New Haven Man With Seven Warrants Out For His Arrest  Apprehended In Milford New Haven Man With Seven Warrants Out For His Arrest  Apprehended In Milford
New Haven Man With Seven Warrants Out For His Arrest Apprehended In Milford Milford Police have arrested a New Haven man with a whopping seven outstanding warrants out for his arrest. Clinton Edwards, 49, New Haven, was arrested on July 21, while police were investigating the report of a stolen vehicle, police said. Among other things, Edwards is accused of skipping out on scheduled court appearances five times in 2020. Edwards is being charged with possession of a stolen license plate, two counts of larceny, two counts of conspiracy to commit larceny, and five counts of failure to appear, police said. He is being held on an $82,500 bond. On July 21, Milford polic…
Wallingford Resident Wins $100,000 Cash Five Prize Wallingford Resident Wins $100,000 Cash Five Prize
Wallingford Resident Wins $100,000 Cash Five Prize An area resident took home a cool $100,000 after hitting all the numbers on a Cash 5 lottery ticket. Luis Alicea, of Wallingford, hit the big payout on Sunday, July 12, after matching all five numbers in the game. The winning numbers on the lucky ticket purchased at the Shell Food Mart on North Colony Road in Wallingford were 5-7-9-12-1. Lottery officials said the odds of matching all five numbers on the Cash 5 game are 1 in 324,632. Alicea was the only big winner of the game on Sunday, lottery officials said.
COVID-19: Town-By-Town Look At Cases In Connecticut COVID-19: Town-By-Town Look At Cases In Connecticut
Covid-19: Town-By-Town Look At Cases In Connecticut The following are the number of novel coronavirus (COVID-19) cases for towns in Connecticut released late Wednesday afternoon, March 25. Statewide, 875 positive cases have been reported with 19 fatalities. Ansonia: 2 Avon: 4 Beacon Falls: 1 Berlin: 3 Bethel: 10 Bethlehem: 3 Bloomfield: 1 Bolton: 2 Branford: 6 Bridgeport: 27 Bridgewater: 1 Bristol: 2 Brookfield: 23 Burlington: 1 Clinton: 2 Columbia: 1 Coventry: 3 Cromwell: 1 Danbury: 63 Darien: 14 Deep River: 1 Derby: 1 East Hampton: 2 East Hartford: 4 East Haven: 5 East Lyme: 1 Easton: 2 Enfield: 1 Fairfield: 13 Farmington: 8 Glastonbury: …
COVID-19: Workers In Nine Amazon Warehouses Test Positive As It Races To Hire 100K Employees COVID-19: Workers In Nine Amazon Warehouses Test Positive As It Races To Hire 100K Employees
Covid-19: Workers In Nine Amazon Warehouses Test Positive As It Races To Hire 100K Employees More Amazon warehouse workers have tested positive for novel coronavirus (COVID-19) as the online retail giant seeks to hire 100,000 employees to accommodate shopper demand during the current outbreak. A week ago, an Amazon warehouse worker in Queens tested positive for COVID-19 as the virus began rapidly spreading in the region. Now, according to reports, there have been positive cases in at least nine warehouses across the country. Earlier report - COVID-19: Amazon Worker At NYC Delivery Station Tests Positive Other positive tests have reportedly been found in Wallingford, Connecticut, a…
Former Bus Driver Admits To Child Enticement Former Bus Driver Admits To Child Enticement
Former Bus Driver Admits To Child Enticement An area school bus driver admitted to sexually soliciting a teenage girl who was a passenger on his route, U.S. Attorney John Durham announced. Bridgeport resident Jose Manuel Santos, 37, pleaded guilty in New Haven district court to enticing a minor to engage in illegal sexual activity for his relationship with a 13-year-old girl.  At the time of his arrest, Santos was a bus and van driver in Connecticut who transported children going to and from a middle school in Wallingford. U.S. Attorney John Durham said that in October 2018, police received information that Santos was sexua…
Sonic To Open New Restaurant On Route 7 Sonic To Open New Restaurant On Route 7
Sonic To Open New Restaurant On Route 7 “Service with the speed of sound” is coming to a new Connecticut location. Sonic is reportedly opening its newest restaurant in the Nutmeg State, with road signs announcing that the popular drive-in is heading to the Route 7 Travel Plaza in New Milford. The restaurant will revive the building on the corner of Route 7 and Still River Road, which has been vacant for years. The area is also expected to include a new Sunoco gas station. In addition to the New Milford location, Connecticut residents can frequent Sonic restaurants in Manchester, Milford, and Wallingford.
