Connecticut State Senator Surrenders to US Marshals in Campaign Fraud Case: Feds

Two U.S. Marshals stand on a building as they look out toward the city in a file photo. Illustration - Elliott Cowand Jr/Shutterstock

A Democratic Connecticut state senator and a former Bridgeport Board of Education chairwoman surrendered to the U.S. Marshals Service and were charged with wire fraud in a bid to allegedly obtain tens of thousands of dollars in campaign grants, officials said.

Dennis Bradley Jr., who was elected to the state Senate in 2018 and had served as the Democrat’s Deputy Majority Leader, and Jessica Martinez—his former campaign treasurer—surrendered on federal charges to the Marshals Service in New Haven, according to a federal indictment (pdf) that was unsealed on Tuesday. Martinez had previously served as the city’s Board of Education chairwoman.