A former Waterbury Ct. detective
pleaded guilty Thursday to trying to mislead a federal Internal Revenue Service
investigation of charitable contributions he claimed as deductions on his tax
returns in 2007 and 2008.
Robert Liquindoli, 42, of
Waterbury lost his job with the city police force when the IRS arrested him a
year ago and could be sentenced to 10 months or more in prison when he returns
to court, probably in February.
Liquindoli was ensnared by a
federal investigation of retired IRS agent Thomas Thorndike, who opened a
Waterbury-area tax preparation business that counted many area law enforcement
officers as clients. Thorndike, who prepared Liquindoli's tax returns, was
sentenced to six years in prison for tax fraud and was accused of falsifying
returns in order to give clients undeserved deductions.
Waterbury When IRS agents
accused Liquindoli of claiming questionable deductions, authorities said he
lied to them and tried to create phony receipts to justify his claimed non-cash,
charitable contributions.