The Connecticut Department of Consumer Protection (DCP) renewed a pharmaceutical license for a man while he is serving a six-year prison sentence for an unprovoked shooting.
Albert Czachor confessed to firing a gun into his neighbor’s house in 2022. The bullet hit four feet above a bed while people were laying in it, according to an affidavit given to State Troopers.
“I have not had any negative encounters with any of my neighbors,” one of the residents in the house told the State Trooper in an affidavit. They went on to say, “My builder had told me he had issues with my rear neighbor in regards to removing trees and property lines.”
The incident took place in May, 2022, but Czachor was not arrested until October of that year, according to online records from the State of Connecticut Judicial Branch.
State troopers took another statement from someone who used to be close to Czachor. That person described him as an aggressive drunk and said he became “more mentally unstable” in recent years.
“Based upon this Affiant’s investigation, witness, statements, firearm analysis, and investigative efforts completed by assisting Troopers, this Affiant’s investigation has determined Albert Czachor… recklessly and carelessly discharged a a Colt 1911 .45 caliber handgun… at the second for the residence,” the State Trooper who investigated the case concluded.
In November, 2024, Czachor pled guilty to a Class C Misdemeanor for Illegal Discharge of a Firearms, and three Class C Felonies for Risk of Injury to a Child. Czachor was sentenced to six years in prison, with his “Execution Suspended After six Months, Probation 3 years.”
Czachor started his prison sentence on Jan. 29, 2025 and, only three days later, the Department of Consumer Protection (DCP) renewed his pharmaceutical license.
This is not Czachor’s first run-in with the law. In 2009, he was charged with a road-rage incident in Southbury.
“The violations for which DCP can revoke, suspend or deny the renewal of a credential are specific and limited to charges related to the practice of pharmacy,” wrote DCP Director of Communications Kaitlin Krasselt in an email. “The Department reviewed the conviction and circumstances of this case, and there is not a corresponding cause for revocation, suspension, or denial.”
State law outlines what practices can get someone’s credentials revoked. Some of the reasons for revoking a license, or denying a renewal, are: past violations of drug laws or laws of pharmaceutical practices in the U.S.; having been denied a license elsewhere in the U.S. in the past; falsified education documents; fraudulent transactions; and negligence.
State agencies are allowed to deny licenses or renewal applications because of someone’s criminal history, but a criminal history alone is not enough to get a license denied.
“To deny a person for a license, the Department must show that it has evaluated the (1) relationship between the crime and license held, (2) degree of rehabilitation, and (3) the time elapsed since conviction or release,” Krasselt wrote.
DCP cannot deny a license or renewal application solely because of concerns for mental wellbeing.
“A change in the law would be required to revoke, suspend or deny renewal of a credential for any reason other than those already prescribed,” Krasselt wrote.
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with the pharmaceutical license Albert Czachor will have the opportunity to be a productive member of society by earning a living and paying taxes
With 3 felony convictions for endangering children, Albert Czachor should never have the opportunity to be licensed as a pharmacist in any state, but especially one that is as anti-gun as Connecticut. There are plenty of other ways he can be productive and pay taxes that don’t require such a high level of public trust. You can find an article in the Rivereast that talks about this incident. 11p.m., woman nearly hit in the head, kids in the home.