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Over $800K Scheme: Stamford Man Gets Prison Time For Stealing From Family Trust Over $800K Scheme: Stamford Man Gets Prison Time For Stealing From Family Trust
Over $800K Scheme: Stamford Man Gets Prison Time For Stealing From Family Trust A 69-year-old Connecticut man will spend time in prison for stealing over $800,000 from his relatives' family trust that he administered, officials announced.  Fairfield County resident Curtis Solsvig of Stamford was sentenced on Tuesday, March 5 to 18 months in prison for his wire fraud scheme, the US Attorney's Office for the District of Connecticut announced. According to federal officials, in 1996, Solsvig began serving as a trustee of a married couple's trust intended to benefit their two children. Beginning in 2011, Solsvig, a relative of the victims, began stealing around $…

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Man Who Planned Stamford Jewelry Store Heist That Caused Owner's Death Gets Prison Time Man Who Planned Stamford Jewelry Store Heist That Caused Owner's Death Gets Prison Time
Man Who Planned Stamford Jewelry Store Heist That Caused Owner's Death Gets Prison Time A 66-year-old New York man will spend decades in prison for planning a Connecticut jewelry store robbery that resulted in the death of the business's owner. White Plains resident Thomas Liberatore was sentenced on Monday, Dec. 18 to 32 years in federal prison for his involvement in the March 2020 robbery of Marco Jewelers in Stamford that left the owner dead, the US Attorney's Office for the District of Connecticut announced.  Earlier Report - Get-Away Driver During Murder Of Stamford Jeweler Sentenced According to federal officials, on the day of the robbery, March 28, 2020…

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'Demonic' Killings Of Father, Son Earn New Haven Man 120 Years In Prison 'Demonic' Killings Of Father, Son Earn New Haven Man 120 Years In Prison
'Demonic' Killings Of Father, Son Earn New Haven Man 120 Years In Prison A 55-year-old man was sentenced this week for killing a father and son in their Connecticut home back in the 1980s, officials said. Willie McFarland, of New Haven, got 120 years in prison for the murders of Fred Harris, age 59, and his son Greg Harris, age 23, inside their Hamden home in 1987, New Haven State’s Attorney John Doyle, Jr, announced on Tuesday, Jan. 31.  Judge Elpedio Vitale, who delivered the sentence, called the murders "a demonic level of violence and terror" and said McFarland "is an unqualified menace to society."  “After 35 years, the m…

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63-Year-Old Posed As CT Teen, Sent Sexual Messages To Undercover FBI Agent, Feds Say 63-Year-Old Posed As CT Teen, Sent Sexual Messages To Undercover FBI Agent, Feds Say
63-Year-Old Posed As CT Teen, Sent Sexual Messages To Undercover FBI Agent, Feds Say A man from Fairfield County faces prison time for child exploitation charges.  Bridgeport resident Michael Nastu, age 63, was sentenced to 18 months in prison on Wednesday, Jan. 11 for posing as a young teen to an undercover Federal Bureau of Investigation agent and sending them sexually explicit messages, according to the US Attorney's Office for the District of Connecticut.  In March 2021, Nastu would use the Kik social media app to start a conversation with the agent while pretending to be a 14-year-old girl from Connecticut.  Between March 31 and June 25, 2021, Nastu sen…

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Ex-EMT From Fairfield County Sentenced For Crash That Killed Woman Ex-EMT From Fairfield County Sentenced For Crash That Killed Woman
Ex-emt From Fairfield County Sentenced For Crash That Killed Woman A Fairfield County man who hit and killed a woman walking her dog before fleeing has been sentenced to prison. Declan Kot, age 24, of Easton, Nov. 10 was sentenced to 20 years, suspended after serving seven years. Five years of probation will follow that, along with 500 hours of community service, according to the Bridgeport Superior Court.  During the first three years of his probation, Kot will be also be required to install an ignition interlock device in his car and undergo substance abuse evaluations. Marileidy Morel-Araujo, age 32, of Pennsylvania, was hit and killed while visit…

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Dominican National Sentenced For Role In CT Drug Ring Dominican National Sentenced For Role In CT Drug Ring
Dominican National Sentenced For Role In CT Drug Ring A Dominican man staying in Connecticut man has been sentenced to 46 months in prison for distributing heroin and fentanyl. Brayan Gonzalez, age 26, announced a citizen of the Dominican Republic last residing in Waterbury, was sentenced on Wednesday, Feb. 17, said John Durham, U.S. States Attorney for the District of Connecticut. According to court documents and statements made in court, an investigation by the DEA New Haven Task Force and the Waterbury Police Department revealed that Nestor Sosa-Ortiz operated a Waterbury-based drug trafficking organization that received large quantities of…

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Darien TV Personality 'Mr. Wonder' Sentenced To Prison For Child Sex Crime Darien TV Personality 'Mr. Wonder' Sentenced To Prison For Child Sex Crime
Darien TV Personality 'Mr. Wonder' Sentenced To Prison For Child Sex Crime DARIEN, Conn. -- Nearly 40 years after vanishing amid allegations he abused children on a camping trip, a former television personality believed to have lived in Darien was sentenced to five years in prison. Frank John Selas III --  who hosted the "Mr. Wonder" show on KNOE-TV in Louisiana -- pleaded guilty in Louisiana to one count of indecent behavior with a child, Rapides Parish Assistant District Attorney Brian Mosley said in a statement. Selas could be eligible for parole in July 2018, with credit from the July 2016 arrest, Mosley said. He fled to Brazil after parents complai…

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