Torrington, CT
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Lamont Signs Bill Establishing Sports, Online Gambling In CT Lamont Signs Bill Establishing Sports, Online Gambling In CT
Lamont Signs Bill Establishing Sports, Online Gambling In CT Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont has signed legislation that will legalize online gaming and sports wagering. On Friday, May 27, Lamont made it official a day after the state Senate passed a bill to make gambling legal in Connecticut, signing the bill into law at the State Capitol. The CT Lottery can also have in-person sports betting at up to 15 licensed facilities including one in Hartford and one in Bridgeport. The move to legalize gambling comes less than three months after Lamont announced an agreement with the Mohegan Tribe and Mashantucket Pequot Tribe allows both tribes and the Connect…

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by Zak Failla
Lower Merion-Narberth, PA
Police & Fire
CT Mom, 41, Tried Meeting With Teen Same Age As Her Own Child For Sex At PA Hotel, Feds Say CT Mom, 41, Tried Meeting With Teen Same Age As Her Own Child For Sex At PA Hotel, Feds Say
CT Mom, 41, Tried Meeting With Teen Same Age As Her Own Child For Sex At PA Hotel, Feds Say A 41-year-old mother of three from Connecticut is facing 14 years behind bars for her alleged attempts to have sex with a 14-year-old boy at a Pennsylvania hotel, authorities said. Sarah Norton, of Jewett City, a borough in New London County, met the teen while “gaming” online, according to Acting United States Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams. Norton then attempted to seduce the boy into engaging in sexually explicit contact through online messaging and cell phone conversations, Williams said. In late 2017, Norton traveled from her home in Connecticut to Pennsylvania to meet with the …

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by Nicole Acosta
Hamilton Township, NJ
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Murphy Allows Reopening Of NJ Child Care Centers, Non-Contact Sports, Day Camps Murphy Allows Reopening Of NJ Child Care Centers, Non-Contact Sports, Day Camps
Murphy Allows Reopening Of NJ Child Care Centers, Non-Contact Sports, Day Camps Summer in New Jersey is starting to take shape. New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy on Friday announced he will be signing an executive order allowing child care services, organized sports practices and youth day camps to resume over the next several weeks. Murphy also anticipates being able to raise the limits on indoor gatherings in a way that would allow for greater religious services for the weekend of June 12. Child care centers can reopen to all clients Monday, June 15, Murphy said.  "As more and more workers prepare to go back to their jobs," said the governor, "we must ensure a conti…

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by Cecilia Levine
Torrington, CT
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COVID-19: School Closings Lead To Increased Risk Of Child Exploitation, FBI Warns COVID-19: School Closings Lead To Increased Risk Of Child Exploitation, FBI Warns
Covid-19: School Closings Lead To Increased Risk Of Child Exploitation, FBI Warns Due to school closings as a result of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), children will most likely be spending more time online, which could put them at an increased position for exploitation, the FBI warns. Online sexual exploitation comes in many forms. Individuals may coerce victims into providing sexually explicit images or videos of themselves, often in compliance with offenders’ threats to post the images publicly or send the images to victims’ friends and family, the FBI said. Other offenders may make casual contact with children online, gain their trust, and introduce sexual conversa…

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by Kathy Reakes
Cortlandt, NY
Police & Fire
Man Nabbed For Stalking Area Woman By Hacking Online Gaming Account Man Nabbed For Stalking Area Woman By Hacking Online Gaming Account
Man Nabbed For Stalking Area Woman By Hacking Online Gaming Account A man who was allegedly stalking an area woman he met through online gaming and then hacked her account was nabbed by police. The stalking came to light on Saturday, Jan. 18, when Putnam County Sheriff's Deputy Jonathan Irwin responded to a residence in the Town of Southeast for a reported unwanted person on the property.  When he arrived on the scene, Irwin spoke with the victim who said a man that she knows from a gaming app online, showed up at her house unannounced and uninvited.  The victim said she and the man used to play an online game together called,…

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by Kathy Reakes
Monroe, NY
Police & Fire
Two Teens Identified As Suspects In Middle School Threats Two Teens Identified As Suspects In Middle School Threats
Two Teens Identified As Suspects In Middle School Threats Two teens who met during online gaming have been identified in connection with school threats that caused a massive police response. The Clarkstown Police Detective Bureau identified a 15-year-old teen from the country of Chile as the person who made calls to Felix Festa Middle School in West Nyack on Nov. 21, stating that there was a gunman in the school.  Due to his age and the charges that would stem from this kind of incident, an extradition process cannot be initiated at this time, the department said. A second teen involved in the incident has been identified as a Clarkstown stu…

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by Kathy Reakes
Chappaqua, NY
Police & Fire
Security Heightened After Online Shooting Threat Made Against Horace Greeley HS Security Heightened After Online Shooting Threat Made Against Horace Greeley HS
Security Heightened After Online Shooting Threat Made Against Horace Greeley HS Heightened security measures at schools located in town have been implemented after an online threat was made against Horace Greeley High School in Chappaqua, New Castle Police said. The New Castle Police Department was contacted at about 3 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 2  by Amazon security about an expired threat made against Horace Greeley High School. The threat was that there would be a school shooting on Dec. 26, 2018, "Our investigation has determined that the threat was made through an online gaming website," New Castle Police said in a statement, adding the department "does n…

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by Joe Lombardi