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CT Man Admits To Posing As Dead Sister To Steal Benefits CT Man Admits To Posing As Dead Sister To Steal Benefits
CT Man Admits To Posing As Dead Sister To Steal Benefits A man in Connecticut has admitted to posing as his dead sister in a scheme to steal benefits from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. Woodstock resident John Deppert, 64, pleaded guilty in Hartford federal court to one count of theft of government property in relation to his scam to steal tens of thousands of dollars, U.S. Attorney John Durham announced. Durham said that Deppert’s sister was a recipient of disability compensation benefits from the VA through a direct deposit into her bank account.  Following her death in January 2015, Deppert had access to his sister’s bank accoun…

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13 Indicted After Investigation Targeting CT-Based Drug Ring 13 Indicted After Investigation Targeting CT-Based Drug Ring
13 Indicted After Investigation Targeting Ct-based Drug Ring More than a dozen men are facing charges for their roles in a Connecticut-based drug ring that distributed heroin and cocaine. U.S. Attorney John Durham and Norwich Police Chief Patrick Daley announced this week that earlier this month, a federal grand jury in Hartford has indicted 13 people who are charged with allegedly trafficking narcotics. According to the indictment, in 2018, the FBI, Norwich Police Department and other law enforcement agencies began investigating a drug trafficking organization that was distributing heroin, cocaine and crack cocaine in Connecticut.  The investi…

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Eversource Launches $80M Tree Trimming Project Eversource Launches $80M Tree Trimming Project
Eversource Launches $80M Tree Trimming Project Eversource has invested $80 million in tree-trimming projects across 4,000 miles of electric lines in Connecticut this year. That money will help the company remove hazardous trees to make the Eversource service more reliable to customers, the utility said in a news release. In addition to safety and power reliability, Eversource cited another reason to trim the trees: The company says it plans to get rid of problematic trees that were ravaged by gypsy moth caterpillars and emerald ash borers beetles. “The drought plaguing the region over the last several years may have ended, but the effe…

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by Jon Craig