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Connecticut Man Charged With Multiple Child Exploitation Offenses Connecticut Man Charged With Multiple Child Exploitation Offenses
Connecticut Man Charged With Multiple Child Exploitation Offenses A Connecticut man has been charged by federal authorities with multiple child exploitation offenses. Hartford County resident Michael Ferro, age 35, of Avon, surrendered to law enforcement on Wednesday, Sept. 29, according to Leonard C Boyle, US Attorney for the District of Connecticut. As alleged in the complaint, on Wednesday, August 18, Ferro, using the Kik social media application, began chatting in a Kik group with an FBI covert agent who was posing as a father of a 12-year-old girl.  After Ferro determined that the fictitious father was engaged in sexual activity with his “…

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by Kathy Reakes
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Fairfield County Man Charged With Pinning Police Officer Between Doors During Capitol Hill Riot Fairfield County Man Charged With Pinning Police Officer Between Doors During Capitol Hill Riot
Fairfield County Man Charged With Pinning Police Officer Between Doors During Capitol Hill Riot A Fairfield County man has been charged in connection to the violent assault of a police officer during the deadly pro-Trump Capitol Hill riot on Wednesday, Jan. 6 that was captured on video and shown repeatedly throughout the world. Patrick Edward McCaughey III, age 23, of Ridgefield, "knowingly and willfully joined a crowd of individuals who forcibly entered the grounds of the United States Capitol and impeded, disrupted, and disturbed the orderly conduct of business by the United States House of Representatives and the United States Senate," according to a complaint by Federal author…

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by Joe Lombardi