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UConn's Dan Hurley Could Be LA Lakers' Next Coach, Report Says UConn's Dan Hurley Could Be LA Lakers' Next Coach, Report Says
UConn's Dan Hurley Could Be LA Lakers' Next Coach, Report Says After two back-to-back NCAA championships, the Los Angeles Lakers are reportedly wooing UConn's Dan Hurley to be their next head coach. Click here for a new, updated story: Dan Hurley Spurns Lucrative LA Lakers' Offer To Stay With UConn  According to a report by ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski, the franchise is working on a "massive," long-term contract to bring the famous Hurley, age 51, to the Lakers. Wojnarowski reported on Thursday, June 6, that the Lakers' front office had preliminary contact with Hurley and planned to escalate the discussions. Wojnarowski reported that the tea…

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by Kathy Reakes
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Daycare Commercial Casting Paid Roles Across Northeast Daycare Commercial Casting Paid Roles Across Northeast
Daycare Commercial Casting Paid Roles Across Northeast Do you want to be in a commercial about daycare? A commercial for highlighting the benefits of a daycare communication technology for parents and teachers is seeking talent for four roles, according to a casting notice.  The commercial is looking for people from Baltimore, Washington, DC, Philadelphia, New York City, Jersey City and Virginia Beach. The roles include: A female daycare owner between the ages of 30 and 50, a female daycare director between the ages of 25 and 50, a daycare teacher between the ages of 18 and 40, and the parent of a daycare child between the ages of 18 and…

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by Sam Barron
Police & Fire
Man Found Sleeping In Employee's Car At Self Storage In CT Man Found Sleeping In Employee's Car At Self Storage In CT
Man Found Sleeping In Employee's Car At Self Storage In CT A man was charged with criminal trespass after he was allegedly found sleeping in the car of an employee at a Fairfield County self-storage business. Joshua Rubenfeld, age 35, of Jersey City, New Jersey, was arrested on Thursday, Feb. 1 at the Hollow Tree Self Storage in Darien. Darien officers responded to Hollow Tree Self Storage on a report of an unknown man sleeping in an employee’s vehicle. The employee said that it appeared the vehicle’s window was broken to gain entry, said Sgt. Dan Skoumbros of the Darien Police. When Rubenfeld was approached by officers he refused to tel…

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by Kathy Reakes
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CT Man Charged With Insurance Fraud Over $27K Diamond Ring CT Man Charged With Insurance Fraud Over $27K Diamond Ring
CT Man Charged With Insurance Fraud Over $27K Diamond Ring A 44-year-old Connecticut man was arrested for filing a bogus insurance claim on a diamond ring valued at $27,000, authorities said. Fairfield County resident Duke Quarshie, of Norwalk, was issued a payment from Assurant Insurance Company in 2016 for a claim regarding the ring in New Jersey, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said. On June 2, 2021, Quarshie was living in North Bergen, New Jersey when filed a second claim for the same piece of jewelry, the prosecutor said. Quarshie was charged with one count of insurance fraud and arrested at the Hudson County Prosecutor’s Office i…

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Career Criminal From CT Admits Committing Murder-For-Hire Of Politician Career Criminal From CT Admits Committing Murder-For-Hire Of Politician
Career Criminal From CT Admits Committing Murder-For-Hire Of Politician A hardened ex-con from Fairfield County admitted that he and a longtime criminal pal from Philadelphia stabbed a political consultant to death and then torched his New Jersey apartment in a murder-for-hire attack. George Bratsenis, age 73, of Monroe, said he and his partner were paid to whack Michael Galdieri, the son of former State Sen. James Galdieri in New Jersey and a prominent figure in local politics. Bratsenis and the other killer, Bomani Africa, age 61, were hired by onetime political operative Sean Caddle, who’d been an aide to former State Sen. Ray Lesniak and previously worked …

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by Jerry DeMarco
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NJ Political Operative Admits Paying Two Men, Including One From CT, To Kill Associate NJ Political Operative Admits Paying Two Men, Including One From CT, To Kill Associate
NJ Political Operative Admits Paying Two Men, Including One From CT, To Kill Associate A New Jersey-based political consultant admitted that he hired two hitmen, including one from Connecticut, to kill a longtime associate who had worked for him on various election campaigns, federal authorities said. Sean Caddle, 44, a former aide to former New Jersey State Sen. Ray Lesniak (D-Elizabeth) paid the killers -- with the other from Pennsylvania -- to get rid of Michael Galdieri, the son of former State Sen. James Galdieri (D-Jersey City) and a prominent figure in local Hudson County politics. Galdieri, 52, was stabbed to death in May 2014 before his Jersey City apartmen…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Nine Charged With Stealing $1.3M Worth of Vehicles In NY, NJ, CT, MA, PA Shipping Them Overseas Nine Charged With Stealing $1.3M Worth of Vehicles In NY, NJ, CT, MA, PA Shipping Them Overseas
Nine Charged With Stealing $1.3M Worth of Vehicles In NY, NJ, CT, MA, PA Shipping Them Overseas An international ring of identity thieves stole $1.3 million worth of vehicles and watercraft from dealerships in New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Massachusetts, and Pennsylvania, using fraudulently obtained digital driver's licenses, authorities charged. Nine defendants used the stolen identities of US citizens in Puerto Rico -- along with fake Puerto Rico driver’s licenses, Social Security cards, debit cards, and birth certificates -- to obtain the licenses from motor vehicle agencies in Jersey City and North Bergen, Acting New Jersey Attorney General Andrew J. Bruck said. They used tho…

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by Jerry DeMarco