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24-Year-Old Wins $25K: Family Tradition Yields Lucky CT Lottery Ticket 24-Year-Old Wins $25K: Family Tradition Yields Lucky CT Lottery Ticket
24-Year-Old Wins $25K: Family Tradition Yields Lucky CT Lottery Ticket After nearly trading her winning lottery ticket with her sister, a 24-year-old from Connecticut is now $25,000 richer. Old Lyme native Gabriella Cohen learned she had won the whopping prize after scratching off her “$500,000 Extravaganza” lottery ticket that she had won in a game played by her family every Christmas Eve, Connecticut Lottery announced on Friday, Jan. 27.  During the celebration at her family's Old Lyme house on Christmas Eve, Cohen was partaking in this tradition, during which family members will throw ping pong balls into cups with hidden numbers inside. Thes…

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by Ben Crnic
Police & Fire
Call By Concerned Citizen Leads To DUI Arrest Of CT Man Call By Concerned Citizen Leads To DUI Arrest Of CT Man
Call By Concerned Citizen Leads To DUI Arrest Of CT Man A Connecticut man was arrested for an alleged DUI after a concerned citizen called the state police. The incident took place in Tolland County around 9:50 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 31 at a gas station in the town of Somers. According to Connecticut State Police, troopers received a report from a concerned citizen of an individual who appeared intoxicated, sitting inside a vehicle at the Sunoco gas station, located at 169 Main Street, in the town of Somers.  A description of the vehicle was provided and the reporting party expressed concern about the individual potentially driving away from…

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by Kathy Reakes
Lifestyle
Winning $825K Lottery Scratch-Off Ticket Sold At CT Gas Station Winning $825K Lottery Scratch-Off Ticket Sold At CT Gas Station
Winning $825K Lottery Scratch-Off Ticket Sold At CT Gas Station One fortuitous CT Lottery player won nearly $1 million playing a popular scratch-off game sold at an area gas station, lotto officials announced. A Hartford County player from Newington - who chose not to disclose a name - is feeling lucky after cashing in a "200X" worth $825,000 that was sold at the Sunoco station on the Berlin Turnpike in Newington on Tuesday, April 26. According to CT Lottery, the top prize on a "200X" ticket - where players can win up to 200 times - is $1 million. The overall odds of winning are 1 in 3.21. That wasn't the only ticket worth at least six figures that w…

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by Zak Failla
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High-Speed Pursuit In Fairfield County Ends With Driver's Arrest, Police Say High-Speed Pursuit In Fairfield County Ends With Driver's Arrest, Police Say
High-Speed Pursuit In Fairfield County Ends With Driver's Arrest, Police Say A Long Island man was arrested in Fairfield County after taking engaging the police in a high-speed pursuit. Nassau County resident Jax Bateau, age 22, of Elmont, was arrested on Monday, Jan. 18, after Greenwich Police officers spotted a car speeding on Sound Beach Avenue around 2:40 a.m., said Captain Mark E. Zuccerella.  The vehicle then pulled into the Sunoco gas station on Arcadia Road but quickly left after seeing the police officers and fled south on Park Avenue at a high rate of speed, and ran a red light at the intersection of Park Avenue and Lockwood Avenue, Zuccerel…

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by Kathy Reakes
Lifestyle
Sonic To Open New Restaurant On Route 7 Sonic To Open New Restaurant On Route 7
Sonic To Open New Restaurant On Route 7 “Service with the speed of sound” is coming to a new Connecticut location. Sonic is reportedly opening its newest restaurant in the Nutmeg State, with road signs announcing that the popular drive-in is heading to the Route 7 Travel Plaza in New Milford. The restaurant will revive the building on the corner of Route 7 and Still River Road, which has been vacant for years. The area is also expected to include a new Sunoco gas station. In addition to the New Milford location, Connecticut residents can frequent Sonic restaurants in Manchester, Milford, and Wallingford.

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by Zak Failla
Police & Fire
Naked Man Charged After Dancing In Area Gas Station Parking Lot Naked Man Charged After Dancing In Area Gas Station Parking Lot
Naked Man Charged After Dancing In Area Gas Station Parking Lot Visitors to a Sunoco gas station in Westchester might have done a double take if they happened to catch a view of a large naked man dancing in the parking lot. The man, who police did not identify, but said was from Hobe Sound, Florida, was arrested around 10:10 p.m., on Tuesday, June 11, when officers responded to a 911 call from the gas station in the village of Mamaroneck at 540 Mamaroneck Ave., who reported a man was acting "erratically," said Mamaroneck Police Lt. Sandra DiRuzza. When officers arrived, they found the 36-year-old man getting into his vehicle, a video recorded by s…

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by Kathy Reakes
Police & Fire
State Police Ask Public's Help In Search For Gas Station Robbery Suspects State Police Ask Public's Help In Search For Gas Station Robbery Suspects
State Police Ask Public's Help In Search For Gas Station Robbery Suspects Have you seen it? Connecticut State Police investigators are seeking the public’s assistance as they attempt to track down the vehicle driven by two suspects who allegedly robbed a Stafford gas station. At approximately 4 a.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 23, two suspects burglarized the “Eagle Mart” Sunoco gas station by smashing through the front door of the building. The suspects then took money, merchandise and were caught on camera leaving the scene. Police released surveillance photos of the suspects’ vehicle, which was last spotted traveling eastbound on Route 190 in the area of Rockwell Road. …

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by Zak Failla