ENFIELD, CT — The former executive director of the Enfield Community Development Corporation (ECDC) was arrested Friday on federal charges connected to an investigation involving stealing more than $95,000 from the organization.

Darrin LaMore, 47, of Enfield, appeared Feb. 16 before U.S. Magistrate Judge Joan G. Margolis in New Haven and was charged with theft from a program receiving federal funds, an offense that carries a maximum term of imprisonment of 10 years. He was released on $25,000 bail, according to John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, Patricia M. Ferrick, Special Agent in Charge of the New Haven Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and Enfield Police Chief Carl Sferrazza.

As alleged in court documents, LaMore was the executive director of the ECDC, a non-profit corporation that oversees economic development projects in Enfield, primarily in the Thompsonville section of the town. Among the projects was the purchase of the former casket building on North River Street. The ECDC is supported with federal funds administered by the State of Connecticut, Durham said.