Ex-CT corrections officer avoids prison in workers comp larceny case

A former correction officer with the state Department of Correction who was sentenced to prison will not have to serve any time, as the judge suspended the sentence this week.

Matthew Hubbard, who lives in Massachusetts, pleaded guilty this week in Connecticut court to collecting workers’ compensation and transportation benefits in the amount of $86,648.08; he had been a correction officer for the state of Connecticut, authorities said.

Hubbard received “benefits in the amount of...