran of the department, was charged in January 2013 with two counts of attempting to bribe two fire officials and a witness in a complaint he made against the city with the Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities.