There are some days when the salaciousness of news coverage only encourages further cynicism about those who are charged with holding the line on truth, justice and the American way. Connecticut has surely contributed its fair share of salacious stories recently, most recently a DOT official from Colebrook getting snared for attempting a hookup with a teen boy while on the taxpayers dime. But it’s not just the usual surprising suspects of fire chiefs, political or church officials generating the news these days. Even the lawyers are finding themselves ensnared in the traps of unintended consequences.

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