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CT Man Fatally Shoots Wife Battling Terminal Cancer, Then Himself: Police
A Connecticut man is dead after he shot his wife and then himself earlier this week, authorities said. He called 911 shortly before the murder-suicide to tell police his plan and how they could get inside their house.
John Ezzell, 62, of Plainfield, called 911 around 7 p.m. Monday, Feb. 23, to report that his wife, Christine Ezzell, 62, was dying of cancer, and he planned to end her suffering and then kill himself, police said. He told them he would leave the door open for Plainfield officers.
Police arrived at the couple’s home at 504 Kate Downing Road soon after and found John…
Us-born Citizen, 22, Detained By ICE, Attorney Says: Feds Push Back
An immigration attorney is speaking out after she said her 22-year-old client, who she said was born in Maryland, was taken into custody by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement under what she described as troubling circumstances.
Victoria Slatton, an immigration attorney representing Dulce Morales Diaz, of Baltimore, said her client was taken on Wednesday, Dec. 17.
Slatton, a partner with Sanabria & Associates, PLLC, said her legal team filed a habeas petition and obtained an injunction preventing her client from being moved or deported, but despite ICE having Diaz’s birth certifica…
Human Smuggling Ring: Mexican Nationals Extorted Workers They Smuggled Into CT, Feds Say
Two Mexican citizens smuggled several people to Connecticut for tens of thousands of dollars, and once they reached the state, the victims were extorted and forced to work off an impossible debt, federal authorities said.
Maria Del Carmen Sanchez, age 69, and Apolinar Francisco Paredes Espinoza (aka "Pancho"), age 56, helped illegally bring 10 people from Mexico to Hartford beginning in September, the US Attorney for Connecticut said. Federal investigators arrested them on Wednesday, March 1.
Sanchez and Paredes charged each person between $15,000 and $20,000, a debt they would …
