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.