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CT Woman Creates Fake Facebook Account To Harass Victim With Protective Order, Police Say CT Woman Creates Fake Facebook Account To Harass Victim With Protective Order, Police Say
CT Woman Creates Fake Facebook Account To Harass Victim With Protective Order, Police Say A Connecticut woman known for harassing her targeted victim repeatedly is being accused of going above and beyond to get to her once more, police said. Hartford County resident Stacia Lanway, age 61, of South Windsor, has been accused of creating a phony Facebook account in an effort to harass her alleged victim, who has been targeted repeatedly in the past, according to officials. Police said that an investigation was launched in December 2020 before Lanway turned herself in on Wednesday, Sept. 29 for allegedly using a fake account in her victim’s name, which she used to make harassing pos…

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by Zak Failla
News
Mother, Daughter From Connecticut Charged For Participating In Capitol Riot Mother, Daughter From Connecticut Charged For Participating In Capitol Riot
Mother, Daughter From Connecticut Charged For Participating In Capitol Riot Facebook helped lead to the arrest of a mother and daughter from Connecticut who have been charged for their roles in the insurrection at the US Capitol on Jan. 6. Windham County residents Carla Krzywicki, age 19, and mother Jean Lavin, age 56, both of Canterbury, were arrested on Tuesday, Sept. 14 on a criminal complaint issued by the US District Court for the District of Columbia. The arrests came after the FBI received a tip that included photos from Krzywicki's social media accounts of her and Lavin posing both outside and inside the Capitol during the riot. Canterbury residents C…

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by Zak Failla
Business
Amazon Plans To Open Department Stores, But Not For Reason You Think, Report Says Amazon Plans To Open Department Stores, But Not For Reason You Think, Report Says
Amazon Plans To Open Department Stores, But Not For Reason You Think, Report Says After crushing brick-and-mortar retailers across the country, Amazon is now reportedly taking its shot at the department store game. The online retail giant, which currently manages a handful of small Amazon-branded stores, is looking to expand its offline shopping options is thinking bigger, with department store plans reportedly in the works. According to the Wall Street Journal, Amazon is looking to open locations smaller than traditional department stores, following the playbook set forth by Aldi and Trader Joe’s, with a heavy emphasis on private-label goods from Amazon. If the plan co…

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by Zak Failla
Police & Fire
CT Woman Killed On I-84 Penned Chilling Final Facebook Post CT Woman Killed On I-84 Penned Chilling Final Facebook Post
CT Woman Killed On I-84 Penned Chilling Final Facebook Post A Connecticut woman who was hit and killed while standing in the middle of I-84 left a chilling final Facebook post just a few days before her death. According to police, Hartford County resident Melisa Doyle, age 33, of Manchester, was standing in the eastbound traffic lane when a 2009 Ford Focus SE struck and killed her around midnight on Tuesday, Aug. 3, near Exit 48B, the Capitol Avenue exit in Hartford. Three days earlier, on Saturday, July 31, Doyle had posted to Facebook that she was going to walk by the water and hoped she didn't kill herself. After hearing of her death, frien…

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by Kathy Reakes
News
Alert Issued For Stimulus Check Hoax Promising More Money Alert Issued For Stimulus Check Hoax Promising More Money
Alert Issued For Stimulus Check Hoax Promising More Money Despite some claims on social media, a fourth COVID-19 stimulus check is not on the way to Americans as a scheme continues making the rounds online. Officials are cautioning Americans to be on high alert after being advised of recent Facebook posts that have been shared by hundreds stating that another round of $2,500 stimulus checks have been approved and they may be arriving as soon as Friday, July 30. 
“It passed 10 minutes ago! Everyone gets another stimulus check for $2500 on July 30, 2021. They did it!" reads one July 15 Facebook post that has since received about 500 shares…

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by Zak Failla
Obituaries
COVID-19: Unvaccinated New England Politician Dies From Complications Of Virus, Report Says COVID-19: Unvaccinated New England Politician Dies From Complications Of Virus, Report Says
Covid-19: Unvaccinated New England Politician Dies From Complications Of Virus, Report Says Linda Zuern, a controversial former elected official in New England, has died from COVID-19 complications at the age of 70. The Cape Cod Times reported that Zuern died on Friday, July 16, at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston. She had reportedly been brought to the hospital in early June. The news outlet reported that a close friend confirmed that Zuern had not been vaccinated against COVID, and that she had previously asked at a Barnstable County Assembly of Delegates meeting in Massachusetts if the local health department had researched preventative measures for COVID that c…

