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CT Man Accused Of Threatening To Assassinate Judge CT Man Accused Of Threatening To Assassinate Judge
CT Man Accused Of Threatening To Assassinate Judge A Fairfield County man is behind bars for allegedly making a threat to assassinate a Superior Court judge. Norwalk resident Nicholas Supple, age 48, was arrested by the Connecticut State Police at his place of work on Saturday, Aug. 31. Troopers were made aware of the threat made during a phone conversation between Supple and a call taker from a Judicial Call Center in Hartford. The investigating trooper contacted the initial call taker, who said that a call was received from a disgruntled man earlier in the afternoon. The man was trying to obtain body camera and motor vehicle footag…

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by Kathy Reakes
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Westchester Man Plotted To Assassinate Journalist For Criticizing Iranian Government, Feds Say Westchester Man Plotted To Assassinate Journalist For Criticizing Iranian Government, Feds Say
Westchester Man Plotted To Assassinate Journalist For Criticizing Iranian Government, Feds Say A New York man is among three people implicated in an alleged plot to assassinate an Iranian-American journalist on US soil over her criticism of the Iranian government, authorities said. Westchester County resident Khalid Mehdiyev, age 24, of Yonkers, is named in a superseding indictment that was unsealed in the Southern District of New York on Friday, Jan. 27, against three people for murder-for-hire and money-laundering charges. Federal prosecutors allege that Mehdiyev is a member of a violent Eastern European criminal organization that has ties to Iran and has engaged in murders, kidna…

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by Michael Mashburn