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CT Man Tries To Join ISIS, Fly To Syria: Here's His Sentence CT Man Tries To Join ISIS, Fly To Syria: Here's His Sentence
CT Man Tries To Join ISIS, Fly To Syria: Here's His Sentence A 30-year-old Connecticut man will spend more than a decade in prison for trying to travel to Syria to fight for ISIS, federal officials announced.  New Haven County resident Kevin McCormick of Hamden was sentenced on Thursday, Dec. 21 to 12 years in prison for trying to provide material support to the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS), a designated foreign terrorist organization, the US Attorney's Office for the District of Connecticut announced.  Earlier Report - 'I Gotta Fight Bro': Hamden Man Tried To Join ISIS, Fly To Syria, He Admits According to …

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by Ben Crnic
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Hartford Murder Suspect Busted Returning To US Months Later: Police Hartford Murder Suspect Busted Returning To US Months Later: Police
Hartford Murder Suspect Busted Returning To US Months Later: Police A 43-year-old Connecticut man wanted for allegedly killing a Springfield man and critically wounding a second in Vermont was arrested on Saturday, July 22, as he returned from Jamaica, authorities said.  Devon Dennis, of Hartford, was charged with second-degree murder and second-degree attempted murder in the May 12 shooting in Brookfield, Vermont, Vermont State Police said.  Related: Springfield Man Killed In Vermont, 2nd Man Wounded Juan Sierra, age 27, of Springfield, was shot in the chest and killed after driving to Vermont with Miguel Fuentes, 29, police said. Sierra died at…

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by Josh Lanier
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'I Gotta Fight Bro': Hamden Man Tried To Join ISIS, Fly To Syria, He Admits 'I Gotta Fight Bro': Hamden Man Tried To Join ISIS, Fly To Syria, He Admits
'I Gotta Fight Bro': Hamden Man Tried To Join ISIS, Fly To Syria, He Admits A Connecticut man is facing prison time after admitting to trying to fly to Syria in order to fight for ISIS.  New Haven County resident Kevin McCormick, age 29, of Hamden, admitted to trying to join the terrorist organization in Bridgeport Federal Court on Thursday, Jan. 12, according to the US Attorney's Office for the District of Connecticut.  Between August and October 2019, McCormick repeatedly told others of his desire to travel to Syria to lend support to the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS).  In one of these conversations, he said, "I gotta fight br…

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by Ben Crnic
Police & Fire
CT Man Faces Child Porn Charge, Police Say CT Man Faces Child Porn Charge, Police Say
CT Man Faces Child Porn Charge, Police Say This story has been updated. A Fairfield County man has been arrested nearly a year-and-half after a search warrant of his home turned up child pornography on electronic devices. Thomas Finn, age 55, of Norwalk, was arrested on Monday, Jan. 24, in connection with the case that began in January of 2020 in Norwalk. In January of 2020, the Special Victims Unit was contacted by the US Department of Homeland Security regarding an intercept of suspected child pornography on the messaging application “Kik," said Lt. Terrence Blake of the Norwalk Police. Homeland Security agents advised Norw…

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by Kathy Reakes
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Lamont Announces Number Of Afghan Refugees Who Will Resettle In CT Lamont Announces Number Of Afghan Refugees Who Will Resettle In CT
Lamont Announces Number Of Afghan Refugees Who Will Resettle In CT Hundreds of Afghan refugees will soon call Connecticut home as Gov. Ned Lamont gets ready to welcome them into the Nutmeg State. Lamont said that the State Department of Social Services will work with federal, state, and local officials to ensure that resources are properly allocated and municipalities have the support needed as 310 refugees make their way stateside. 
“I welcome these individuals with open arms into our wonderful state,” the governor said. "It is our obligation and our duty to ensure these Afghan refugees feel welcome in our state, and we will work to ensure they have ever…

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by Zak Failla
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COVID-19: Here's What You Need To Know About 'Stay Safe, Stay Home' Emergency Measure COVID-19: Here's What You Need To Know About 'Stay Safe, Stay Home' Emergency Measure
Covid-19: Here's What You Need To Know About 'Stay Safe, Stay Home' Emergency Measure Here are details of the "Stay Safe, Stay Home" executive order issued by Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont in an effort to battle the spread of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19). Under the order, Lamont is directing all non-essential businesses and not-for-profit entities in Connecticut to prohibit all in-person functions if they are able to, effective Monday, March 23 at 8 p.m.  The governor is encouraging all businesses to employ, to the maximum extent possible, any telecommuting or work-from-home procedures that they can safely implement. The order excludes any essential business or entit…

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by Joe Lombardi