Sentencing of former Meriden cop delayed until next month


MERIDEN — The sentencing of former police officer Evan Cossette, son of Police Chief Jeffry Cossette convicted in federal court of using excessive force and falsifying a police report, has been moved to Sept. 23. Cossette was convicted June 3 for pushing prisoner Pedro Temich in a holding cell that resulted in a head injury. He was also accused of lying about it in an internal affairs report. He has since resigned.