The Danbury police said they received few calls about problems at the Empress.

There are about 20,000 illegal immigrants in the city, Danbury police said, and there are predators who know how to get what they want.

Danbury police said they are investigating whether the men misrepresented themselves as immigration agents.

In January of this year, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, with help from Danbury police, arrested six more people suspected of being illegal immigrants.

The Danbury police, for example, said they were having a problem with drivers ignoring school buses, but they did not keep statistics.

By then, though, firefighters were already on the scene, having been called by the Danbury police.

Capt. Arthur Sullo of the Danbury police said that as part of this effort, the department's internal affairs unit would review the case.

The Danbury police said that after Judge Nahley's disappearance, they began investigating allegations that he had embezzled money from his private law clients.

A basketball was raffled off at the half and a platoon of Danbury police was dispatched for crowd control.

"There were several fires and we have no idea how many people were actually living in there," Sgt. Robert Hinckley of the Danbury police.