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Man sentenced for woman's 2018 death on Candlewood Lake

A Connecticut man has been sentenced for his role in the death of a woman on Candlewood Lake in 2018.  Gary Morrone of Oakville was sentenced Monday to 364 days in jail, suspended after three months, and three years probation on a misdemeanor charge of negligent homicide.  38-year-old Wanda Tirado was thrown from a pontoon boat piloted by Morrone near Squantz Cove in New Fairfield and was injured by the boat’s propeller.  She later succumbed to her injuries at the hospital.  Police said there were inconsistencies in the 69-year old's description of the events leading to her death.  A Good Samaritan spotted him in the water and when Morrone was helped back onto his pontoon boat, he left the scene before Tirado was found face down in the water. The reckless boating and failure to report a boating accident charges were dropped by the state.

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