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    The document summarizes a home invasion that occurred at the home of socialite Anne H. Bass in 2007. Her longtime companion Julian Lethbridge testified at the trial about the events of that night, when three intruders broke in, tied them up, and demanded a $8.5 million ransom. Lethbridge said the intruders injected them with something and made them drink a bitter liquid before leaving them bound. The couple survived and police have not arrested any suspects in the case.

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    The document summarizes a home invasion that occurred at the home of socialite Anne H. Bass in 2007. Her longtime companion Julian Lethbridge testified at the trial about the events of that night, when three intruders broke in, tied them up, and demanded a $8.5 million ransom. Lethbridge said the intruders injected them with something and made them drink a bitter liquid before leaving them bound. The couple survived and police have not arrested any suspects in the case.

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    THURSDAY, MARCH 15, 2012

    REPUBLICAN-AMERICAN

    9A

    IF YOU GO
    WHAT: Melanie Ilene Rieger Memorial Conference Against Violence WHERE: Central Connecticut State University in New Britain WHEN: May 30 and 31, starting with breakfast and registration at 8 a.m. WEB: For a full list of speakers or to register for the event, visit melanieriegerconference.com, or call 203756-8080.

    TRIAL: Socialites lover recalls home invasion


    Continued from Page One on weekends, and that the two of them had arrived the day before, a Saturday, with Bass sick 3-year-old grandson in tow. Lethbridge, who wore a dark suit with a light blue tie, testified confidently, in an accent reminiscent of his education at Cambridge. He said he and Bass have been a couple for between 15 and 20 years. The next night, after the child was put to bed, the couple enjoyed a long dinner, and then tea and cookies, Lethbridge said. Bass retired to her room while Lethbridge went to a sitting room, turned on the television, and began to nod off, he said. Suddenly, he was startled awake by a crash, the sound of footsteps pounding up the stairs and hollering that sounded like an extravagant war cry, he said. He thought of slipping out of a back door to get help, but then he heard a woman scream. At the entrance to the kitchen, where Bass had gone to get an ice pack for an injured knee, he saw her surrounded by three men, all in black and masked like ninjas, he said. The largest of the three men pointed a gun at Lethbridge and told him to lie down, he said. He complied, and he and Bass were taken up two flights of stairs to her bathroom, where they were blindfolded and tied to chairs, Lethbridge said. The intruders also slipped what Lethbridge thinks was a pillowcase over his head, under which they would occasion-

    RIEGER: Founder says state doesnt really care


    Continued from Page One Registrations for the event are now being accepted. Hundreds attend each year to learn about the intricacies of the courts and the criminal justice system, in addition to sharing stories of their own heartbreaking losses. The Riegers, of Waterbury, treat organizing the conference as a full-time job, but get help from a committee of 25 people when the event begins. Past speakers have included authors, the ex-wife of John Muhammad commonly known as the Washington, D.C. sniper and a woman who founded an organization for underage girls who are forced into prostitution. Panelists this year will discuss a variety of issues related to survivors of violence, how the state and its courts deal with criminal cases, and the threat of online predators, among a list of others. Mary Fetchet, director of Voices of September 11th, will give a keynote address on May 30. Fetchets 24-year-old son Brad died in the attacks on the towers. She founded an advocacy group geared toward finding long-term plans to help families of victims of the attack cope with the rest of their lives. Her group also holds a digital archive of 9/11-related materials that commemorates the lives of people connected to the attack. That archive will become a core part of a museum planned to showcase stories from the tragedy. Speakers at the conference often share heart-wrenching experiences with crime. Local speakers will include a survivor of child abuse, Rey Michaud, who said he was abused multiple times by 58year-old David. G. Stanco while he lived in Watertown. Stanco was arrested in 2010 after Michaud located a 15-year-old who became the keystone for a criminal case that led to Stancos conviction. Since then, nine grown men have come forward to police saying they were abused by Stanco as children. Michaud has become an advocate for child victims as a result of his ordeal. Although there are many crime victims in Connecticut, the state simply isnt doing enough to help them, Rieger said. Rieger, a past president of the nonprofit group Survivors of Homicide, traverses the state to appear at court hearings in support of victims. He cited a lack of communication between survivors of violence and the court system. In one case in Waterbury, a woman involved in a criminal case was switched between multiple prosecutors, which forced her to explain her story over and over again. Each courthouse in the state has a different organizational structure, which adds to the difficulty, he said. Funding for the office of the victim advocate, Michelle Cruz, is constantly on the chopping block and her agency has been blended in with other offices, he said. The problem is that the state doesnt really care about crime victims, Rieger said. To comment on this story, visit www.rep-am.com.

