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CT High Schools Can Apply Now for New Grant For Free Tech Curriculum CT High Schools Can Apply Now for New Grant For Free Tech Curriculum
CT High Schools Can Apply Now for New Grant For Free Tech Curriculum These days, budget cuts have school districts scrambling. Vital programs are being cut while the demand for talent in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics)  is growing.  To help fill this need, New Haven-based District Innovation and Venture Center (DIVC), the nonprofit parent organization behind Holberton School in New Haven announced that it has partnered with Milestone C to provide groundbreaking STEM programs, along with teacher training and support, to Connecticut-based high schools at no cost.  This will be made possible through a grant from DIVC/Holberton School Ne…

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Registered Sex Offender From Stamford Sentenced For Child Pornography Offense Registered Sex Offender From Stamford Sentenced For Child Pornography Offense
Registered Sex Offender From Stamford Sentenced For Child Pornography Offense A registered sex offender from Stamford will spend more than a decade in prison after admitting to possessing dozens of videos and images of child pornography, including many of which include children under the age of 12. Brien Pennell, 31, who was previously convicted of having sexual contact with a teenage girl, was sentenced to 15 years in prison after pleading guilty last year in Hartford federal court to one count of receipt of child pornography following his arrest on March 20, 2018. Pennell was also sentenced to 10 years of supervised release for using the Internet to download and vi…

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Man Sentenced For Distributing Child Porn In Connecticut Man Sentenced For Distributing Child Porn In Connecticut
Man Sentenced For Distributing Child Porn In Connecticut A 25-year-old man will spend years behind bars after admitting to disseminating child porn to a person in Connecticut. Wakeman, Ohio resident Robert Dudukovich has been sentenced in New Haven district court to 60 months in prison followed by seven years of supervised release after pleading guilty to one count of distribution of child pornography over the summer. Between July 10 and Oct. 4, 2017, Dudukovich managed a chat group on “Kik,” a messaging app that allowed he and a group of others to “communicate about their sexual interest in young boys and to share and trade child pornography pri…

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Stamford Sex Offender Admits To Child Porn Charge Stamford Sex Offender Admits To Child Porn Charge
Stamford Sex Offender Admits To Child Porn Charge A registered sex offender from Stamford is facing decades in prison after admitting to possessing dozens of videos and images of child pornography, including many of which include children under the age of 12. Brien Pennell, 31, who was previously convicted of having sexual contact with a teenage girl, pleaded guilty in Hartford federal court to one count of receipt of child pornography following his arrest on March 20, 2018. When he is sentenced next year, Pennell faces a mandatory minimum term of 15 years and a maximum term of 40 years in prison. U.S. Attorney John Durham noted that “the…

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CT College Student Sentenced For Enticing Young Boys To Engage In Sex Over Internet CT College Student Sentenced For Enticing Young Boys To Engage In Sex Over Internet
CT College Student Sentenced For Enticing Young Boys To Engage In Sex Over Internet A 24-year-old man attending college in Connecticut has been sentenced for enticing four boys to engage in sexual activities over the Internet. Travis McCoy has been sentenced to 156 months in prison, followed by a lifetime of supervised release, after pleading guilty in Hartford District Court over the summer to one count of enticement of a minor to engage in sexual activity. From August 2015 through March last year, while attending college and living in New London, McCoy admitted to using Internet-based video chatting services such as Kik and Google Hangouts, as well as Internet-based gami…

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CT College Student Admits To Enticing Boys For Online Sex CT College Student Admits To Enticing Boys For Online Sex
CT College Student Admits To Enticing Boys For Online Sex A 24-year-old man attending college in Connecticut has admitted to enticing four boys to engage in sexual activities over the Internet. Travis McCoy has waived his right to be indicted and pleaded guilty in Hartford District Court this week to one count of enticement of a minor to engage in sexual activity. From August 2015 through March last year, while attending college and living in New London, McCoy admitted to using Internet-based video chatting services such as Kik and Google Hangouts, as well as Internet-based gaming systems that included Xbox Live, to entice the minors.  Each of hi…

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