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Fugitive Who Used Fake Virus In Terrifying CT Home Invasion Sentenced After 15 Years On Run Fugitive Who Used Fake Virus In Terrifying CT Home Invasion Sentenced After 15 Years On Run
Fugitive Who Used Fake Virus In Terrifying CT Home Invasion Sentenced After 15 Years On Run A Romanian man involved in a terrifying 2007 Connecticut home invasion has been sentenced to seven years in prison after evading capture for 15 years, authorities said.  Stefan Alexandru Barabas, 38, was part of a group that terrorized two residents in a scheme that seemed straight out of a nightmare. Just before midnight, Barabas and his accomplices — Emanuel Nicolescu and Alexandru Lucian Nicolescu — broke into a South Kent home wearing masks and wielding knives and fake guns, the US Attorney for Connecticut said.  They tied up and blindfolded two adults, injecting them with a s…

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by Josh Lanier
Weather
New Images Show Paths Of Tornadoes That Touched Down In CT, NY New Images Show Paths Of Tornadoes That Touched Down In CT, NY
New Images Show Paths Of Tornadoes That Touched Down In CT, NY Two maps show the path of two tornadoes that briefly touched down in the region as a severe storm system swept through on Wednesday afternoon, April 21 The first tornado touched down in New York's Hudson Valley, in Amenia in Dutchess County, at 2:49 p.m., just south of the village, and moved north northeast into the village, said officials with the National Weather Service. The tornado started near the intersection of Powder House Road and Ohandley Drive and caused sporadic damage along its path length, the weather service found during an inspection of damage on Thursday, April 22. One ho…

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by Kathy Reakes
News
Romanian National Sentenced For Role In CT Home Invasion, Fake Virus Threat Romanian National Sentenced For Role In CT Home Invasion, Fake Virus Threat
Romanian National Sentenced For Role In CT Home Invasion, Fake Virus Threat A Romanian national has been sentenced for his role in a Connecticut home invasion that mirrored the script of a Hollywood film. Alexandru Lucian Nicolescu has been sentenced to 121 months in prison for his role in a 2007 home invasion in South Kent, U.S. Attorney John Durham announced this week. Nicolescu pleaded guilty to one count of attempted extortion and one count of conspiracy to commit extortion. Shortly before midnight on April 15, 2007, Nicolescu, Emmanuel Nicolescu - who are not related - and a third man brandished masks, knives and guns and broke into the South Kent home. The th…

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by Zak Failla
Real Estate
Greenwich Residents Still Live In State's Most Expensive Zip Code Greenwich Residents Still Live In State's Most Expensive Zip Code
Greenwich Residents Still Live In State's Most Expensive Zip Code PropertyShark. just finished compiling a ranking of Connecticut’s 50 most expensive zip codes in 2017. Their study shows that even though Connecticut did not see its home prices surge dramatically in 2017, median sale prices grew in 25 of the top 50 most expensive zip codes, with eight zip codes in the state witnessing a double-digit growth. Here are some of PropertyShark's key findings: -- Stamford, the third largest city in the Constitution State, has five of its six zip codes in the top 50 most expensive zips in Connecticut. (Stamford's 06901 was the city's only zip code that didn't …

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by Jon Craig