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Norwalk Woman Admits To Stealing Dead Mother's Annuity Payments For Years Norwalk Woman Admits To Stealing Dead Mother's Annuity Payments For Years
Norwalk Woman Admits To Stealing Dead Mother's Annuity Payments For Years A Fairfield County woman will face time behind bars after impersonating her dead mother and cashing her annuity payments for years. Norwalk resident Sybil Butler, has pleaded guilty in Bridgeport federal court to one count of theft of government funds for her scheme that netted tens of thousands of dollars. Butler’s mother, a former U.S. Postal Service employee, received monthly annuity payments following her retirement. She died in June 2014, at which point Butler’s scheme began. According to U.S. Attorney John Durham, between June 2014 and October 2016, Butler impersonated her mother in …

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by Zak Failla
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Connecticut Couple Admits To Stealing 500 Pieces Of Mail From Mailboxes Connecticut Couple Admits To Stealing 500 Pieces Of Mail From Mailboxes
Connecticut Couple Admits To Stealing 500 Pieces Of Mail From Mailboxes A Connecticut couple busted with hundreds of pieces of mail during a traffic stop have pleaded guilty to felony charges for robbing “rural” mailboxes in Northern Westchester. Shamaty Pacheco, 20, and Axel Zuniga-Loor, 25, both of Waterbury, have pleaded guilty to one count each of criminal possession of stolen property, felonies, after being busted earlier this month. Westchester County District Attorney Anthony Scarpino, Jr., said that on Feb. 1, Pacheco and Zuniga-Loor stole mail from residents’ “rural” mailboxes in the Banksville neighborhood of North Castle and in Bedford. During the tr…

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by Zak Failla
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Police Investigate Overnight Fishing Incident Involving Mercedes-Benz At Darien Post Office Police Investigate Overnight Fishing Incident Involving Mercedes-Benz At Darien Post Office
Police Investigate Overnight Fishing Incident Involving Mercedes-Benz At Darien Post Office Police are investigating after an incident occurred overnight involving a Mercedes-Benz with New Jersey plates and a suspected “fishing” scheme at Darien Post Office. A US Postal employee observed the gray Mercedes with New Jersey plates running outside the post office, located at 30 Corbin Drive, and alerted the police. The employee allegedly witnessed a young male run across the parking lot from the outdoor depository area and enter the running Mercedes. The vehicle exited the lot and police arrived to check the area. Though they were unable to locate the vehicle, police found a sticky, …

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by Valerie Musson
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Retired Nurse Sentenced For Drug Trafficking, Money Laundering Forfeits $750K Retired Nurse Sentenced For Drug Trafficking, Money Laundering Forfeits $750K
Retired Nurse Sentenced For Drug Trafficking, Money Laundering Forfeits $750K A former nurse from Connecticut who forfeited her home and more than $750,000 after pleading guilty to drug trafficking and money laundering will be spending time behind bars. Christine Miles of Windsor Locks has been sentenced to 60 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, after pleading guilty to one count of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute, and to distribute, heroin, oxymorphone, hydrocodone and alprazolam.  She also admitted to engaging and attempting to engage in a monetary transaction affecting interstate commerce, involving criminally derived p…

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Wanted Man Nabbed After Side-Swiping Mail Truck, Fleeing In Fairfield Wanted Man Nabbed After Side-Swiping Mail Truck, Fleeing In Fairfield
Wanted Man Nabbed After Side-Swiping Mail Truck, Fleeing In Fairfield A 54-year-old Fairfield man was arrested for several offenses after side-swiping a U.S. Postal truck and then taking off instead of waiting for the police, according to the Fairfield Police. William Brown was arrested Friday, Aug. 17, after Fairfield Police received a 911 call reporting a motor vehicle collision in front of Tile America and that the vehicle at fault was fleeing the scene, said Lt. Robert Kalamaras.  Officers on scene determined that a mail truck was traveling east on Commerce Drive in the right lane of travel was struck by a red landscaping truck passing him on his left sid…

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by Kathy Reakes
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Lick It Or Not: Scratch 'N Sniff Postage Stamps Lick It Or Not: Scratch 'N Sniff Postage Stamps
Lick It Or Not: Scratch 'N Sniff Postage Stamps Scratch and sniff postage stamps? You bet. The U.S. Postal Service says it will “add the sweet scent of summer to letters of love, friendship, party invitations and other mailings” when it introduces “Frozen Treats Forever” stamps next month. The new 20-stamp booklet will feature the “whimsical watercolor illustrations” of Margaret Berg of Santa Monica, CA, the Postal Service said in a release Monday. “Scratch-and-sniff” made its debut, coincidentally, around the time that LSD was becoming popular in the mid-60s. As lore has it, an organic chemist was tasked with suspending scents inside m…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Retired CT Nurse Pleads Guilty To Money Laundering, Drug Trafficking Retired CT Nurse Pleads Guilty To Money Laundering, Drug Trafficking
Retired CT Nurse Pleads Guilty To Money Laundering, Drug Trafficking A former nurse from Connecticut is forfeiting her home and more than $750,000 after pleading guilty to drug trafficking and money laundering for more than a decade. John Durham, the United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that Windsor Locks resident Christine Miles, 59, has pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute, and to distribute, heroin, oxymorphone, hydrocodone and alprazolam and and one count of engaging and attempting to engage in a monetary transaction affecting interstate commerce, involving criminally derived property …

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by Zak Failla
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Greenwich Mail Carrier Caught Stealing Gift Cards Greenwich Mail Carrier Caught Stealing Gift Cards
Greenwich Mail Carrier Caught Stealing Gift Cards A Greenwich mail carrier was arrested Tuesday and charged with the theft of gift cards from the mail. Ismail Laksabi, 43, of Springdale Court, Norwalk, was arrested following a three-month investigation by the U.S. Postal Service, the State Financial Crimes Task Force and Greenwich police. Laksabi, a mail carrier in Central Greenwich, is accused of stealing gift cards purchased for residents on his route, according to the arrest report. He is facing 13 counts of receipt of money or goods obtained by illegal use of credit card, in addition to charges of larceny and credit-card theft by tran…

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by Kathy Reakes