Former Waterbury water superintendent arrested, charged with forgery
The former water superintendent for the City of Waterbury was arrested on Thursday night and is accused of forgery, a week after he resigned amid misconduct allegations, police said.
Bradley Malay, 50, of Killingworth, is charged with two counts of forgery in the second degree.
After Malay voluntarily stepped down last week, a police investigation revealed he was “untruthful during the application process for the positions of assistant water superintendent, and, later, water superintendent,” according to a press release from the Waterbury Police Department.
The original investigation was prompted after a fire on April 6 that destroyed a Waterbury home.
Waterbury fire crews were delayed in extinguishing the fire because the two fire hydrants on Bennett Avenue were not supplying water. Firefighters had to use a hydrant on Fairfield Avenue, which is about 0.2 miles away.
“It has been determined that Malay’s misconduct in obtaining the two jobs is not directly related to the flow issues at fire hydrants that initiated this investigation,” Waterbury police said in the press release.
Police said Malay intentionally fabricated and embellished his past experiences to meet the job requirements for the Waterbury water department.
This misrepresentation led to him being hired as an assistant water superintendent for the town in July 2023 and as a water superintendent in July 2025. If he did not fabricate information, he would not have been hired, according to police.
Malay made his court-set bond of $10,000 on Thursday night. He will appear in court on May 12 in Waterbury.
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