Hanson

By Michelle Tuccitto Sullo
Investigations Editor
DERBY — On what would have been missing man William “Billy” Smolinski’s 40th birthday Monday, a man accused of lying to police about the location of his body pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 4½ years in prison.
Chad Hanson, 33, of Seymour pleaded guilty to one count of making a false statement concerning injury or death in Superior Court.
Hanson was arrested after he led state police to conduct an unsuccessful 10-day search in Oxford, near Prokop Road and Woodruff Hill Road, for Smolinski’s body in October 2011.
Hanson has also given information to police that led to unsuccessful searches in Seymour in 2008 and in the Naugatuck State Forest in 2010.

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Hanson

By Michelle Tuccitto Sullo
Investigations Editor
mtuccitto@nhregister.com
DERBY — A man accused of lying to police about the location of missing man William “Billy” Smolinski’s body swore and threw a tantrum in Superior Court Wednesday, after he learned a plea bargain offer was for more prison time than he had anticipated.

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By Michelle Tuccitto Sullo

Investigations Editor
DERBY — The state wants Chad Hanson, who has led police to conduct unsuccessful searches for the body of William “Billy” Smolinski Jr. of Waterbury, to reimburse the cost.

Meanwhile, the Smolinski family is planning to appeal a recent civil ruling against them, and they have set up a legal defense fund.

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By Phyllis Swebilius

Register Staff

DERBY — Chad Hanson, 32, who has been identified in court papers as a suspect in the disappearance of Waterbury resident William Smolinski eight years ago, has been arrested again.

Hanson was charged with making a false report concerning injury or death, a felony, after state officials made a fruitless, 10-day search for Smolinski’s body at a wooded area in Oxford.

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