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CT Man Posed As Officer, Assaulted Woman In Hotel Room: Police CT Man Posed As Officer, Assaulted Woman In Hotel Room: Police
CT Man Posed As Officer, Assaulted Woman In Hotel Room: Police A Connecticut man with multiple fake IDs was arrested after he barged into a hotel room to assault a woman he worked with, police said. The New London County incident occurred on Friday, Feb. 2 in the town of Griswold, according to Connecticut State Police. Posing as a police officer, 45-year-old Jonathan Brand of Norwich is said to have knocked on the door of a hotel room at the Comfort Inn located at 375 Voluntown Road, calling out that he was law enforcement. The woman inside — who later informed police that she knew Brand from where she worked and that he was with her and her boyfri…

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by Sophie Grieser
Police & Fire
CT Man Accused Of Using Police Lights So He Could Get To Work Faster CT Man Accused Of Using Police Lights So He Could Get To Work Faster
CT Man Accused Of Using Police Lights So He Could Get To Work Faster A Connecticut man has been charged with allegedly impersonating a police officer after he was found to have police lights inside his Dodge Challenger so that he could get to work faster. New London County resident Michael Marshall, 43, of Groton, was charged on Wednesday, Oct. 25 during a stop on I-95. According to Connecticut State Police, an on-duty trooper out of Bridgeport after observing the Challenger displaying several steady red and blue illuminated lights.  A run of the license plate found the vehicle did not belong to a law enforcement agency, state police said. When asked …

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by Kathy Reakes
Police & Fire
CT Man Impersonates Officer: Threatens To Arrest Victims Before Befriending Them, Police Say CT Man Impersonates Officer: Threatens To Arrest Victims Before Befriending Them, Police Say
CT Man Impersonates Officer: Threatens To Arrest Victims Before Befriending Them, Police Say A Connecticut man was arrested after allegedly impersonating an officer in Tolland County and threatening to arrest two victims before offering to have a beer with them, police said. Windham County resident David Wright of Ashford, age 58, was arrested on Thursday, June 15 after allegedly impersonating a police officer in Mansfield, according to state police. Wright's arrest stemmed from an incident that happened on Wednesday, June 14 around 5 or 6 p.m., when both a woman and a man were driving around Mansfield in a Volkswagon Jetta before coming to a stop at a stop sign to look up directio…

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by Ben Crnic
Police & Fire
Duo Falsely Reported Large Fight Behind Store In Brookfield, Police Say Duo Falsely Reported Large Fight Behind Store In Brookfield, Police Say
Duo Falsely Reported Large Fight Behind Store In Brookfield, Police Say Two men were arrested after they allegedly made a false report of an incident over a police radio channel in Fairfield County, authorities said.  The incident happened on Tuesday, May 2 between 2:30 p.m. and 3 p.m., when the Brookfield Police emergency dispatch center received multiple unidentified radio transmissions over their primary radio channel, according to the department.  The transmission had requested all available units to respond to the back of the Kohl's Department Store for a large-scale fight in progress. However, Brookfield dispatchers were suspicious, as a similar…

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by Ben Crnic
Police & Fire
CT Man Nabbed For Harassing Woman While Impersonating Police Officer CT Man Nabbed For Harassing Woman While Impersonating Police Officer
CT Man Nabbed For Harassing Woman While Impersonating Police Officer A man from Connecticut is facing multiple charges after impersonating a police officer in a Western Massachusetts town, authorities said.  Police responded to a disturbance at 145 Cabot Street around 3:15 a.m. on Saturday, July 2, Holyoke Police said on Facebook. A male citizen told an officer about a man, later identified as Roberto Ruiz-Montanez, age 51, of Waterbury, who was bothering a woman outside the residence.  The woman said Ruiz-Montanez stopped approached her "in a threatening manner" and tried to get her into a back alley of Maple and Cabot streets, police s…

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by David Cifarelli
Police & Fire
Man Posing As Officer Caught With 53 Grams Of Heroin In I-84 Stop Man Posing As Officer Caught With 53 Grams Of Heroin In I-84 Stop
Man Posing As Officer Caught With 53 Grams Of Heroin In I-84 Stop A man attempted to pose as a police officer before being busted with more than 50 grams of heroin during a traffic stop on I-84 in Dutchess County. New York State Police troopers stopped Newburgh resident James Hayes at approximately 9:30 a.m. on Saturday, Nov. 3, when he committed a violation on the interstate in Fishkill. During the stop, police said that the troopers established probable cause to search Hayes and his Cadillac DTS. According to police, the investigation by New York State Police trooper Edward Reiser and his canine partner Dunn found that Hayes - who attempted to initially…

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by Zak Failla