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Ex-Attorney Sentenced For Bilking $169K From Her Clients Ex-Attorney Sentenced For Bilking $169K From Her Clients
Ex-Attorney Sentenced For Bilking $169K From Her Clients In an investigation assisted by Greenwich Police, a former lawyer in Connecticut will spend nearly four years behind bars after admitting to her role in bilking clients out of more than $169,000 through several schemes. Bristol resident Jodi Zils Gagne, 43, was sentenced on Tuesday, April 23, to 46 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release after pleading guilty to one count of mail fraud late last year. Zils Gagne, an attorney, acted as a court-appointed conservator for several of her victims in Connecticut. U.S. Attorney John Durham said that as a conservator, Zils Ga…

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CT Man Sentenced For Enticing Minor To Engage In Sexual Activities CT Man Sentenced For Enticing Minor To Engage In Sexual Activities
CT Man Sentenced For Enticing Minor To Engage In Sexual Activities A registered sex offender from Connecticut will spend nearly 20 years behind bars after enticing a teenager to engage in sexual activities. Windsor resident Andrew Cunningham, 39 has been sentenced to 216 months in prison, followed by 10 years of supervised release, after pleading guilty to charges late last year. In March 2017, Cunningham began communicating with a 13-year-old girl on Omegle, a website and mobile app designed to pair strangers for text and video chants. Cunningham first posed as a 17-year-old, before stating that he was 25 years old. Cunningham and his victim spoke throug…

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by Zak Failla
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Man Wanted For Car Burglaries Arrested On Warrant Man Wanted For Car Burglaries Arrested On Warrant
Man Wanted For Car Burglaries Arrested On Warrant A 20-year-old Stamford man was nabbed for failure to appear after surrendering himself to Greenwich Police. Camaron Covert was arrested on Friday, Jan. 11, for charges dating back to June 2017 for allegedly breaking into cars, said the Greenwich Police. He subsequently failed to appear for one or more scheduled court appearances and a warrant was issued for his re-arrest. Covert is being held on $50,000 bond. He is scheduled to appear in court on Jan. 25. 

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by Kathy Reakes
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Bridgeport Man Sentenced To Prison Following Sexual Assault Of Girl He Met Online Bridgeport Man Sentenced To Prison Following Sexual Assault Of Girl He Met Online
Bridgeport Man Sentenced To Prison Following Sexual Assault Of Girl He Met Online A Bridgeport man will spend 18 months in prison after pleading guilty to sexually assaulting a 15-year-old girl he met online. Hasan Khalid, 21, was sentenced Tuesday by Superior Court Judge Frank Iannotti to three years, suspended after he serves 18 months in prison, followed by three years of probation. He also has to register as a sex offender and undergo treatment for sexual offenders, according to the Connecticut Post. The incident, which took place in 2017, came to light when the girl told police that she had met Khalid over social media and that he had invite…

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by Kathy Reakes
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New Canaan PD: Teen Who Violated Protection Order Charged With Threatening, Disorderly Conduct New Canaan PD: Teen Who Violated Protection Order Charged With Threatening, Disorderly Conduct
New Canaan PD: Teen Who Violated Protection Order Charged With Threatening, Disorderly Conduct After violating an order of protection, a New Canaan man was arrested and faces multiple charges, according to police. The protection order was placed on Wednesday, Nov. 21 around 7 p.m. after New Canaan Police responded to a complaint of a domestic altercation between two family members. During the investigation, Arlind Bajraktari, 18, was arrested and charged with disorderly conduct and making threats. He was granted a conditional release. Later in the day, around 9 p.m., Bajraktari was found to be in violation of the terms of his release, which included having no further contact with th…

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Yale Suspends Student After New Sexual Assault Allegations Surface Yale Suspends Student After New Sexual Assault Allegations Surface
Yale Suspends Student After New Sexual Assault Allegations Surface A Yale student who was acquitted on sexual assault charges last year has been suspended again as new allegations of assault were leveled against him, according to the Yale Daily News. Saifullah Khan was suspended on Sunday by Dean of Yale College Marvin Chun, three days after the new charges surfaced, the school newspaper reported. According to the Yale Daily News, under the suspension, Khan has been barred from campus and all of his classes. He was also suspended in 2015 after Khan was arrested for allegedly assaulting a Yale student. He was acquitted of the charges and the suspension was…

