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Headless Body: CT Man Sentenced For Brutal Murder Of Girlfriend Headless Body: CT Man Sentenced For Brutal Murder Of Girlfriend
Headless Body: CT Man Sentenced For Brutal Murder Of Girlfriend A Connecticut man has been sentenced to prison after being found guilty by a jury of killing a 33-year-old woman and cutting off her head and dumping her body in a park. New Haven County resident Miles Johnson, age 24, of Waterbury, was sentenced to 55 years in prison on Wednesday, Aug. 2, for the July 2020 murder of Rachel Lerato Sebetlela, said Waterbury State’s Attorney Maureen Platt. Johnson was convicted in April by a Superior Court jury for the murder and other crimes. According to evidence introduced at trial, the victim was stabbed multiple times in the torso by the Johnson at Sebe…

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Drug Dealer Sentenced For Distributing Heroin, Crack Drug Dealer Sentenced For Distributing Heroin, Crack
Drug Dealer Sentenced For Distributing Heroin, Crack A 23-year-old man will spend nearly four years behind bars after being busted as part of a seven-month investigation for his role in trafficking heroin and crack cocaine in Connecticut. Ten men were arrested last summer on federal drug trafficking charges, U.S. Attorney John Durham said. The arrests came following the investigation by the FBI, ATF and Waterbury Police Department. Durham said that the investigation was targeting violent offenders and drug traffickers in Waterbury. “This level of cooperation between state and federal prosecutors, the FBI, the Waterbury Police Department, and…

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by Zak Failla