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DNA Links CT Inmate To Home Invasion More Than Five Years Ago: State Police DNA Links CT Inmate To Home Invasion More Than Five Years Ago: State Police
DNA Links CT Inmate To Home Invasion More Than Five Years Ago: State Police An inmate being housed by the Connecticut Corrections Department has been linked to a home invasion more than five years ago, after DNA evidence linked him to the crime, authorities announced. Sonny Barber, 35, who is being held in the Bridgeport Correctional Center, has been charged with home invasion and second-degree assault in connection with the 2020 crime in Canterbury, according to court records and CT State Police. State troopers responded to a home in Canterbury in January 2020 after a resident reported being attacked by an intruder, CSP said Tuesday, Feb. 11. Troopers arrived to f…

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Ex-Bridgeport Councilman Gets 3 Weekends In Prison, Fine In Election Fraud Case: Feds Ex-Bridgeport Councilman Gets 3 Weekends In Prison, Fine In Election Fraud Case: Feds
Ex-Bridgeport Councilman Gets 3 Weekends In Prison, Fine In Election Fraud Case: Feds A former Bridgeport City Council member has been sentenced to three weekends in prison for a civil rights offense stemming from election fraud during his run for office, federal authorities said.  Michael DeFilippo, 38, received one year of probation, three weekends of incarceration, and a $15,000 fine, the US Attorney Connecticut said.  The charges relate to DeFilippo's campaign for the 133rd District in 2017 and 2018. According to court records, DeFilippo manipulated elections by stealing and falsifying voter registration applications and absentee ballots, forging signatures, an…

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by Josh Lanier
Politics
COVID-19: ACLU Sues CT To Release Inmates During Pandemic COVID-19: ACLU Sues CT To Release Inmates During Pandemic
Covid-19: ACLU Sues CT To Release Inmates During Pandemic The ACLU of Connecticut filed a lawsuit in Superior Court seeking an emergency action to prevent the spread of novel coronavirus (COVID-19) by reducing the density of inmates who are incarcerated. The lawsuit was filed on behalf of the Connecticut Criminal Defense Lawyers Association and four men who are incarcerated, including one with an autoimmune condition, one who is over the age of 60, one who is scheduled for release next month, and one who is being held for want of a $5,000 bond and has only one lung. “People who are incarcerated in Connecticut are in imminent danger from COVID-19…

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by Zak Failla
News
Norwalk Man Nabbed After Halfway House Escape Norwalk Man Nabbed After Halfway House Escape
Norwalk Man Nabbed After Halfway House Escape A man with a conviction for a weapons charge may be heading back behind bars after attempting a great escape from his halfway house in Fairfield County. Branden Huertas, formerly of Norwalk, was arrested by members of the Norwalk Police Department Special Services Division on School Street earlier this week after escaping from the custody of the Bureau of Prisons. According to the indictment that was Huertas, 36, escaped custody at the Chase Center in Waterbury on June 22, where he had been to complete his term of incarceration following a 2015 conviction for unlawful possession of a firear…

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by Zak Failla