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Don't Fall For It: Phone Scammers Impersonating CT Police Officers Don't Fall For It: Phone Scammers Impersonating CT Police Officers
Don't Fall For It: Phone Scammers Impersonating CT Police Officers Don’t fall for it. Police in Connecticut are warning residents to be on the lookout for scammers who are impersonating law enforcement officers. In Fairfield County, the Greenwich Police Department issued a warning Friday, July 12, that residents have received phone calls from a “Detective Steve McMorris” about purported outstanding summons. The caller claims to be from the Greenwich Police Department of the Old Greenwich Police Department. “This call is a scam and DO NOT reply,” the agency said on Facebook. “The Greenwich Police Department does not have anyone by that name, and the Old …

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by Michael Mashburn
Police & Fire
Man Nabbed 7 Years After Raping CT Woman While Posing As Cop, Police Say Man Nabbed 7 Years After Raping CT Woman While Posing As Cop, Police Say
Man Nabbed 7 Years After Raping CT Woman While Posing As Cop, Police Say After seven years, a man who allegedly sexually assaulted a woman in Connecticut while posing as a police officer has been caught. Niamkey Amichia, age 33, of Pierce County, Washington, wanted for a New Haven County sexual assault in Waterbury in Nov. 2016, was arrested by the Pierce County Sheriff's Department for an unrelated sexual assault. When police in Washington ran Amichia's DNA profile they got a hit for the Waterbury crime, said Lt. Ryan Bessette of the Waterbury Police. Amichia was extradited to Waterbury on Friday, Dec. 22. He was charged with: Home invasion Sexual assa…

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by Kathy Reakes
Police & Fire
Scammers Target Businesses By Posing As Springfield Police Scammers Target Businesses By Posing As Springfield Police
Scammers Target Businesses By Posing As Springfield Police One Western Massachusetts police department is alerting residents to a new scam that has impacted at least one local business. The Springfield Police Department's Detective Bureau warns local businesses should be aware that scammers are spoofing the department's phone number and impersonating police department personnel seeking money from businesses.  Spoofing is the act of disguising a communication from an unknown source as being from a known, trusted source, the department said.  This most recent scam involves someone impersonating an investigator telling employees that they a…

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by Kathy Reakes
News
Fairfield County Woman Arrested By Capitol Police Found After Silver Alert Issued Fairfield County Woman Arrested By Capitol Police Found After Silver Alert Issued
Fairfield County Woman Arrested By Capitol Police Found After Silver Alert Issued A Fairfield County woman arrested for allegedly impersonating a police officer at a Capitol security checkpoint put in place for the Presidential Inauguration has been found safe after a Silver Alert was issued when she disappeared. Linda MaGovern, age 63, of Stratford, was located in Maryland, said Stratford Police Captain Frank A. Eannotti. The Silver Alert was issued by Stratford Police on Wednesday, Jan. 27, after MaGovern failed to return home after being released from custody following a psychiatric evaluation. MaGovern was arrested on Saturday, Jan. 16, by United States …

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by Kathy Reakes