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$24,000 Fraud: 41-Year-Old Man Charged By Chief State's Attorney $24,000 Fraud: 41-Year-Old Man Charged By Chief State's Attorney
$24,000 Fraud: 41-Year-Old Man Charged By Chief State's Attorney A Connecticut man has been arrested and charged with allegedly illegally collecting more than $24,000 in Unemployment Compensation benefits. New Haven County resident Marcus Johnson, age 41, of Waterbury, was charged on Friday, May 5, with one count each of unemployment compensation fraud and larceny, according to the Office of the Chief State's Attorney. The arrest is the result of an investigation following a complaint by the Connecticut Department of Labor. According to the arrest warrant affidavit, Johnson fraudulently collected approximately $24,686 in unemployment benefits from Augus…

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by Kathy Reakes
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CT Woman Accused Of Putting Mothball Inside Candy To Stop Neighbor's Dog From Barking CT Woman Accused Of Putting Mothball Inside Candy To Stop Neighbor's Dog From Barking
CT Woman Accused Of Putting Mothball Inside Candy To Stop Neighbor's Dog From Barking A house sitter in Connecticut has turned herself in after allegedly attempting to silence a neighbor's dog by hiding a potentially toxic mothball in a piece of candy she placed in the backyard, police said. In Hartford County, officers from the Southington Police Department were called to a Whitlock Avenue home on Dec. 23, 2021, where there was a report of a suspicious woman and a barking dog. On Monday, Jan. 31, police said the caller reported that when he went to check on his dog, he spotted a blonde woman dressed in all black walking along his fence line on the neighbor’s side of the pro…

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by Zak Failla