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Firefighter in Sex Slavery Case Commits Suicide

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Frank Meyer, a 911 dispatcher and volunteer firefighter charged with slave trafficking and sexual assault, committed suicide on Tuesday night while out on bail in Vermont. Brett Bartolotta, a 42-year-old former firefighter with the department, was also arrested and charged in connection with the case.

March 6, 2013 Updated Mar 6, 2013 at 9:53 AM PDT

Frank Meyer, a 911 dispatcher and volunteer firefighter charged with slave trafficking and sexual assault, committed suicide on Tuesday night while out on bail in Vermont.

Vermont State Police arrested Meyer, 39, a volunteer West Haven, Conn., firefighter, in Ludlow, Vt., on Feb. 27 after a sting operation in which the victim wore a wire.

Brett Bartolotta, a 42-year-old former firefighter with the department, was also arrested and charged in connection with the case.

Police said the firefighters bribed the boy with money and gifts, including a dirt bike and a hunting bow, since 2001 to get him to perform hundreds of sexual favors over the 12-year span.

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