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Mass Man Accused In $9K Wilton Business Theft Spree Extradited, Police Say Mass Man Accused In $9K Wilton Business Theft Spree Extradited, Police Say
Mass Man Accused In $9K Wilton Business Theft Spree Extradited, Police Say A Massachusetts man has been extradited to Connecticut after police said he was tied to a series of thefts and trespassing incidents at a Wilton business that lost thousands of dollars in equipment and materials. George Bimbo, 37, was arrested Tuesday, July 4, after Wilton detectives traveled to the Middlesex Jail and House of Correction in Massachusetts to take custody of him on an extraditable warrant, according to Wilton police. Bimbo is charged with two counts of third-degree larceny and two counts of third-degree criminal trespass. The investigation centered on multiple incidents at F…

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by Josh Lanier
Police & Fire
CT Man Gets 42 Years For Fatal Gas Station Shooting CT Man Gets 42 Years For Fatal Gas Station Shooting
CT Man Gets 42 Years For Fatal Gas Station Shooting A Connecticut man will spend more than four decades in prison for the 2023 fatal shooting at a Terryville gas station, authorities announced.  Charles Whitfield Jr., 43, of Plymouth, was sentenced Tuesday, July 14, to 42 years in prison after a New Britain Superior Court judge found him responsible for the 2023 murder of Phillip Harris. A Superior Court jury in New Britain found Whitfield guilty of murder on May 4, 2026. The case centered on the killing of Harris, 42, of New Britain, at the Gulf Gas Station on Main Street in the Terryville section of Plymouth. Police said Harris was s…

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by Josh Lanier
Police & Fire
Bridgeport Man Facing 185 Years In Prison For Sexually Assaulting Children Bridgeport Man Facing 185 Years In Prison For Sexually Assaulting Children
Bridgeport Man Facing 185 Years In Prison For Sexually Assaulting Children A Connecticut jury took just two hours to convict a 39-year-old **Bridgeport** man of sexually assaulting two children **ages** 10 and 12, state prosecutors said. Daniel Giron-Moran, of Bridgeport, was found guilty on Monday, July 13, in Bridgeport Superior Court of multiple felony charges tied to the sexual assault of two children, ages 10 and 12, according to Bridgeport Judicial District State's Attorney Joseph T. Corradino. The convictions include two counts of first-degree sexual assault, three counts of third-degree sexual assault, five counts of risk of injury to a minor involving sex…

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by Josh Lanier
Police & Fire
2 Girls Fight Off Knife-Wielding Attacker In Attempted Sex Assault At State Park: Police 2 Girls Fight Off Knife-Wielding Attacker In Attempted Sex Assault At State Park: Police
2 Girls Fight Off Knife-Wielding Attacker In Attempted Sex Assault At State Park: Police A 23-year-old man is accused of threatening two young girls with a knife before trying to sexually assault them at Kettletown State Park, where police said the girls fought back with rocks, escaped, and found help from other visitors. Darius Moreno, of Southbury, was arrested after the attack, which happened around 3:30 p.m. Monday at the Southbury park, according to a report from the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection's Environmental Conservation Police. Investigators said the girls were hiking along Kettletown Brook when Moreno came up behind one of them, put he…

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by Josh Lanier
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85-Cent Pancakes Mark Chip’s 60th Anniversary In Fairfield, Orange 85-Cent Pancakes Mark Chip’s 60th Anniversary In Fairfield, Orange
85-Cent Pancakes Mark Chip’s 60th Anniversary In Fairfield, Orange Chip’s Family Restaurant will celebrate six decades in business by rolling pancake and coffee prices back to 1966 levels at its Fairfield and Orange locations. From 7 a.m. to 11 a.m. Monday, July 20, dine-in guests can order three original buttermilk pancakes for 85 cents and coffee for 15 cents. The promotion is limited to one order per guest. According to a press release from Chip’s, the anniversary celebration will run from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. at 321 Boston Post Road in Orange and 525 Tunxis Hill Cut Off in Fairfield. The event is free and open to the public. Chip's is celebrating 6…

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Single Mom Shot 3 Times While Shielding Children At Massachusetts World Cup Party, Friends Say Single Mom Shot 3 Times While Shielding Children At Massachusetts World Cup Party, Friends Say
Single Mom Shot 3 Times While Shielding Children At Massachusetts World Cup Party, Friends Say A Massachusetts single mother is facing months without income after she was shot three times while trying to protect her children during a community celebration. But the Brockton community she calls home will not let her face this alone.  Ninamarie Mendes was shot three times last month after a Cabo Verde World Cup watch party, according to two GoFundMe fundraisers created to support her and her family. The fundraisers say Mendes and her two children joined an impromptu street celebration after the watch party. As people danced with their community, gunfire erupted. Mendes was hit thre…