    REPUBLICAN-AMERICAN ARCHIVE

    The sprawling estate of Anne H. Bass, whose 12,000-square-foot home purchased in 1998 is pictured here, was the scene of a nighttime home invasion in April 2007. ally give him water. Lethbridge said he caught a glimpse of the skin on one intruders arm, which led him to believe that man was Caucasian, possibly of Mediterranean descent. When Bass asked for water, one man turned on the tap and splashed it on her, Lethbridge said. At one point, Lethbridge said, one of the three struck him hard in the chest, knocking him over, chair and all. The intruders asked where the safe was and were told of a small safe in Basss dressing room, which contained some cash, jewelry and chocolate, Lethbridge said. Bass gave them the combination, which Lethbridge was surprised to hear was either 123456 or 654321, he said. Some insignificant pieces of jewelry were taken from the safe, Lethbridge said. The men moved in and out of earshot, talking on what sounded like walkie-talkies, Leth-

    I THOUGHT AT THAT POINT WE WERE JUST GOING TO DIE, SO I REMEMBER TURNING TO ANNE AND SAYING, I LOVE YOU. I LEARNED THAT IF THIS WAS GOING TO HAPPEN AND WE WERE GOING TO DIE, I WOULD RATHER BE THERE WITH ANNE THAN NOT BE THERE.
    JULIAN LETHBRIDGE
    LONGTIME COMPANION OF INVASION VICTIM ANNE H. BASS

    bridge said. The rural area gets almost no cellphone reception. Sometime later, Lethbridge said he felt his shirt being ripped and an injection being administered. It sounded like the same thing was happening

    to Bass, he said. Their captors explained the injection was a virus which, until the symptoms appeared 20 hours later, could be cured with an antidote if Bass gave them $8.5 million. The intruders asked Bass, who is worth more than $100 million as the former wife of billionaire Sid Bass, where her bank was. She said she didnt know and had not been inside her bank for 20 years, according to Lethbridge. They told her to get her accountant to wire the money, but Lethbridge objected. It was now the middle of the night and the accountant would call police, leading the intruders to kill the couple and possibly get caught, Lethbridge told them. The couple offered $300,000, payable the next morning so as not to arouse suspicion, and their captors accompanied them into their dressing rooms so they could look presentable at the bank, Lethbridge said.

    Eventually, the couple was made to drink a bitter, gritty liquid, which Lethbridge remembered the captors claiming as the antidote, but which Lethbridge thought was poison. Lethbridge said he and Bass were made to lie on the bathroom floor next to each other, with pillows under their heads. At some point, Lethbridge said, their captors carried Bass to her bedroom and threw her on her bed. I thought at that point we were just going to die, so I remember turning to Anne and saying, I love you, Lethbridge said. I learned that if this was going to happen and we were going to die, I would rather be there with Anne than not be there. Lethbridge woke up to morning light, he said, and Bass walked in and untied him. The couples euphoria at surviving was complete when Lethbridge found the child stirring unharmed, he said. Under cross examination, Lethbridge said a chef, a laundress and another member of the house staff, all women, were in the house that night through dinner. He did not know when they left or whether they locked the house. Having worked for Bass for two months, Nicolescu had been fired a year before the invasion after crashing a car belonging to the estate prosecuting attorney Paul H. McConnell said. Testimony resumes today. To comment on this story, visit www.rep-am.com.

    PHOENIX: Waterbury fighting operation for years


    Continued from Page One on the day OLeary was sworn into office last year seeking to extend its local operations. Green has also sought to renew the state permits required to continue his Waterbury operations. State officials are just beginning their review of his request. The state regulates air emissions from the Freight Street factory. Inside, oil-soaked soils from around the region are baked until they are free of most pollutants. Phoenix Soil then sells that recycled soil as fill that can be used as cover for landfills or in industrial zones. It can also be hired to clean soils at a spill site. A state Department of Energy and Environmental Protection spokesman said Phoenix Soil would need new state solid waste and air permits if it moved. Phoenix Soil is free to continue running its local operation while the state reviews either its Waterbury renewal permits or Plainville permit requests, he said. OLeary referred all questions about Phoenix Soil, and how the city might deal with the company after the closure deadline expires, to Corporation Counsel. The city has been fighting Phoenix Soil in court for years. It agreed in 1993 to allow Phoenix Soil to treat contaminated soil for three years. The city failed to enforce that deal, however. When it tried to get around that failure, a judge ruled that city officials had waited too long, and extended its permits. The last court ruling set a March closure date. Neither Green nor his attorney returned telephone calls Wednesday. Green is being represented by Bill Galaske, a Plainville attorney, in his land use bid there. Green employs about 40 people in the plant. The company leases the space, but it pays about $10,000 a year in local personal property and motor

    vehicle taxes. The property owner, Daddario Enterprises Inc., is more than $300,000 behind on its city property taxes, said Tax Collector Frank Caruso. The account has been sent out to a local marshal for collection, Caruso said. About $113,000 of the tax debt is owed to a third-party collector. To comment on this story, visit www.rep-am.com.

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