A Middletown trash company owner has been sentenced to three months in federal prison for his role in a federal racketeering case with alleged ties to organized crime.
Philip Armetta pleaded guilty in April to one count of misprision of a felony. Federal prosecutors said Armetta admitted that he knew others were involved in a so-called “property rights” scheme, in which trash haulers carve out routes for each other and agree not to poach customers.
Authorities say Armetta failed to report the activity to law enforcement.
The 76-year-old Armetta owns Dainty Rubbish. He was one of nearly 30 people arrested last year in a federal crackdown on organized crime’s influence in the trash hauling industry in Connecticut and eastern New York.
He was sentenced Wednesday in U.S. District Court in New Haven. Federal Judge Ellen Bree Burns also ordered him to serve three months of house arrest following prison and pay nearly $50,000 in fines and other penalties.
