Legislator faces foreclosure on his trailer park; state continues to investigate [View all]

A state legislator who owns and operates a problem-plagued Griswold trailer park with his mother is now facing foreclosure and receivership actions by a bank that would take the property away from them.

That’s all on top of a continuing state probe into allegations that Rep. Brian Lanoue, R-Griswold, and his mother, Suzanne Lanoue, ignored health and safety concerns, including a rotting tree that fell and crushed a mobile home unit while its owner was in it last year.

Complications continued to pile up on the Lanoues in recent days as the state Department of Consumer Protection was planning to resume hearings, begun in April, on whether they should face sanctions including possible revocation of their license to operate the 52-unit Country Mobile Estates trailer park at 1564 Glasgo Road, Route 201.

Lanoue, a first-term lawmaker, declined comment through a House Republicans spokesman Thursday. He referred questions to his attorney, Gary Cicchiello of Norwich, who could not be reached.

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