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Man Charged With Chasing Person With Box Cutter, Slashing Tires Outside Convenience Store Man Charged With Chasing Person With Box Cutter, Slashing Tires Outside Convenience Store
Man Charged With Chasing Person With Box Cutter, Slashing Tires Outside Convenience Store A 39-year-old man has been arrested for allegedly chasing another man around the parking lot of a convenience store with a box cutter and then slashing his tires. Police responded to the incident around 5:30 a.m., Monday, June 1, at the Cumberland Farms in Milford, said the Milford Police. When officers arrived on the scene, they found that Rhonel Russell, of Bridgeport, had allegedly punched an acquaintance in the face, and then chased him around the parking lot with a box cutter, police said. Russell then allegedly slashed the victim's tires with the box cutter. He is also accused o…

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by Kathy Reakes
Lifestyle
Fairfield Man Wins $100K Cash 5 Prize Fairfield Man Wins $100K Cash 5 Prize
Fairfield Man Wins $100K Cash 5 Prize A Fairfield County man is $100,000 richer after hitting it big on a Cash 5 lottery ticket. James McDonald, of Fairfield, picked up his "big check" on Tuesday, Feb. 25, at the state lottery headquarters in Rocky Hills. McDonald, who purchased his ticket at the Cumberland Farms store in Fairfield, matched five numbers to win the game's largest payout.  The odds of matching all five numbers are one in 324,632, lottery officials said. McDonald declined to tell his "lottery" story or have his picture taken. 

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by Kathy Reakes
Politics
Know Him? Alert Issued For Suspect In Theft At Area Cumberland Farms Know Him? Alert Issued For Suspect In Theft At Area Cumberland Farms
Know Him? Alert Issued For Suspect In Theft At Area Cumberland Farms Police are asking the public for help in identifying a man who allegedly ripped off two cartons of cigarettes from a convenience store after fighting with the clerk. The incident took place around 12:20 a.m. Thursday when the man pictured walked into the Cumberland Farms store located at 819 River Road in Shelton, said Shelton Police Detective Richard Bango. The man asked the clerk for two cartons of cigarettes. When the clerk retrieved the cigarettes the man grabbed them and a physical altercation occurred between the two, Bango said. The suspect was able to overpower the c…

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by Kathy Reakes
Police & Fire
Know Him? Suspect On Loose After Cumberland Farms Robbery On Post Road Know Him? Suspect On Loose After Cumberland Farms Robbery On Post Road
Know Him? Suspect On Loose After Cumberland Farms Robbery On Post Road Do you know him? Police in Connecticut have released surveillance photos of a suspect who allegedly stole cash from Cumberland Farms on Boston Post Road in Milford. According to the Milford Police Department, at approximately 11:45 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 29, a suspect waited for a cash register at Cumberland Farms to be opened, then reached over and took cash from inside the drawer. He then fled the store northbound on Plains Road in the direction of I-95. Police described the suspect as an African American or Hispanic man in his mid-30s who sat at approximately 5-foot-7 with a thin build…

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by Zak Failla
News
Man Sentenced In Fairfield County For Multi-State Robbery Spree Man Sentenced In Fairfield County For Multi-State Robbery Spree
Man Sentenced In Fairfield County For Multi-State Robbery Spree A 33-year-old Waterbury man was sentenced to eight years in federal prison in connection with a multi-state armed robbery spree. A drug overdose in a Waterbury motel eventually led to the man's arrest. Zachary Provost was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Stefan R. Underhill in Bridgeport to 96 months of imprisonment, followed by five years of supervised release, for committing a series of robberies in Connecticut, Massachusetts and New Hampshire in late 2017, according to John H. Durham, U.S. Attorney for the District of Connecticut. According to court documents and statements made in cour…

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by Jon Craig