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Ex-Sacred Heart University Student Sentenced For False Rape Allegation Ex-Sacred Heart University Student Sentenced For False Rape Allegation
Ex-Sacred Heart University Student Sentenced For False Rape Allegation The New York teenager and former Sacred Heart University student who admitted to making false rape allegations against a pair of football players is heading to jail. Nikki Yovino, who accepted a plea deal in Connecticut earlier this year, has been sentenced to a year in jail for making up rape allegations against two men. She had initially declined a deal, but changed her tune in June as her trial approached. According to the New York Daily News, Yovino rolled her eyes while being sentenced to jail time. "I went from being a college student to sitting at home being expelled with no wa…

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Fairfield County Attorney Sentenced For Sexually Exploiting Boy, Ordered To Pay $215K Fairfield County Attorney Sentenced For Sexually Exploiting Boy, Ordered To Pay $215K
Fairfield County Attorney Sentenced For Sexually Exploiting Boy, Ordered To Pay $215K A former lawyer in the area is heading to prison for sexually exploiting a boy. Shelton resident Peter Kruzynski has been sentenced to 156 months in prison, followed by 10 years of supervised release, after pleading guilty to one count of enticement of a minor to engage in sexual activity. He must also pay his victim $215,000 in restitution. Kruzynski, 51, used his cell phone to text a 12-year-old boy to engage in sexual activity. He sent text messages to the minor, telling him to come to his home, where Kruzynski then had sexual contact with his victim.  In December 2014, when his victim …

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Ex-Dispatcher Admits To Interfering With CT Emergency Call Ex-Dispatcher Admits To Interfering With CT Emergency Call
Ex-Dispatcher Admits To Interfering With CT Emergency Call A former police dispatcher in Connecticut was ordered to pay a $500 fine for ignoring an emergency complaint involving her son violating a restraining order, reportedly to the chagrin of the victim’s family. Ruth Bragg, 55, a former police dispatcher in Putnam pleaded guilty this week to a charge of interfering with police after she failed to send officers to assist Amanda Larochelle, who had a restraining order out against her 22-year-old son in July last year. The plea came following two attempts by Bragg to get the judge to send her to an accelerated rehabilitation program, which could h…

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Student Accused Of Making Threat Arrested In Stamford Student Accused Of Making Threat Arrested In Stamford
Student Accused Of Making Threat Arrested In Stamford A Stamford High School sophomore is sitting in juvenile detention after being arrested for making a threat against the school. The threat was spotted by another student around noon on Tuesday at the school, said Stamford Police Lt. Tom Barcello. The student immediately reported the perceived threat to school resource officers, administrators, and security guards who, along with police, were able to determine quite quickly the 15-year-old student who made the threat, Barcello said. The student was arrested and charged with felony threatening, he added. "We have zero tolerance for thre…

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Man, 23, Charged With Making Bomb Threat To Trumbull High School Man, 23, Charged With Making Bomb Threat To Trumbull High School
Man, 23, Charged With Making Bomb Threat To Trumbull High School Police arrested a local man for posting a bomb threat towards Trumbull High School on his Facebook page. Rushab Momaya, 23, a 2011 Trumbull High School graduate, stated that he was going to bomb the school but did not include any details in the posting, Trumbull police said. When Trumbull Police and the fire marshal’s office responded to Momaya’s residence, they quickly determined that the threat was not credible and that there were no explosive materials or incendiary devices on the premises, police said. Police and fire officials also worked closely with the Board of Education and school…

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Stamford Teen Who Crashed Stolen Car Into Cruiser Charged As Adult Stamford Teen Who Crashed Stolen Car Into Cruiser Charged As Adult
Stamford Teen Who Crashed Stolen Car Into Cruiser Charged As Adult A Stamford 16-year-old  was extradited from New York and charged as an adult after stealing a vehicle and taking police on a chase that ended in Northern Westchester in October 2017, ramming three police vehicles, according to the Stamford Advocate. Eric Ramirez was arraigned at the Stamford courthouse Friday where he was charged with several counts of burglary and larceny, the Advocate said Senior Assistant State’s Attorney Joseph Valdes told Judge Gary White that Ramirez broke into a Stamford home near the water and took an AirSoft gun, a saber sword and a Chevy Silverado, the newspaper r…

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by Kathy Reakes