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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
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Ex-CT Councilman Gets 3 Weekends In Prison, Fine In Election Fraud Case: Feds Ex-CT Councilman Gets 3 Weekends In Prison, Fine In Election Fraud Case: Feds
Ex-CT 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