Conn. man faces sentencing for assaulting ex-boss

BRIDGEPORT, Conn. (AP) — A former U.S. Postal Service worker in Connecticut is facing sentencing for assaulting the Hartford postmaster last year while asking for his job back.

Richard Covill of East Windsor is scheduled to be sentenced Tuesday in federal court in Bridgeport. He pleaded guilty in January to assaulting a federal official.

Authorities say Covill went to Hartford's main post office after he had lost his job. He took a restricted elevator to the third floor, where he confronted Postmaster Judith Martin and asked to be re-hired.

Police say Martin asked Covill to leave, but he pushed her.

Martin hit her head on a desk while falling and needed stitches to close a wound on her forehead.

Covill's attorney says he was wrong, apologized and completed a program to address his issues.