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by Nicole Valinote
Police & Fire
CT Alert Issued For Wanted 'Armed, Dangerous' Man CT Alert Issued For Wanted 'Armed, Dangerous' Man
CT Alert Issued For Wanted 'Armed, Dangerous' Man Connecticut residents are being cautioned to be on high alert for an “armed and dangerous” suspect following an incident at a local orchard, officials announced. A large police presence was reported in Hartford County, in the Town of Southington, as investigators seek the public’s assistance in locating the suspect last seen in the area of Rogers Orchards. Police describe him as being a 31-years-old Hispanic man who is approximately 5-foot-8 and weighing 180 pounds with dark facial hair and possibly a beard. On Facebook, Rogers Orchards posted about the activity at their Sunnymount Farm on…

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by Zak Failla
News
Man Has Been Missing For Weeks After Walking Out Of Hospital In Area Man Has Been Missing For Weeks After Walking Out Of Hospital In Area
Man Has Been Missing For Weeks After Walking Out Of Hospital In Area Celebrities and acting professionals are seeking the public’s assistance in tracking down a songwriter, actor, and playwright who has been missing for weeks after walking out of a Hudson Valley hospital. Andy Nieman, age 48, was last seen at approximately 9 p.m. on May 21 at the MidHudson Regional Hospital in Poughkeepsie, where he was reportedly seeking psychiatric care and left less than 24 hours after being admitted for treatment. According to Neiman’s family, a graduate of Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut, has bipolar disorder and was wearing only his green hospital scrubs…

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by Zak Failla
Politics
Facebook Says Trump Will Remain Suspended For At Least Two More Years Facebook Says Trump Will Remain Suspended For At Least Two More Years
Facebook Says Trump Will Remain Suspended For At Least Two More Years Former President Donald Trump isn't going to “like" Facebook’s decision to keep him in cyber jail through at least much of 2023. Citing his “praise for people who engaged in violence” during the deadly insurrection at the United States Capitol on Jan. 6, Facebook upheld its suspension of Trump’s accounts on both Facebook and Instagram, saying he will be barred from using their social media platforms for two years. “Given the gravity of the circumstances that led to Mr. Trump’s suspension, we believe his actions constituted a severe violation of our rules which merit the highest penalty ava…

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by Zak Failla
Police & Fire
Two Dead After Armed Person Reported In Fairfield County Neighborhood, Police Say Two Dead After Armed Person Reported In Fairfield County Neighborhood, Police Say
Two Dead After Armed Person Reported In Fairfield County Neighborhood, Police Say Two people were killed in Fairfield County during an incident that put a neighborhood on high alert for several hours over the weekend. It happened around 515 p.m., on Sunday, May 16 on Chatham Drive in Norwalk. Norwalk Police announced on Twitter that an armed subject was in the area and told residents to shelter in place and for reporters to stay away. “This is an active and dangerous situation,” police said on Facebook and Twitter. Around 7 p.m., police said there was no longer a threat to the public, and residents who out and unable to return home could return. Police later announced…

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by Kathy Reakes
News
Capitol Rioter From Area Nabbed After Being Turned In By Match On Dating App Capitol Rioter From Area Nabbed After Being Turned In By Match On Dating App
Capitol Rioter From Area Nabbed After Being Turned In By Match On Dating App An allegedly braggadocios Bumble user from the Hudson Valley was busted by federal officials after touting about storming the US Capitol during the deadly riot in January. Putnam County resident Robert Chapman was arrested after allegedly bragging about his involvement in the Jan. 6 insurrection in Washington, DC, admitting that he was there and made it to Statuary Hall to a would-be match on the popular dating app. “I did storm the capitol (sic) … I made it all the way into Statuary Hall! … Did an interview with Robert O’Morrow of the Washington Post … Also did online interview with jess B…

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by Zak Failla
Lifestyle
Lost Emu In Fairfield County, Yes Emu, Finds Its Way Home Via Social Media Lost Emu In Fairfield County, Yes Emu, Finds Its Way Home Via Social Media
Lost Emu In Fairfield County, Yes Emu, Finds Its Way Home Via Social Media Social media can help with just about anything, including when you find a wayward emu in your backyard and don't know what to do. Yep, an emu, and not the one from the Liberty Mutal commercial. But that's what happened to New Haven County resident Jen Rich, of Oxford, when her dog came upon the large bird in their backyard. The dog startled the emu who ran and got stuck in a tangle of bushes.  Rich saw that the emu was injured and managed to get the bird into a closed-in space and then, what else, posted it to Facebook via a friend. Social media, including Reddit, went crazy ov…

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by Kathy Reakes