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by Josh Lanier
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Hegseth Orders Testosterone Screenings For US Service Members: 'The High-T Department Of War' Hegseth Orders Testosterone Screenings For US Service Members: 'The High-T Department Of War'
Hegseth Orders Testosterone Screenings For US Service Members: 'The High-T Department Of War' The Pentagon is adding a new annual health check for much of the active-duty force, framing it as a matter of combat readiness. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced in a video posted to X on Wednesday, July 15, that active-duty service members age 30 and older will receive annual testosterone deficiency screenings. Troops under 30 may volunteer for the testing. The screenings will be incorporated into the military's existing Periodic Health Assessment. Service members whose results show a deficiency may be offered testosterone replacement therapy. Treatment will remain optional, the 46…

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by Joe Lombardi
Police & Fire
Quick-Thinking Man Saves Teen Brother From Drowning In CT Lake; Rescue Boat Capsizes Quick-Thinking Man Saves Teen Brother From Drowning In CT Lake; Rescue Boat Capsizes
Quick-Thinking Man Saves Teen Brother From Drowning In CT Lake; Rescue Boat Capsizes An 18-year-old Connecticut man is alive thanks to his fast-acting brother.  The teenager nearly drowned Tuesday afternoon, July 14, in Lake Zoar in Oxford. Connecticut State Police and Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection Environmental Conservation officers responded to the end of Jackson Cove Road for a report of a possible drowning. The 18-year-old jumped from cliffs in Kettletown State Park into Lake Zoar, but struggled to keep his head above water before slipping beneath the surface, according to DEEP. The man's brother pulled him to shore and began CP…

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by Josh Lanier
Weather
Dangerous Haze Spreads Across Northeast: What To Know Dangerous Haze Spreads Across Northeast: What To Know
Dangerous Haze Spreads Across Northeast: What To Know That milky haze spreading across the sky may soon become more than an eerie sight. Click here for a new, updated story - Hazardous Haze: How To Protect Yourself, When Skies Will Clear Smoke from hundreds of Canadian wildfires is drifting across the Midwest and Northeast, posing a risk of poor air quality in heavily populated areas on Wednesday, July 15. The Canadian Interagency Forest Fire Centre listed 835 active fires on Tuesday, July 14. The country had recorded 3,472 fires this year, burning more than 4.7 million acres. The US National Weather Service Eastern Region Headqu…

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by Joe Lombardi
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NJ Family Dead In NY Plane Crash: State Police NJ Family Dead In NY Plane Crash: State Police
NJ Family Dead In NY Plane Crash: State Police A 2-year-old New Jersey girl, her mother, and her grandfather pilot were killed in a small plane crash just after taking off from the Adirondack Regional Airport in New York this week. Giuliana Hillgrube, her 33-year-old mother Gabriella, and her 70-year-old grandfather Gabriele Jasper, were identified on Wednesday, July 15 as the victims of the crash two days prior, according to New York State Police. Jasper, a Brick Township-based spine doctor and Toms River resident, was piloting the plane, police said. Hillgrube and her daughter, of Forked River, were passengers. Less than two week…

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by Joe Wilkinson
Police & Fire
Missing Connecticut Man Believed Found Dead In CT River In Western Massachusetts: DA Missing Connecticut Man Believed Found Dead In CT River In Western Massachusetts: DA
Missing Connecticut Man Believed Found Dead In CT River In Western Massachusetts: DA Police believe they have recovered the body of a 36-year-old Connecticut man from the Connecticut River in Massachusetts on Tuesday, July 15, after he disappeared last week. Jonathan Maxwell, of Wolcott, Connecticut, was reported missing after he was last seen in the area known as "The Meadows" in Northampton, Massachusetts, around 11 p.m. Saturday, according to the Northwestern District Attorney's Office. A bystander found the body near Shepherds Island and Middle Meadow Road around 3 p.m. Tuesday. The man was pronounced dead at the scene. The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner has…

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by Josh Lanier
News
Mysterious Giant Planet Emerges From Decade-Old Telescope Data Mysterious Giant Planet Emerges From Decade-Old Telescope Data
Mysterious Giant Planet Emerges From Decade-Old Telescope Data A young star system has surrendered a giant secret that it spent more than a decade hiding in plain sight. Astronomers announced on Wednesday, July 15, that they had discovered Beta Pictoris d, a cold gas giant orbiting a star about 63 light-years from Earth, according to Scientific American. The planet is estimated to have two to four times Jupiter’s mass. It is only slightly larger than Jupiter, despite its far greater mass. Two research teams detected the world independently while studying Beta Pictoris, a young star already known to host two giant planets and a sprawling disk of debris…

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by Joe Lombardi