Police Arrest Man for Cable Thefts at Southington School Construction Sites

A Berlin man is facing a second-degree larceny charge in connection with the theft of more than $17,000 worth of cable wiring from the company hired to renovate two Southington schools, and sold the material to buy drugs, according to a report.

Brett Federowicz, 34, of 15 Overhill Dr., was arrested Wednesday by Southington Police and arraigned in Bristol Superior Court.

Federowicz was employed as a foreman for Plainville-based KGS Associates that is owned by his sister-in-law, Katheryn Shea, with his brother, Scott Federowicz, the project manager, according to myrecordjournal.com.

The company installs low-voltage cable for computer networking and was hired in 2013 to work at the Kennedy and DePaolo middle schools, according to the report.

Scott Federowicz confronted his brother earlier this year after accounting and inventory discrepancies were discovered. Brett Federowicz reportedly admitted taking a total of 125 boxes of cable and selling them for scrap to raise money to support a drug habit, according to the myrecordjournal.com report that can be found here.