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Caught In Historic Blizzard, NY Mom, Kids Find Overnight Refuge At Target Store (Photos)
Jessica Sypniewski was a mom on a mission: to find some place, any place, where she and her boyfriend, along with their 11-year-old daughter and 7-year-old son, could take refuge from the blinding snow and howling winds of a historic, deadly blizzard that had barreled down in western New York just before Christmas, and lasting days.
The 33-year-old Erie County resident, of West Seneca, told Daily Voice the family had set out Friday morning, Dec. 23, to pick up a relative on the other side of town. On the way back, however, they found themselves caught in one of the worst winter storms the r…
CT Man Starts Fire At Starbucks, Fights Officers, Police Say
A man was arrested after allegedly starting a fire at a Starbucks in Fairfield County and then fighting with police.
Joseph Graff, age 26, was arrested on Friday, Dec. 10, after police responded to the coffee shop in Greenwich.
Once police arrived on the scene, they found that Graff had started a fire on the side of the building on Greenwich Avenue and began resisting arrest by running into the highway, blocking traffic, said Lt. Martin O'Reilly of the Greenwich Police.
Graff, of Greenwich, also threw a hot beverage at an officer and punched several with "a closed fit," O'Reilly…