Crime

Republican legislators and the families of violent crime victims on Tuesday pleaded with Gov. Ned Lamont to suspend commutations. At a news conference, John Aberg said his grandson, Andrew Slyter, was 3 years old when he was sexually assaulted and killed more than 15 years ago. Craig Sadosky pleaded guilty to murder and was sentenced to …

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A Connecticut elementary school teacher has been arrested after she allegedly demonstrated a chokehold on her students, causing one of them to faint, authorities said. The alleged incident occurred last month at Brookside Elementary School in Norwalk, Connecticut. The Norwalk Police Department said in a press release on Saturday that it was contacted by Norwalk …

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Since recreational cannabis sales became legal in Connecticut this year, medical cannabis consumers have complained about there not being enough supply to serve both them and retail customers. The complaints come as the state Department of Consumer Protection (DCP) reports recreational and medical sales topped $13.3 million from Jan. 10 to Jan. 31. House Majority Leader Jason Rojas, D-East …

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Connecticut leaders are pushing for legislation they claim will help prevent domestic abusers from purchasing firearms. “Domestic violence and access to guns is a lethal combination,” Lt. Gov. Susan Bysiewicz said. It’s a combination that leaders want to put an end to. Bysiewicz said a domestic violence abuser is five times more likely to kill …

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Nine-year-old Olivia Pratt-Korbel screamed “Mum, I’m scared” seconds before she was shot dead in her own home, a court has been told. Olivia was killed on 22 August last year as a gunman chased convicted burglar Joseph Nee into her home. Her mother, Cheryl Korbel, 46, was injured in the shooting. Thomas Cashman, 34, is on …

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A federal grand jury indicted the man accused of targeting and shooting two Jewish men at close range on hate crime and weapons charges, prosecutors announced Friday. Martin Estrada, the U.S. Attorney of the Central District of California, said Jamie Tran, 28 was indicted on two hate crime counts for willfully causing bodily injury and …

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Montgomery High School junior Jaden Jess Pienta died after being stabbed three times in the chest by another student during an altercation in an art class A 16-year-old boy was stabbed to death during a fight at a Santa Rosa high school on Wednesday. According to a release from the Santa Rose Police Department, the …

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A plan to reduce violent crime in Fort Worth appears to be working. A report from the Fort Worth Police Department shows violent crimes dropped by more than 13% in 2022. The police department believes that’s the result of the “Fort Worth Safe” initiative. The plan launched in April of last year and focused on …

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“It’s the hardest thing I’ve ever been through in my life,” John Marvin Murdaugh said through tears on the stand. Alex Murdaugh’s younger brother took the stand on Monday, tearfully describing how he cleaned the gruesome crime scene the morning after his sister-in-law and nephew were murdered in June 2021. “No mother, father, aunt, or uncle should …

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Thousands of Asian Texans targeted by criminals in New York, DPS director says Several thousand Texans may be at risk after the Texas Department of Public Safety was duped into sending replacement driver’s licenses to criminals. According to our partners at The Dallas Morning News, DPS officials said at least 3,000 fraudulent accounts were created …

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