BJ’s To Offer Same-Day Delivery Of Alcohol In Connecticut BJ’s To Offer Same-Day Delivery Of Alcohol In Connecticut
BJ’s To Offer Same-Day Delivery Of Alcohol In Connecticut BJ’s Wholesale Club is bringing alcohol delivery to Connecticut. The wholesale giant announced that it will be expanding its same-day delivery service to include a variety of alcohol, including wine, beer, and liquor. Members will be able to order online from delivery.BJs.com. Alcohol options include: BJ’s recently released exclusive line of wines, Wellsley Farms Prosecco, Sauvignon Blanc, Cabernet Sauvignon, Malbec and Pinot Grigio, all for under $10. Josh Cellars Kendall Jackson Corona White Claw Hard Seltzer Budweiser Tito’s Patron Captain Morgan Spiced Rum “We’re focused on making it …
Darien HS Grad John Timbers of Bethel, Assistant US Attorney, Lawyer In Stamford, Dies At 76 Darien HS Grad John Timbers of Bethel, Assistant US Attorney, Lawyer In Stamford, Dies At 76
Darien HS Grad John Timbers of Bethel, Assistant US Attorney, Lawyer In Stamford, Dies At 76 A Stamford attorney from Bethel who served as an assistant U.S. Attorney in New York during his career has died. John W. Timbers died at home on Thursday, May 23. He was 76. Timbers was born in Brooklyn in 1942 to Charlotte T. Timbers and the Hon. William H. Timbers who later served as a judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.  Timbers graduated from Darien High School in 1960 and from Dartmouth College in 1964, after which he attended the University of Edinburgh in Scotland as a Rotary Scholar.  After graduating from Harvard Law School in 1968, he clerked for…
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Governor Expands Economic Development Team To Attract, Retain Businesses Governor Expands Economic Development Team To Attract, Retain Businesses
Governor Expands Economic Development Team To Attract, Retain Businesses This story has been updated. Gov. Ned Lamont has attracted some international heavy-hitters to his Economic Development team including former top executives from PepsiCo and IBM. That's good news for a state that has not recovered from the worst recession since the Great Depression. This month, Lamont added two more board members, Donald Kendall, Jr., co-founder and chair of Social Venture Partners Connecticut, and R. Adam Norwitt, president and CEO of Amphenol Corp., to the Connecticut Economic Resource Center, Inc., a nonprofit that promotes business growth. “There is nobody better to s…
Area Man Admits To Elaborate Years-Long Bankruptcy Fraud Area Man Admits To Elaborate Years-Long Bankruptcy Fraud
Area Man Admits To Elaborate Years-Long Bankruptcy Fraud A Connecticut man has admitted to his role in an elaborate scheme to defraud a woman out of more than $200,000 as part of a bankruptcy fraud scam. Wallingford resident Joel Riley, 47, pleaded guilty in Hartford federal court to one count of bankruptcy fraud for his role in the scheme that lasted for several years. Between April 2015 and July the following year, Riley fraudulently applied for and obtained loans and lines of credit in the name of his victim, without her permission or knowledge. U.S. Attorney John Durham said that by December 2016, the outstanding debt on the illegally secured…
Man Sentenced For Stealing Bitcoins In Dark Web Phishing Scheme Man Sentenced For Stealing Bitcoins In Dark Web Phishing Scheme
Man Sentenced For Stealing Bitcoins In Dark Web Phishing Scheme An area man will spend time behind bars for fraud and money laundering offenses in connection to a scheme to steal bitcoins in an online phishing scam. Michael Richo, of New Haven, and formerly of Wallingford, has been sentenced in Hartford federal court to a term of 12 months and one day in prison, followed by three years of supervised release after pleading guilty to one count of access device fraud and one count of money laundering. Richo admitted to engaging in an online phishing scheme to steal bitcoins from people on the dark web, U.S. Attorney John Durham announced. Richo carried out…
Former Dentist Sentenced For Sexually Assaulting, Stalking Patients In Connecticut Former Dentist Sentenced For Sexually Assaulting, Stalking Patients In Connecticut
Former Dentist Sentenced For Sexually Assaulting, Stalking Patients In Connecticut A former dentist who admitted to stalking and sexually assaulting patients in Connecticut will spend at least seven years in prison after pleading guilty earlier this year. Jeffrey Krahling of Wallingford was sentenced in New Haven Superior Court to a term of between seven and 15 years in prison, which will be suspended after seven years. He pleaded guilty earlier this year to two counts of sexual assault, burglary, intimidating a witness, tampering with a witness and possession of child porn. Krahling pleaded guilty under the Alford Doctrine, which states that he does not agree with all of…